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The Fastest Way to Download YouTube Videos

sarah — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:31:18 +0000

Do you want to download and convert YouTube videos rapidly? The following video tutorial will show you a direct and free way.

Click here to view the embedded video.

More interesting How-to videos are available at SothinkMedia YouTube Channel.

One-step to Download and Convert YouTube Videos for Free

sarah — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:23:21 +0000

Sothink Free YouTube Downloader 1.0, a 100% free tool to download and convert YouTube videos, was released by SourceTec on 20^th September. 2011. The program is a one-step and easy-to-use YouTube (HD) video downloader and converter, which is specially designed for YouTube fans.

As a totally free YouTube Downloader with one-step download-and-convert function, Sothink Free YouTube Downloader has the following advantages among all YouTube video downloader:

1. Easy to download and convert YouTube videos of different resolution like 240p/360p/720p/1080p in one-step.

2. Directly save YouTube videos into different format, including AVI (Divx/XviD/ H.264/AVC), MPEG4 (mp4) and Matroska (mkv).

3. Auto-paste URL of YouTube video page you have just copied

4. Enjoy YouTube videos offline with built-in Free FLV Player, or most popular portables like iPhone, iPod, iPad, PSP, Xbox 360, Android mobiles, smartphones and Tablet PC

YouTube always brings video funs treasure trove of interesting video clips. Try Sothink Free YouTube Downloader, to enjoy fun clips and music videos from YouTube independently of the Internet and wherever you go. If you also want to download videos from more other video sharing sites, you can refer to Sothink Web Video Downloader.

4 Reasons Why You Fail to Download Online Videos

Brenda — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:58:29 +0000

With the high-technology development of the computer, multimedia and communication, video playing online has become much smoothly. Gradually, more and more people prefer to watching videos online and downloading these videos directly. Now there are many video download tools available on the Internet, and the operation steps for most tools are quite easy and convenient, which really help us a lot. However, from time to time, people may find some online videos not be downloaded or even detected by the downloader software. How does it happen? Here let’s analyze the cause of the failure.

Generally, that one fails to download online videos is mainly caused by 4 factors: Internet connection, download tool, video and website.

1. Internet Connection

If your Internet connection has something wrong, it will result in the failure of online video download, so please check your net connection and make sure all work well firstly.

2. Download Tool

To download online videos, of course you need to install a video download tool in your computer first. If you fail to download the online video, but neither video nor website itself causes the problem, you had better carefully check the downloader software you are using. Firstly, please check whether your video downloader supports the formats of the video that you want to download; next, ask the following 3 questions to you yourself: have you installed the program correctly? Is the program set correctly? Do you use the tool correctly? If all above does not help, we suggest you ask the software’s customer service for further help.

3. Video

Usually, the online videos are divided into two kinds: streaming media and non-streaming media.

Most video download tools are able to capture and download non-streaming online videos, so if your tool cannot detect the online video, please check whether it is a streaming video or not.

From Wikipedia: Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather than to the medium itself. The distinction is usually applied to media that are distributed over telecommunications networks, as most other delivery systems are either inherently streaming (e.g., radio, television) or inherently non-streaming (e.g., books, video cassettes, audio CDs). The verb ‘to stream’ is also derived from this term, meaning to deliver media in this manner. Internet television is a commonly streamed medium.

In addition, if the video is encrypted, no matter what kind of the video it is, it certainly cannot be downloaded.

4. Website

As known, it is the server that ensures the website running (here it refers to the server on which the website is based), thus, if a website is based on the streaming media server, the online videos on the website cannot be captured and downloaded as usual.

To be more concrete, take sothink web video downloader for example, if a video file is of non-streaming media format but locates in a streaming media website, the very video downloader cannot detect it, so it cannot be downloaded by the software. However, as for the streaming video on the non-streaming media website, the program is capable of downloading it actually.

In conclusion, the tool, Internet, video and website are the important parts need to be paid much attention when you download online videos. Do remember: get to know the properties of the videos and websites, find to use a good video downloader tool, and make sure the Internet is connected. At last, hope above can help you and just enjoy the wonderful Internet life.

How to Download HTML5 Video from Internet? (1)

Brenda — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:45:18 +0000

Currently, html5 video is more and more used in websites, and we can say that html5 video is the future of the web. The latest version of Sothink Web Video Downloader, which is also a html5 video downloader, can easily capture and download the html5 video online.

