Donwload Youtube videos as flipchart embeddable MP4 files

[markrobinson]

Here is a neat trick I found to download high quality, flipchart embeddable movies from YouTube.

Basically you add: "&fmt=18" at the end of the address of the youTube page

A new link now will appear (for most videos) in the bottom of the information box at the right saying "download as mp4"

Right Click thsi new link and choose "save link as.." to download... BUT NOTE: you will need to provide the file name and the extension... e.g. myvideo.mp4

If youTube is blocked in school - you can use this to download them at home.

[colobill]

Mark,

Does this work for the Mac as well? I tried inserting the additional info, but nothing changed in that right hand box. I assume you mean the space over here on the right in the attached picture…

Bill
Denver CO

[markrobinson]

Yep... It does ... Just tested.

The link appears under the place where the embed code is.


There is a better tutorial online - that also has a neat link that you can put in your browser toolbar that does it for you...

I have just tested this on my MAC (firefox) and it worked straight away.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/200...mp4-files.html


Just tried it on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzGLzFuwxI&fmt=18

Schoolhouse Rock Adjectives... Super Cute....

[markrobinson]

Also found this advice......

Note that YouTube's terms of use require you "not to access User Submissions or YouTube Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Website itself, the YouTube Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate," so these scripts could break YouTube's policies.


There are plenty of other tools for getting at YouTube content.. but rules are rules.

[colobill]

Thanks for the link to the tutorial. The booklet worked perfectly.

Of course, now I have a new question. I saw a flipchart (Baseball Math, I believe) that used a video as a background. IT was a great effect.

I would love to have a video of the kids from the first day play on a page of my Back to School night flip…

My question(s): How does one play a video outside of the videoplayer app window. And then, how do you use that as a background?

( I think the answer to the first question will make the second self-apparent…)

As ever, thanks to all for all help and advice.

Bill

[hlh422]

Bill,

I hope I can somewhat help. When you are making a video of your class, make sure you convert it or create it in a file extension that is flipchart acceptable (such as Quicktime, mp4s). If you want to embed that video onto a flipchart page , you'll need to insert it as a video placeholder and then stretch the placeholder to the entire size of your flipchart. That's how you make a video background or at least that's how I do it.

[colobill]

I just tried it with demo video. Perfect!

Thanks,

BIll

[markrobinson]

Yep... downloading videos using the trick suggested here... and saving the files as .mp4 is so you can embed them as backgrounds, etc.

The usual YouTube file format (.flv) does not currently embed.


I see myslef using this a lot....

Of course they are all iPod ready when downloaded this way.... so you can give them to the kids to learn from too!

[Stuart Collins]

can't access youtube in work, boooo

[markrobinson]

I can

but now I need to add this since it will not accept a post less that 10 characters long