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Add "pwn" before youtube in the url of any youtube video to download it
Fantastic implementation.
- livecrunch 18y agoThanks! I just wrote about it: http://tinyurl.com/cr27rp http://tinyurl.com/cr27rp
- infinity 18y agoVery very nice! :)
- bcater 18y agoRemarkable.
- jws 18y agoBrilliant! My wife sometimes shows Youtube clips in her psych classes, but the classroom internet is unreliable. She tries to use tubesock to nab them, but that fails more than it works. To be clear, the url should be something like //www.pwnyoutube.com/....
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- martythemaniak 18y agoas an example, I present kittens riding a roomba http://www.pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=GTxW3GWZ5hI http://www.pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=GTxW3GWZ5hI
- greggraham 18y agoI've been using Applian Media Catcher http://www.applian.com/replay-media-catcher/ http://www.applian.com/replay-media-catcher/ to capture videos for teachers at my school for a while now. It's not free, but it works with a lot of sites besides YouTube.
- antiismist 18y agoSmall world, my wife also shows youtube clips in her psych class, and has to download them b/c of lack of connectivity too.
- whacked_new 18y agoHahaha, I just had to say, that isn't "small world", that's coincidence.
- whacked_new 18y agoDownmod 2 minutes in. Not that I care, but here's a sloppy poll: is it better to refrain from posting whimsical responses with pedantic corrections? Whimsical, because posting and not posting does not change the meaning of the parent's comment, and likely does not increase the total knowledge. None of this is important, but it does cause a delay in comprehension :)
- dchest 18y agoMaybe it's the same lady, thus "small world".
- loowee 18y agoAdding "kick" also works. :))
- chanux 18y agoDon't be cruel. Add 'kiss' ;)
- grouchyOldGuy 18y agoI sent this info to my sister. She teaches science in a high school and the school's Internet filter blocks all access to YouTube, so she was thrilled to learn about this.
- jcl 18y agoI wonder how fast this will be disabled... Youtube need only check the referrer, right?
- there 18y agoconsidering youtube is starting to add their own download links (http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/01/19/youtube-begins-adding-download-links-on-select-videos/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/01/19/youtube-begins-addin...) and there are already tons of sites and utilities to download them already that haven't been blocked, i'd say youtube doesn't really care.
- wesley 18y agoDo they care about the "youtube" trademark used in other domains?
- pg_ 18y agoFor this reason, they should have instead named it pwntube.com
- babul 18y agoTo many people (not really versed in internet culture) that would be pronounced [pawn/porn]tube, with the connotations such a name brings. "Mom can I go on pwntube to get a video for my homework?" "WHAT?!?! PORNTUBE!?!? NO!!!" ;)
- jrockway 18y agoPerhaps... but who cares? I doubt the people that made this site really care about the hypothetical kid in your example.
- babul 18y agowho cares Those who want their sites/products to go mainstream without ridicule (ExpertSexChange.com/ExpertsExchange.com is a popular example) or false negative impression/bias. This is why people often spend a lot of time to choose a name carefully, especially when you consider the long-term branding and marketing.
- mark-t 18y agoOr just copy the file from /tmp.
- pwoods 18y agoI don't think the flash file will play. Try it.
- ahpeeyem 18y agoyep i've trawled through my /tmp (the osx equivalent anyway) for the flv file, and if you use an flv player you can play the file
- rufo 18y agoIf you're using Safari, you can just hit Command-Option-A, look for the googlevideo link (or .flv/.mp4 file) and double-click to download.
- mark-t 18y agoI did. mplayer will play them.
- jmatt 18y agoNow the question: What other sites can be pwned the same way?
- jah 18y agoFor the past few years I've been using the youtube-dl Python script to download youtube videos on my 64-bit linux box (thanks for dropping the ball on a 64-bit flash player Adobe ... thankfully GNU gnash has become more stable recently). http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/youtube-dl http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/youtube-dl
- dfranke 18y agoThere is at long last now a 64-bit Linux build of Flash 10 beta. http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libfla...
- acangiano 18y agoThis is really well executed. Coming up with a bookmarklet is straightforward too. For example, for the international site you could use javascript:location.href='http://pwn'+location.href.substring(11) http://pwn'+location.href.substring(11). Of course, this can be refined to handle the presence or lack of www and international prefixes (e.g., ca.youtube.com), but you get the idea.
- kwamenum86 18y agoso how long until they get shut down. youtube has argued that this is against their terms of use.
- dominik 18y agoOut of curiosity, how does Hulu.com prevent its videos from being copy-able?
- Xichekolas 18y agoSince it's run by two major networks, I'd imagine with a big legal sledgehammer.
- dominik 18y agoVery true; I should clarified I meant technically.
- wmf 18y agoI've read that Hulu uses RTMP instead of HTTP.
- emmett 18y agoIt doesn't; you can certainly download a Hulu video if you know what you're doing.
- callmeed 18y agoAwesome. Now, please someone make this for Vimeo.
- app 18y agoWhy? You can download almost any Vimeo video if you're logged in.
- critic 18y agoSimilar services have been around for a while. Then, there is the DownloadHelper plugin for Firefox.
- jcl 18y agoIndeed, and they're popular, too. If you type "youtube" into Google's search, the number one suggestion in the Ajax autocompletion box is "youtube downloader".
- paul7986 18y agoBrilliant website and use of a domain name, which I'd guess will bring you 97% of your traffic!
- dc2k08 18y agohttp://kickyoutube.com http://kickyoutube.com has been doing the same thing.
- petercooper 18y agoFor years you've been able to add "mp4" after the word "youtube" and it does a similar thing.
- ismalls 18y agoWOw thats incredible
- kschua 18y agoThis is so cool! I have been looking for something like that for a while. Thanks for the tip!
- kin 18y agoThis is perfect feature that I have missed ever since I switched from Firefox(and its many great extensions) to Chrome. On the down side, I've had a lot of crashes recently when downloading large files in Chrome.
- dgolden 18y ago... or just use http://clive.sourceforge.net/ http://clive.sourceforge.net/ from the command line.
- apoorvkhatreja 18y agoThanks for the tip! Though the mp4 downloads rarely work.