Introduction

What is html5 video? Please check the expatiation from Wikipedia as follows:

HTML5 video is an element introduced in the HTML5 draft specification for the purpose of playing videos or movies, partially replacing the object element. See more >>

The Trend of HTML5

At present, Adobe Flash Player is widely used to embed video on web sites such as YouTube, since many web browsers have Adobe’s Flash Player pre-installed (with exceptions such as the browsers on the Apple iPhone and iPad and on Android 2.1 or less). Therefore, HTML5 video is intended by its creators to become the new standard way to show video online, with html5 video, those Apple and other mobile users can view the online videos directly. Now, more and more websites have supported or plan to support html5 video.The picture below is about the media websites’ plan for supporting html5 video:

From above, it is easy to see that html5 is the trend of online videos in future, and if you want to get those html5 videos, Sothink Web Video Downloader can help you, as to the operation details, please wait for “How to Download HTML5 Video from Internet? (2)”.

P.S. If you need to download youtube video, the youtube downloader is also a good tool that may help a lot.

Firefox 4 Beta Is Online

mirrorking — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:55:27 +0000

Firefox 4 Beta is online, have you installed it?

The big change on the interface of Firefox 4 Beta is that the Feedback Add-on is moved to the upper right corner. You can use this to provide instant feedback at any time. As for mobile devices, this beta is now available in the Android Market, which you can find by opening the Market application on your phone and searching for “Mozilla Firefox.” The Maemo builds are available for download here . This beta release is not feature or performance complete, but with the help and feedback from our community of testers we’re building an amazing browser. With Firefox on mobile devices, Mozilla Firefox aims to offer an effortless and optimized experience, while also solving the pain points of mobile browsing.

It said that Mozilla Firefox will continue to focus on performance, responsiveness and usability in future releases and have a lot more to come for graphics, JavaScript, add-ons and more.

When the official version came out after Firefox 4 Beta, related Firefox add-ons will be updated to compatible with the new browser as well. And then you will notice that one of the best Firefox add-ons Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox 6.0 available. Once you install this free YouTube downloader will be located at the left of the URL address field and download online video in the current page opened by Firefox 4 better.

Recommend Best Thanksgiving YouTube Downloader

mirrorking — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:28:29 +0000

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, wish everyone happy Thanksgiving!

Here we recommend one of the best Thanksgiving YouTube Downloader products, Sothink Web Video Downloader, for you to fast and easily download Thanksgiving related online videos from YouTube, Facebook, MSN, MySpace, Yahoo, and more.

Sothink Web Video Downloader is an unique YouTube video capturer and easiest to use downloader, why we say that?

Different from any other YouTube downloader, downloading online videos with Sothink Web Video Downloader does not need users to enter the video URL, which is not easy to get for most people. Just open a webpage, such as YouTube page, and Sothink Web Video Downloader will automatically monitor and capture the video in this page, then it pops up a small window asking if you want to download what you are watching at the time. That’s very convenient and just like what CNET editor said, Sothink Web Video Downloader provides an interesting twist on the crowded video downloader field.

Not only for Thanksgiving YouTube FLV, Sothink Web Video Downloader can capture and download all the videos of any format in the webpage you are viewing, such as AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, 3GP, H.264 HD, and even Flash animation SWF, which will be useful.

By now, the wonderful capturing function is available for all popular browsers, including IE, Firefox, Opera, and Maxthon. And it is said that in the next version, this video downloader will support capturing and downloading videos under Google Chrome, too.

Another impressive function is that Sothink Web Video Downloader can directly download videos in any format on users’ demand. That is to say, if you are viewing a FLV video online, and you would like to save it on your PC in AVI format, Sothink downloader can easily realize that with only one click. In fact, this video downloader provides users with plenty of video converting profiles to help users download videos in different formats and devices. The supported target formats are video FLV, AVI, MP4, WMV, H.264/AVC, MOV, MPG, MKV, 3GP, 3G2, F4V, SWF, and audio MP3, M4A, while the supported devices contain iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, HTC, Blackberry, Nokia, Google Android, iRiver, Creative Zen, and more.

It also supports setting downloading and converting by your own, like target video dimension, zoom mode, video codec, and bit rate, but since the pre-sets listed by this user-friendly program cover almost all possible needs, most of users will not do any customization at all.

All the capturing, downloading and converting progress are very easy. You will never felt confused and are definitely able to operate everything like a veteran.

Sothink Web Video Downloader prices at $19.99 and it has a 30-day trial.

