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On 4/24/2011 9:41 AM, AES 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.
>

        I have the same problems with Chrome under Windows 7 and 
XP. Realplayer will not download the video from Youtube. Firefox 
and Internet Explorer both have a Realplayer button that pops up 
asking if I want to download. There is also an item in the 
left-click drop-down menu. So what you should do is probably try 
Firefox. You should also uninstall and reinstall
Realplayer so it can add the plugin to your browser.

John

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?

> 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.

On 24/04/11 12:45 PM, nospam 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?

Yeah, Real Player would NOT be my choice for this.

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070420014456930


jc

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

In article <ip2mb2$d6d$2@dont-email.me>,
 jcdill <jcdill.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> > why would you use real player of all things to do that?
> 
> Yeah, Real Player would NOT be my choice for this.
> 
> http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070420014456930
> 

The majority of the 47, repeat, 47 posts on that page are from 2007.  
The Activity window approach that most of them discuss used to work for 
me also, but stopped doing so some time back.

In article <slrnird99k.a9.g.kreme@ibook-g4-2.local>,
 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <paul.nospam-D2C06C.13034525042011@pbook.sture.ch> 
>   Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> wrote:
>
> > Yep. I got rid of Real Player ages ago.
> 
> I think the only times it's been on a Mac OS X system of mine has been
> when it was stealth-installed by some quickly deleted program.

I needed Real Player to listen to BBC radio before they made their site 
more Mac friendly.  Since then, no need for it.  On top of that, my 
cable company digital service now offers a selection of BBC channels, so 
I no longer need a computer to get these.

-- 
Paul Sture