Comments on: Freebie Friday #11: Free YouTube video converter

By: Tim Schmoyer

Tim Schmoyer — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:03:35 +0000

I don't know of a CLEAR answer, no, but I say if you feel cautious doing it, then don't do it.

By: Darron

Darron — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:38:05 +0000

But if the material used is not original e.g. the New Again video mixes (feat. Paisley & Evans), how can that be legal? In this case both the song and the movie from which the clips are taken are copyrighted. I have now spent several hours researching this issue in the hopes of finding a definitive answer and have not. It's maddening to be honest. Do you know of any clear directives on this subject? I'd be eternally grateful :-)

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:33:28 +0000

No prob, Tim, on the web stuff happens. Just, Walk Boldly and Carry a Big Sword!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:29:36 +0000

Sorry about that, Lisa! When I wrote this I don’t think the site was using advertising at all.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:58:08 +0000

Hey Guys, I just used the converter for the first time today, and when my video was ready to download the advert on the site was for porn…nuf said. Just be careful out there.
God Bless Y’all,
Lisa

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:23:39 +0000

Yeah, any videos posed on YouTube and Google Video and other such places are already supposed to be copyright-free. People like myself create videos and upload them to YouTube for the sole purpose of sharing them with other people to view and use. If we were talking about studio released movies or something, that would be a different story.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:17:53 +0000

Scott, I guess if it’s copyrighted works… it’s probably not legal. But certainly self-produced work put on youtube are meant to be used.

I’ve found another option for you guys… you can download it using the FLV firefox extension and then convert it with a program called “super” to any format you’d like.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:48:36 +0000

Hey I was wondering if you thought that this was stealing at all.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:20:29 +0000

I just tried it with Google Video and it didn't work. If you can get the URL to the Google video's flv file, then it'll work with that address, but it didn't with the full URL. However, Javimoya.com will do it with Google Video and other places. I used to use their Firefox extension, but sometimes it wouldn't work and it usually turned out to be more trouble than it's worth. Maybe their site works better than the extension, though.

By: Steve Blanchard

Steve Blanchard — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:57:28 +0000

Thanks Tim! I definitely will check into it. Do you know if it can convert google’s videos?

I know that google has it’s own player, but just wondering because I would love to be able to stick some of those things into media shout.

Steve

By: Isaac

Isaac — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:04:53 +0000

Hey thanks for this…

I appreciate it…

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:27:46 +0000

You’re very welcome! :)

By: Brian Eberly

Brian Eberly — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:41:04 +0000

Great resource! I love finding stuff like that. Thanks!

By: adam

adam — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:23:45 +0000

I just figured out something cool for mediashout users. You can display YouTube videos full screen.

Go to a youtube video and click the “full screen” button. That will give you a URL you can then drop in Annette and “bang” you’ve got it.

By: Smart Pastor

Smart Pastor — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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