Ever wondered how to play real media files without installing Real Media Player? Try Real Alternative. Current version is 1.90 and it also includes Media Player Classic which is a player that rivals VLC and GOM Player for that all-in-one video player for all codecs.
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Showing posts with label VLC player. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
How to download streaming files via BitComet on your browser
Oftentimes, you'd like to download streaming videos which are a great help for you though you end up bookmarking the actual site to revisit it again. However, it still requires you to go online and stream the video again.
Even if the code for downloading the video is not seen unlike YouTube, you'll still be able to download it with the help of BitComet. Just enable the feature in which BitComet is an option to consider when you perform the right click functions on your browser during installation.
To download, just right click on any portion of the webpage except inside the streaming video. Then choose Download Media Files and then choose the title of the video you'd like to download. Afterwards, a pop-up dialog box will then ask you on where you'd like to save the file.
And that's it. You can view the file which is quite often a flash video in VLC player or any other players allowing the option to view files with FLV as an extension name.
Even if the code for downloading the video is not seen unlike YouTube, you'll still be able to download it with the help of BitComet. Just enable the feature in which BitComet is an option to consider when you perform the right click functions on your browser during installation.
To download, just right click on any portion of the webpage except inside the streaming video. Then choose Download Media Files and then choose the title of the video you'd like to download. Afterwards, a pop-up dialog box will then ask you on where you'd like to save the file.
And that's it. You can view the file which is quite often a flash video in VLC player or any other players allowing the option to view files with FLV as an extension name.
Friday, July 25, 2008
How to download YouTube videos
In this article, you will find a quick and relatively easy method of downloading YouTube videos.
While you can watch YouTube videos thru streaming, you can also download these videos and save it as either FLV (Flash video which is the format of YouTube videos) or the MP4 format (a much clearer, bigger version for iPod and other portable media players).
You can download VLC player at http://videolan.org to view the FLV videos.
Alternately, these YouTube files, once streamed at your PC will automatically be saved on your PC's Temporary Internet Files folder. Although it may depend whether if you have fully streamed or just browsed through it, the videos may be incompletely downloaded.
That's it! To wrap it up, this is just the simplest solution to download YouTube videos. You may opt to choose other options which may be installing plug-ins for your browser and other third-party applications.
While you can watch YouTube videos thru streaming, you can also download these videos and save it as either FLV (Flash video which is the format of YouTube videos) or the MP4 format (a much clearer, bigger version for iPod and other portable media players).
- First go to the YouTube site, then key in your desired video of download.
- Click the video thumbnail for the video.
- Copy the URL on your browser's address bar with a format like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBCa2j-Lo60
- Open a new browser window or tab. (I'm currently using Mozilla Firefox)
- Key in http://keepvid.com then press Enter.
- Once the KeepVid site has finished loading, paste the URL of the YouTube video you want to download at the URL textbox of KeepVid then click the Download button beside it.
- The Download links portion will be appearing and voila you're ready to download your desired YouTube video. It' s that simple.
You can download VLC player at http://videolan.org to view the FLV videos.
Alternately, these YouTube files, once streamed at your PC will automatically be saved on your PC's Temporary Internet Files folder. Although it may depend whether if you have fully streamed or just browsed through it, the videos may be incompletely downloaded.
That's it! To wrap it up, this is just the simplest solution to download YouTube videos. You may opt to choose other options which may be installing plug-ins for your browser and other third-party applications.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Podcasts 101
From a simple guestbook to now popularly known as blog, everyone from all around the world is now capable of writing and/or recording articles they want to share to their audience.
It evolved from simple write-up content sharing to now audio and video podcasts. While I myself am not too familiar with both the terms and tools for podcasting, I'd like to share what I had just learned a while ago about it.
Podcatchers - In simple terms, podcasts are just audio or video clips uploaded by people who want to share their knowledge about a certain topic. These podcasts may be streamed or downloaded by their audience. As for the audience on the go and with portable media players accompanying them, podcasts need to be downloaded or streamed thru their media players. One tool I'd like to recommend, although this is the first time I have actually installed a podcatcher is Juice, formerly known as iPodder. You can schedule downloads for your favorite podcast sites to ensure that fresh new episodes are downloaded immediately.
Podcast sites - Right now, I can only recommend the links that my former classmate referred to me for the latest in the IT industry. A bit of a warning though, you may find some sites geeky.
Dr. Dobbs' Podcast
http://syndication.sdmediagroup.com/feeds/public/cmp_podcast_all.xml
Attack of the Show's Daily Video Podcast
http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/podcasts/5/Attack_of_the_Show_Daily_Video_Podcast.xml
The Naked Scientists Naked Science Radio Show Podcast
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/naked_scientists_podcast.xml
PSP Podcast - Portable Gaming Revolution
http://feeds.feedburner.com/psppodcast
Podcast Player - VLC player is still the most preferred podcast player, imho. For convenience sake, I'd recommend this one as you are able to play a lot of audio and video formats here. You can download it on http://www.videolan.org
Podcast Portable Player - You have successfully downloaded the podcasts and you want to listen or watch it when you're away from your PC. There's iPod, Creative Zen and Zune to choose from besides other portable players. But if you want wifi capability, then iTouch is the one for you. You don't have to plug your iTouch to your PC just to download podcasts. Once set-up, it automatically downloads podcasts directly saved to your player.
That's it! Hope you learned something about a newbie's first hand experience in podcasting.
It evolved from simple write-up content sharing to now audio and video podcasts. While I myself am not too familiar with both the terms and tools for podcasting, I'd like to share what I had just learned a while ago about it.
Podcatchers - In simple terms, podcasts are just audio or video clips uploaded by people who want to share their knowledge about a certain topic. These podcasts may be streamed or downloaded by their audience. As for the audience on the go and with portable media players accompanying them, podcasts need to be downloaded or streamed thru their media players. One tool I'd like to recommend, although this is the first time I have actually installed a podcatcher is Juice, formerly known as iPodder. You can schedule downloads for your favorite podcast sites to ensure that fresh new episodes are downloaded immediately.
Podcast sites - Right now, I can only recommend the links that my former classmate referred to me for the latest in the IT industry. A bit of a warning though, you may find some sites geeky.
Dr. Dobbs' Podcast
http://syndication.sdmediagroup.com/feeds/public/cmp_podcast_all.xml
Attack of the Show's Daily Video Podcast
http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/podcasts/5/Attack_of_the_Show_Daily_Video_Podcast.xml
The Naked Scientists Naked Science Radio Show Podcast
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/naked_scientists_podcast.xml
PSP Podcast - Portable Gaming Revolution
http://feeds.feedburner.com/psppodcast
Podcast Player - VLC player is still the most preferred podcast player, imho. For convenience sake, I'd recommend this one as you are able to play a lot of audio and video formats here. You can download it on http://www.videolan.org
Podcast Portable Player - You have successfully downloaded the podcasts and you want to listen or watch it when you're away from your PC. There's iPod, Creative Zen and Zune to choose from besides other portable players. But if you want wifi capability, then iTouch is the one for you. You don't have to plug your iTouch to your PC just to download podcasts. Once set-up, it automatically downloads podcasts directly saved to your player.
That's it! Hope you learned something about a newbie's first hand experience in podcasting.
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