Lost Video Island

Jemmz · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:25 am Post subject: Zamzar

Zamzar's finally gone for those of us who rely on it to download youtube videos:

littleton_pace · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:33 am Post subject:

Bugger.

As far as I know, keepvid still works:

http://keepvid.com/
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Jemmz · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:42 am Post subject:

Yes, thank goodness, although it might only be a matter of time...

I just got so mad. Ever since Google took over youtube everything's just gone to pot. I really hate youtube now.

Brooke · Expert Vidder Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 24129

I went to the page and it was up...don't know what that's about. Did it say a message or anything; like 'if you use me you'll be in trouble'

I mean I had problem after problem with zamzar; it wouldn't work; it would act like it worked and not; and sometimes I couldn't access the page.

I can't blame youtube; it's Google. The people running Youtube are afraid that if they allow people to continue to use copyrighted material (Which I mean they're just fan-vids...really ridiculous) but they're just afraid that they'll be the ones held accountable for it; not the users.

Jemmz · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:02 pm Post subject:

It's up for converting your own files but you can't download from youtube.

Yes it's entirely google's fault, they've been pissing me off ever since they bought youtube. And especially the 'make a gmail account or you can't log in to youtube' was really pushing it. Infuriating.

eloramoon · Council Member Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 9077

Noooooooooooooooo! UGH!!! Well, there goes my last source for clips outside of stuff I have on DVD. And I was only using it to download trailer and promo clips, so it's not like it was anything bad. Thanks, Google.

I know Keepvid might work for awhile, but I'm sure it will be down soon enough. Ugh.
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Belle MacFarlane · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I just found this out today when I went to download a Smallville clip

effing effity eff!
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KajaM · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject:

It's so annoying

I used Zamzar a lot to download and watch vids that are blocked in Germany (and those are PLENTY!!). I hope I can use Keepvid instead. Otherwise, the whole process of watching vids and voting on vids will be a pain for me.

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Uruviel · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:37 am Post subject:

Oh no, that sucks!

I agree, Google has really screwed up Youtube.
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