(Click to view Web Video Downloader review from Top Software Reviews.)

Download Facebook Video to Portables

Gracie — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:23:21 +0000

Facebook video downloader enables downloading online videos from Facebook much easier. People spend lots of time on Facebook every day to update status, make friends, join common interest groups and share funny videos or latest movie trailer. Even if you are not an addict like me, I bet you have thought about to download Facebook videos to enjoy on PC or your portables. Thus, is there a kind of Facebook Downloader out there? From the experience of most our customers, they find Sothink YouTube Downloader is extremely useful and easy to handle to download Facebook video. Following this post, we will give you more information about Facebook Downloader you may concern.

Know More about Facebook Downloader

Downloads videos, HD videos from Facebook, YouTube, Viemo, Revver, MySpace video, Google video, and many others.
Support downloading all online video formats.
Save Facebook videos in its original format FLV, or convert it to WMV, MP4, MP3, SWF and etc.
Output Facebook videos for iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP, MP3/MP4 player and all kinds of smart phone.
Live video capture from various web browsers, like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Maxthon and etc.
Rich useful features.

Simple Steps to Download Facebook Video

Download and install Sothink Facebook Downloader following the instruction of the setup file. Open your web browser — it could be Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Maxthon, and etc. Browse to Facebook and watch a video you are interested in. A notification will pop up from the right bottom corner when the live video is captured. Click on the notification to start a new download task. In this window, user could set up “Save to” address, “File name”, and “Target format”. This target format includes general video audio formats and device-ready formats one click away. And then hit OK. Click “Start” on the main interface. The Facebook Downloader will start to download videos from Facebook. After finishing downloading, Facebook Downloader will automatically start to convert Facebook FLV video to your designated format, like MP4 or Zune WMV. Several minutes later (depending on the file size or your computer/bandwidth condition), you could preview the downloaded video with build-in player by double clicking the file on completed list in Facebook Downloader. And meanwhile the downloaded files could be found in saved folder.

To transfer Facebook videos to your mobiles or portables, upload to your blog to share with friends or just back up for enjoying anytime on PC. It’s totally up to you!

Download Video from Vimeo.com onto Your iPad

Gracie — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:03:34 +0000

Vimeo.com, the second most popular online video sharing sites (only behind YouTube), has gradually gained the recognition in the netizen world. As of March 2010, Vimeo has over 3 million members and an average of more than 16,000 new videos uploaded daily.

Simple Steps to Download Vimeo Video onto Your iPad:

Play:

Play a Vimeo video from web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Mathon. Sothink YouTube Downloader will prompt a notification on the right bottom corner when the live video is captured.

Click:

Click the notification to start a “New Download”. In this window, user could set up “Save to” address, “File name”, and “Target format”. This target format includes general video audio formats and device-ready formats. In this scenario, we choose “iPad H.264/AVC Video (*.mp4)” and then hit OK.

Download:

Now click “Start” on the main interface. Sothink Vimeo Video Downloader will automatically download and convert Vimeo video in your desired formats.

With Sothink Vimeo Downloader, user could:

Download Vimeo videos for iPod
Download Vimeo videos for iPad
Download Vimeo videos for iPhone
Download Vimeo videos for PSP
Download Vimeo videos for smart phones
Take your favorite Vimeo video wherever you go

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YouTube Downloader 2.0 Preview & Get 25% Coupon!

mirrorking — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:10:28 +0000

Powerful YouTube Downloader? Sothink Web Video Downloader (Stand-alone) 2.0 will come out soon. It got big changes in video downloader software, which will not only capture and download online videos, but will also give you a much easier way to save videos into different formats from YouTube, Facebook, MSN, MySpace, Google Video, Yahoo Video, Metacafe, Viemo, Revver and more. Let you get web videos playable with one-click on your iPod, iPhone, PSP, iRiver, Nokia, HTC, BlackBerry, Smartphone, more portable and mobiles. It also supports capturing videos via mosts of popular browsers like IE, Firefox, Opera, and Maxthon.

Users order the current version of YouTube Downloader will enjoy Free upgrade to the next version 2.0. It is now only $19.99 on sales.

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joey — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:01:58 +0000

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Who needs this bundle?

