g., Flash, Quicktime, and RealOne). To
eliminate buffering messages altogether, see ???Download
Online Video Clips,??? next.
Download Online Video Clips
Most online video publishers don??™t make it easy to download video files to
your hard disk, and for good reason. For one, they want you to watch their
videos only on their own web sites, where they can show you advertising,
sell you products and services, or just keep you lingering around their sites a
little longer. They also don??™t want to pay to host videos embedded on your
web site, nor do they want you to take their copyrighted material and
upload it to YouTube. That??™s all well and good, but who??™s looking out for
your needs?
What happens when the publisher takes down a video or moves it to a
subscription-based archive before you have a chance to watch it? What if
the server is too busy, and your PC isn??™t able to stream it smoothly? What if
you want to save the video to watch later, or if you want to index it (as
described earlier in this section) so you can rewind and fast-forward it?
What if the video is long, and you want to watch it on your handheld PC or
video-enabled iPod? What if you just want to needlessly fill up your hard drive?
Saving online video into a file on your hard disk can be tricky for several reasons,
not the least of which is that there are a bunch of different ways video
can be delivered on the Web. And, of course, each format has its own download
procedure.
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