Hardly a day goes by without me watching a video or more at YouTube. They have practically every video from everywhere including the entire French INA archives, which is nearly everything ever played on French TV. The problem with YouTube previously, was that you could only watch videos from the site, and that always bugged me because I like to dissect videos and scrub through them on my own. I didn’t like that I couldn’t do that without always having to go back to YouTube or the site with an embedded video (to YouTube). There was no way to download the videos there. That is over – thanks to PodTube.
This brilliant freeware for Mac by French developers, Djodjo Design, allows you to download any videos you’d like from YouTube and it will place them directly into your iTunes library and you can also transfer music and videos onto your iPod. Later, when you play downloaded videos from YouTube using iTunes, the video is in a tiny screen but it’s much clearer than watching 20/7000 vision clarity videos on YouTube. Note: You must use this application in conjunction with Safari.
Here’s the link to get it: PodTube Download (3.6 MB)
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Anything that makes it easier to watch Rock Fujiyama vids is OK in my book. Best use of YouTube ever!
Comment by Angry B 08.26.06 @ 9:24 pmangry b!!!! i haven’t had a chance to check out rock fujiyama but i have a feeling i’ll be on youtube for hours if i do that.
Comment by ptinfrance 08.27.06 @ 5:18 amYou Tube is cool. You can also embed videos anywhere on the net. I have a few on my blog and also my Multiply site.
On You Tube itself I’ve started a group for Paris bus videos.
Comment by John N 08.27.06 @ 5:51 amCan I take a moment here to whine a little? So far I haven’t been able to find anything that does this for PCs, and my dh gave me 101 reasons he dislikes Macs (not to mention all the money we’ve invested in a ton of programs for the PC, inc. some rather expensive graphic/photo software for my “hobby”).
Any suggestions?
Oh, and yes…I would like a little cheese with that whine, thank you!
Just thought I’d mention that I’m now having problems uploading a video to YouTube… maybe not as good as I thought it was.
5th attempt…
Comment by John N 08.31.06 @ 12:45 amcarol ann, 2 things: whining is sometimes necessary (at least it feels good) and 2) get a mac. (tell your hubs that you can run windows on macs but why would one want to?)
the magnitude of youtube probably necessitates frequent maintenance. they’ll probably get back to normal soon. in the meantime you might check out some new video sites: blip tv (still in beta) and google video or sharkle and vimeo. there are probably already lots of others too by now.
Comment by ptinfrance 08.31.06 @ 2:49 amLooks like they pulled the software… I see I am a little late too. 
Side note: Brilliant website, I find it hugely entertaining. Thanks for the laughs and great insight. We hope to move to France soon!
Comment by Massie 01.29.08 @ 10:44 pmLeave a comment
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