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Gracie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:36:35 +0000

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Testimonials

Pretty nice Web Video Downloader. Very nice interface. Downloaded a Youtube Video Without any problem. When you start it for the first time you see a Video Tutorial(sort of). Its very nice and explains how to use this software. I have never seen any software as capable as this one. You do not need to do any tweaks. It sits in Task Bar and tells you when it can capture video from a website.
—- by User of GOTD

Thumbs up definately. So easy to use. Run it, minimize it, go watch your videos and it tells you itâ€™s found them and asks if you want to download them. When itâ€™s done, just double click on the video and it plays. It works great. Doesnâ€™t get any simpler than this. Thanks GOTD!!
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Now, video downloading and watching your favorite music video or movie is more fun than ever. Yes, it is true with Sothink Web Video Downloader 1.0 Build 71113 software. Operating the program is easy as it could be.
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mirrorking — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:16:20 +0000

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Shake off Financial Crisis: Download Entertainment Videos on YouTube!

Brenda — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:31:45 +0000

Worries about the global economy across the world may have turned every day into a gloomy experience. But when life seems hard the courageous do not lie down and accept their status; instead they work hard to survive and struggle for a better future. People are not about to let a financial crisis dent their daily fun,Â so various jokes, songs and games about crisisÂ are here and there on YouTube.

Web Video Downloader comes out with the most available price to help everyone laugh through economy recession: Download YouTube videos of financial crisis entertainment and Flash Videos (*.swf).

What merits does Web Video Downloader hold?

* Never miss any videos you have watched: Auto-capture YouTube videos which are currently viewed as long as the Web Video Downloader is launched.

* Step by step tutorial is supplied when running the application to help users and fresh users start quickly.

* Preview downloaded YouTube video in Web Video Downloader interface.

* Quickly invoke Sothink FLV Converter for FLV conversion and invoke Sothink SWF Decompiler for Flash SWF to FLA Conversion.

* Download crisis videos of jokes, songs and games from MSN, Google and many other video sites and blogs.

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Enjoy the Top 10 Viral Videos of 2008

Mable — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:22:27 +0000

If you like viewing videos on the web, you can enjoy the following interesting videos that are evaluated and chosen as Top 10 Viral Videos of 2008 by TIME. You also can download them to your computer and share with your friends and families.

01. Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)
02. Western Spaghetti
03. Christian the Lion
04. Hamster on a Piano (Eating Popcorn)
05. Obama’s Loss Traced To Nonvoter
06. Super Mario Rescues The Princess
07. How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election
08. Star Wars according to a 3 year old
09. You Can Vote However You Like
10. Madtv-Keeping our passengers safe in the air

Want to save those videos to your computer and enjoy them later? Here I recommend you a smart video capture tool – Sothink Web Video Downloader, which is the most convenient video downloader I have been used. It can detect and capture almost all popular video formats, including *.flv, *.wmv, *.asf, *.avi, *.mov, *.mp4, *.m4v, *.3gp, *.rm, *.rmvb, etc.

Please follow below steps to capture videosï¼š

1. Make sure your Sothink Web Video Downloader is running. If you do not have this software installed, please go to following address to get one:
Free download: http://www.sothinkmedia.com/web-video-downloader/download.htm

2. Click the above links of Top 10 Viral Videos to open corresponding webpage.

3. No matter which browser you are using, now the Sothink Web Video Downloader will detect the video automatically, and a pop window will display in the bottom right of your computer.

4. Click the link in the above image, and then a “New Download” window is appeared, in which you can set target path to save the video.

5. After all of this, click OK in the “New Download” window. Now the video is started to be downloaded to the path you specified.

Note: The video preview window displayed in the above image only appears when the video you captured is *.flv format.

Then you can enjoy the video conveniently on your computer.

However, if you don’t want to install an independent program which will occupy your disk space and prefer to use Firefox browser, I suggest you to install another plug-in – Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox. Even though it is not as powerful as Sothink Web Video Downloader, for the purpose of capturing videos from Internet, it is enough for you.

More details: http://www.sothinkmedia.com/web-video-downloader-firefox/index.htm
Free download: http://www.sothinkmedia.com/web-video-downloader-firefox/download.htm

PS: To enjoy those videos on portable devices, such as Apple iPod, iPhone and Sony PSP, you can get a Sothink FLV Converter for help.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Low price FLV Tools Gallery for Xmas on Christmas Day!

Brenda — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:15:52 +0000

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What benefits does FLV Tools Gallery for Christmas holds? With FLV Tools Gallery for Christmas, you can download hot Christmas videos and Flash from all browsers, play them by FLV Player, convertÂ Christmas FLVÂ into Christmas video formats or change different video formats into FLV and SWF.

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