Everything changed when YouTube adopted h.264 as a parallel standard for YouTube.
You don’t really need to know all that – you just need to know that when Apple released the iPhone in 2007, Flash was not a part of it, but a fancy YouTube app was. At first, only a selection of YouTube videos was available in the new format for viewing on the iPhone. But gradually, the standard took over James Harden Jersey , and now every video is available simultaneously in h.264 format on iOS devices, and through the Flash player on personal computers.
Changing of the Platform Connor McKay, on his great site “Vertical Forest,” has just released a phenomenal extension for Safari called YouTube5. Basically, you can load it into the Safari 5 browser Hakeem Olajuwon Jersey , go to YouTube, and see every video without Flash.
And, more importantly, if you own an iOS device, you can copy whichever size of the video you want Gerald Green Jersey , drag it into iTunes, and then onto your device for watching on the go.
Let’s Extend Your Safari
Ready to watch your videos on the go, without having to worry whether you have an unreliable AT&T connection, or WiFi?
Follow these steps to take control of your YouTube video watching: (These steps are basically the same, regardless whether you’re on a Mac or PC computer.)
If you’re not already there Eric Gordon Jersey , fire up Safari (if you don’t already have it, you can download Safari from the Apple site), and then head over to the YouTube5 Extension page on Connor McKay’s Vertical Forest site.
Scroll down until you see this text:
The extension should update automatically to the new version. New users can download YouTube5 here.
Click on the link labeled “download YouTube5 here,” and you’ll see a box aking you whether you want to download the extension.
Click on “Save,” and then the YouTube5 extension will download quickly.
Once it’s downloaded De'Anthony Melton Jersey , go to the “Downloads” window if it’s not already visible by clicking “Control-Alt-L” on a PC, or “Command-Option-L” on a Mac.
Now, double-click the downloaded extension, labeled YouTube5.safarietz in the downloads window, and you’ll see a dialog box asking you if you’re sure you want to install the extension.
Now, when you head back to YouTube, you’ll see a new player – focus on the bottom of the video window – see how the player looks different? It now is a brushed metal grey, with a blue line indicating progress in the video, rather than red Clint Capela Jersey , as before.
Grabbing the Video
Notice the small “i” in the upper right hand corner of the video now? Just click that, and you’ll see a selection of the sizes in which the video is now available for download.
Right click the one you want to save, and select “Download linked file as.”
All videos are called “videoplayback.mp4” by default – you’ll probably want to change that name to something more meaningful. (In any case, make sure you don’t change the.mp4 extension!)
Save the file to your desktop, and then wait for it to download. Depending on the qualitysize you’ve chosen Chris Paul Jersey , it could take a while to download the complete video.
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