Lost Video Island

Jemmz · Council Member Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 21154

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

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At the request of Google we have had to remove support for the downloading of YouTube videos on Zamzar.

Well done Google, you have ruined yet another vidding resource for vidders.

littleton_pace · Council Member Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 55699

Bugger.

As far as I know, keepvid still works:

http://keepvid.com/
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Jemmz · Council Member Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 21154

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 · Council Member Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 21154

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 · Expert Vidder Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7771

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

effing effity eff!
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KajaM · Expert Vidder Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 10438

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 · Council Member Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 21849

Oh no, that sucks!

I agree, Google has really screwed up Youtube.
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