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In article <240420111245105906%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <siegman-B9C650.09414024042011@sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>,
> AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I'm attempting to download various videos from YouTube and other sites 
> > to a MacBook running Snow Leopard, using Safari and the current Real 
> > Player software.  I think I have the latest versions of the Real Player 
> > components; I've read their instructions and attempted to configure them 
> > properly; the Real Player apps open and seem to be alive -- but when I 
> > go to one of the video sites and attempt to capture what I'm viewing, 
> > nothing happens.  I can view the videos fine, but Real Player doesn't 
> > seem to recognize that anything is happening.
> 
> why would you use real player of all things to do that?

Yep. I got rid of Real Player ages ago.

> > Any hints on what I may be doing wrong?  Or suggestions for alternative 
> > approaches to the basic objective?  Or are there some sites that are 
> > simply set up to frustrate downloading, including via the Real Player 
> > apps?  
> 
> there are numerous apps that download youtube videos directly,
> converting to whatever format you want. you can also do it manually by
> looking at safari's cache files.

The one that I've found works for me is Firefox's "Easy Youtube Video 
Downloader".  There is another FF downloader which always seems to come 
at the top of Firefox's suggestions, but I've never found the wretched 
icon it's supposed to put on the toolbar.

-- 
Paul Sture