Comments on: Major User Revolt on YouTube http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:18:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: steveking http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-890977 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:11:57 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-890977 YouTubeRobot.com today announces YouTube Robot 2.0, a tool that enables you to download video from YouTube.com onto your PC, convert it to various formats to watch it when you are on the road on mobile devices like mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, PSP, or Zune. YouTube Robot allows you to search for videos using keywords or browse video by category, author, channel, language, tags, etc. When you find something noteworthy, you can preview the video right in YouTube Robot and then download it onto the hard disk drive. The speed, at which you will be downloading, is very high: up to 5 times faster than other software when you download a single file and up to 4 times faster when you download multiple files at a time. Manual download is not the only option with YouTube Robot. You may as well schedule the download and conversion tasks to be executed automatically, even when you are not around. Downloading is followed by conversion to the format of your choice and uploading videos to a mobile device (if needed). For example, you can plug in iPod, select the video, go to bed, and when you wake up next morning, your iPod will be ready to play new YouTube videos. Product page: ww w.youtuberobot.com Direct download link: ww w.youtuberobot.com/download/utuberobot.exe Company web-site: ww w.youtuberobot.com YouTubeRobot.com today announces YouTube Robot 2.0, a tool that enables you to download video from YouTube.com onto your PC, convert it to various formats to watch it when you are on the road on mobile devices like mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, PSP, or Zune.

YouTube Robot allows you to search for videos using keywords or browse video by category, author, channel, language, tags, etc. When you find something noteworthy, you can preview the video right in YouTube Robot and then download it onto the hard disk drive. The speed, at which you will be downloading, is very high: up to 5 times faster than other software when you download a single file and up to 4 times faster when you download multiple files at a time.

Manual download is not the only option with YouTube Robot. You may as well schedule the download and conversion tasks to be executed automatically, even when you are not around. Downloading is followed by conversion to the format of your choice and uploading videos to a mobile device (if needed). For example, you can plug in iPod, select the video, go to bed, and when you wake up next morning, your iPod will be ready to play new YouTube videos.

Product page: ww w.youtuberobot.com
Direct download link: ww w.youtuberobot.com/download/utuberobot.exe
Company web-site: ww w.youtuberobot.com

]]> by: Peter's Reviews http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23377 Sat, 06 May 2006 21:36:19 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23377 <strong>YouTube Users Revolt</strong> As any company grows, it goes through changes.  YouTube which is user-driven is no exception.  With their popularity came threats over copyrighted videos and now with a major interface change and fuzzy guidelines, some of YouTube's users are upset.Fro... YouTube Users Revolt

As any company grows, it goes through changes.  YouTube which is user-driven is no exception.  With their popularity came threats over copyrighted videos and now with a major interface change and fuzzy guidelines, some of YouTube’s users are upset.Fro…

]]> by: Charles http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23168 Fri, 05 May 2006 04:17:23 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23168 Oh... and Richard? Thanks for explaining basic economics to us (even though you hated to). The site is 'free' in the context that is being used here. Meaning, you don't pay money for the videos you watch. It must be so much fun to hang out with you... Oh… and Richard?

Thanks for explaining basic economics to us (even though you hated to). The site is ‘free’ in the context that is being used here. Meaning, you don’t pay money for the videos you watch.

It must be so much fun to hang out with you…

]]> by: Charles http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23167 Fri, 05 May 2006 04:13:37 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23167 YouTube has ads? I never noticed... YouTube has ads? I never noticed…

]]> by: Richard http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23119 Thu, 04 May 2006 20:50:42 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23119 Folks, I hate to explain basic economics, but the site is NOT free. Every user pays by looking at ads, and possibly buying things. Just like your TV - have you ever complained about a TV show? I bet you have. We pay for all of these things with our time, our attention, and even our money. That's how these sites stay in business (when they do). So your rants about "free" show a remarkable lack of understanding. Many things in life are not free, but do not require an immediate payment of money (roads, libraries, web sites...). Folks, I hate to explain basic economics, but the site is NOT free. Every user pays by looking at ads, and possibly buying things. Just like your TV - have you ever complained about a TV show? I bet you have. We pay for all of these things with our time, our attention, and even our money. That’s how these sites stay in business (when they do). So your rants about “free” show a remarkable lack of understanding. Many things in life are not free, but do not require an immediate payment of money (roads, libraries, web sites…).

]]> by: Richard http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23118 Thu, 04 May 2006 20:47:33 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23118 Folks, I hate to explain basic economics, but the site is NOT free. Every user pays by looking at ads, and possibly buying things. Just like your TV - have you ever complained about a TV show? I bet you have. We pay for all of these things with our time, our attention, and even our money. That's how these sites stay in business (when they do). So your rants about "free" show a remarkable lack of understanding. Many things in life are not free, but do not require an immediate payment of money (roads, libraries, web sites...). Folks, I hate to explain basic economics, but the site is NOT free. Every user pays by looking at ads, and possibly buying things. Just like your TV - have you ever complained about a TV show? I bet you have. We pay for all of these things with our time, our attention, and even our money. That’s how these sites stay in business (when they do). So your rants about “free” show a remarkable lack of understanding. Many things in life are not free, but do not require an immediate payment of money (roads, libraries, web sites…).

]]> by: ]\/[ http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23098 Thu, 04 May 2006 19:06:37 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23098 personally I'd be glad if YouTube went away, and all services like it; flash, google video, et al.. if I watch something online I expect to be able to save it, not just bookmark it.. these retarded read only 'view on demand' video services are backwards, pathetic and completely superfluous, just like the people who use them.. personally I’d be glad if YouTube went away, and all services like it; flash, google video, et al.. if I watch something online I expect to be able to save it, not just bookmark it.. these retarded read only ‘view on demand’ video services are backwards, pathetic and completely superfluous, just like the people who use them..

]]> by: Jimmy http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23069 Thu, 04 May 2006 15:04:07 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23069 Looks like it's working now. Looks like it’s working now.

]]> by: Red Machine D http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23011 Thu, 04 May 2006 08:22:54 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-23011 That does it. They're hosed. That does it. They’re hosed.

]]> by: Alice http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-22999 Thu, 04 May 2006 06:10:15 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3022#comment-22999 Good point. Someone shut YouTube down though with all this - the URL is hosed. Good point. Someone shut YouTube down though with all this - the URL is hosed.

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