YouTube Snips is another good tool for downloading YouTube videos for use offline. Just as with similar services like Vixy, to use YouTube Snips simply enter the the url of your chosen video and download the video in your preferred format. YouTube Snips gives you the choice of three formats, MP4, 3GP, and FLV. In my test of YouTube Snips the download was very quick.
Applications for Education
If you work in a school district that blocks YouTube, tools like YouTube Snips could be very valuable to you. YouTube Snips allows you to find a YouTube video at home, download it, then use it in your classroom.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
YouTube Snips - Fast Free Download of Videos
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The problem remains that if Youtube is blocked, then it is also blocked for any sites requesting information from it. When I go to YouTubeSnips and enter a url, it eventually times out because it can't connect with Youtube.
At home, I use the DownloadHelper addon for Firefox to pull videos from Youtube. It is by far the easiest method of saving online media!
try http://Zamzar.com too - they email you a link where you can download the video.
my only reservation about Zamzar is the annoying ads, they all seem to talk to you.
I've used Zamzar (and reviewed it here last year) it is good, but as you said there are a lot of annoying pop-up ads. What Zamzar has going for it is that it offers more file options than a lot of the other services.
Another quick tool to download videos is Keepvid http://keepvid.com/ Only accept flv files though but it's fast and easy! Zamzar can take a couple of minutes or an hour, that's the reason I thought keepvid is usefull if you have the program to play flv files.
Of course, use of all these tools outlined to download Youtube videos violates YouTubes Terms of Service Agreement and as such models unethical behaviour to our students.
John F,
After reading your comment I went back and reviewed the YouTube Terms of service. I didn't see anything that forbids download of the videos for non-commercial use. In fact, YouTube's latest improvements enable an easy download of some videos which you can read here http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-files.html
If you can show us where YouTube forbids download for non-commercial use I would be happy to post it, as it could be a good discussion starter for teachers and students.
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The site that you mention, Mr. Byrne, is not an official google site and indeed even mentions that using the method it describes does violate YouTube's TOS.
The pertinent component of the TOS is copied from YouTube's TOS:
5. Your Use of Content on the Site
In addition to the general restrictions above, the following restrictions and conditions apply specifically to your use of content on the YouTube Website.
A. The content on the YouTube Website, except all User Submissions (as defined below), including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like ("Content") and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("Marks"), are owned by or licensed to YouTube, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law. Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be downloaded, copied, modified, produced, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, translated, published, performed or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. YouTube reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content.B. You may access User Submissions solely:
* for your information and personal use;
* as intended through the normal functionality of the YouTube Service; and
* for Streaming.
"Streaming" means a contemporaneous digital transmission of an audiovisual work via the Internet from the YouTube Service to a user's device in such a manner that the data is intended for real-time viewing and not intended to be copied, stored, permanently downloaded, or redistributed by the user. Accessing User Videos for any purpose or in any manner other than Streaming is expressly prohibited. User Videos are made available "as is."
C. User Comments are made available to you for your information and personal use solely as intended through the normal functionality of the YouTube Service. User Comments are made available "as is", and may not be used, copied, modified, produced, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, downloaded, translated, published, performed or otherwise exploited in any manner not intended by the normal functionality of the YouTube Service or otherwise as prohibited under this Agreement.Of course, this is a good starter discussion for teachers and students. Teachers need to keep copyright in the forefront and model ethical behaviour for our students in order to ensure that they will use the resources at their fingertips in ethical, responsible and legal ways.
John F,
I stand corrected. I have always read that section of the TOS as applying to commercial uses and therefore viewed downloads for classroom use as Fair Use. That said, I am by no means a legal scholar nor have I ever claimed to be an expert on Fair Use. With that, I will leave this topic to rest.
Richard
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