How to play Snake while you load videos in YouTube

A new functionality in YouTube player has been recently discovered. It enables us to play Snake in the player display while w are loading or playing a video.

With our keyboard we can show our skills and feed the snake to make it grow while we avoid the boring wait, if we have a slow connection.

This option available in YouTube, which doesn’t have a useful purpose in itself, has never been announced and remained hidden in the player until some user discovered it. It is not available for any video, so if we want to try it out we must search within the “Gaming” category. One link we can use to enable this option is: http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=f8eVGuKicv8&

To use the game we must press up and left arrow keys while clicking the play or pause button in You Tube’s player. The circle will turn into the snake so that you can start playing.

This is a useless, though amusing, feature in YouTube, just like the vuvuzelas in 2010 World Cup South Africa, but it will definitely help us to kill time.

How to enjoy YouTube automatic screen captures

We often need to make screen captures of the videos we watch in YouTube and we don’t have any program that can do it, such as WinSnap and HyperSnap-dx. You can get through this issue with YouTube automatic screen captures.

YouTube makes these screen captures with the aim of using them in its own portal as a preview image to identify the video or to display in the player while the video is not being played. These 4 automatic captures are available in different sizes depending on the use you want to give them.

We can access this tool very easily. First, we must extract the ID of the video from its URL. To do so, we must select the 11 characters that come after http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=.

Finally, there are some default addresses for making captures:

http://img.youtube.com/vi/……….. /0.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/……….. /1.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/……….. /2.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/……….. /3.jpg

We must replace the dotted line with the video ID in the previous addresses and we will get a fast screen capture in YouTube.

ICQ 7: now it’s possible to integrate different social networks

After being the first massive program of instant messaging 13 years ago, ICQ disappeared from the spotlight. As a matter of fact, it didn’t disappear, it just lost market to other programs of the same kind as Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger.

Trying to gain prominence again, we find ICQ 7. The program counts with an updated and modern interface. As soon as we enter we find a series of eyelashes from where we can add contacts and do searches, see status updates and send SMS, apart from having on the top part a field to update our status.

This new version of the program not only lets us chat through its own protocol, but also integrates with different social networks like Facebook, Digg, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube, being able to update our status directly from ICQ 7 and simultaneously.

To be able to synchronize with other 2.0 webs, after we registered and got our user on ICQ 7, in the event we didn’t have one before, we go to “Set up your feeds” and on the eyelash “My box” from which we’ll be redirected to a webpage in which we’ll need to enter our username and password. We’ll be able to see our contacts’ updates directly from the ICQ 7 window.

Furthermore, it counts with the traditional contact search that will allow us to locate contacts on the area we want, and start a conversation from the window of the program. ICQ 7 chat window looks very similar to the one of the last Windows Live Messenger versions. It has incorporated buttons for emoticons, to send files, change fonts and more. Moreover, we can also add an image as avatar apart from being able to see our contacts’.

Another remarkable improvement is the incorporation of the possibility to send SMS messaged from the same window of the program in a quick and simple way within a few clicks, being able to store the numbers of our contacts to easily access them again.

This way, ICQ 7, turning into a multiprotocol client, looks for the integration with other social networks, recover territory. If it’s true that there are other applications that perform the same task like Digsby, Pidgin or Miranda IM to name a few, it’s worth it trying the news of this old contender.

Convert among video formats with Any Video Converter Professional

Several times we find ourselves needing to convert a video file into another format and, to be able to do it we need to search for a specific program that does it, and even use 2 programs because we can’t find one which does it directly. To give a solution to this kind of problems is that Any Video Converter Professional was developed.

This program is an application that allows us to convert all type of file formats supporting many of them very fast and intuitively. Once we access the program, we find on the main window a menu bar on the upper part were we’ll be able to access the different functions of Any Video Converter Professional. Below that we can find some shortcut icons to a few main functions such as “Add Video”, “Convert”, “Stop” and “YouTube”, as well as a shortcut to the conversion profile.

Any Video Converter Professional organizes the formats that it works with based on different categories, showing us not only the file extension, but also the name of the format or device player to which it is associated. Moreover, we can personalize the view so once inside the conversion profile shortcut, we only see the options that we use more frequently.

Another option of the tool is the download of videos from very popular web pages like YouTube, Google or Metacafe. With only entering the correspondent URL to the video and the format to which we want to have it converted when downloaded, we’ll be able to perform this task very easily and fast within a few clicks. Using this program we can even access our own service account, as it has on its options menu, fields to enter user name and password.

On the other hand, Any Video Converter Professional counts with a small video player from its own interface which has, as well, a basic editor which we can use to cut a shot, isolate a piece or do a capture of the video. This player can be found on the right part of the window.

A negative aspect of Any Video Converter Professional’s trial version is that the conversion is limited to only 3 minutes on each video. Although it does provide us, with the editor, with the possibility to select the piece that we want to convert when we have them stored on our computer, it doesn’t let us perform this function with the files that it downloads directly from the web.

As it can be seen, Any Video Converter Professional is an application that introduces many tools as well as a simple conversion among the different video formats. Although its development is pretty basic, it’s important to say that its use is really simple. Beyond the limitations of the trial version, it can get us out of trouble in more than one opportunity.

Downlaod and convert Internet videos with YouTube Catcher

Did it happen to you that wanted to download a video form the Internet and you couldn´t? Nowadays, we have software that enables us to do it. One of them is YouTube Catcher (also known as aTube Catcher) that will help you to download videos from web sites like YouTube, PornoTube, Metacafe, MySpace, etc.

This application is also useful for those who work with multimedia applications or simple enjoy their favorite videos wherever, whenever. Despite having free license, it is necessary to download it in the PC you are going to use. On the other hand, we have remote applications that allow downloading without installing it and does not required any other additional software.

You can download and export the multimedia content to your computer or your mobile device, IPOD, PSP, Cell Phone, DVD, VCD, MP3 (you can extract only audio tracks from your favorite videos), the program also dishes up a bevy of useful options, such as the ability to define the quality and resolution of the video, audio channels (stereo or mono), codec’s used, 4:3 or 16:9 aspect and more. One disadvantage is that YouTube Catcher could offer the possibility of trimming parts of the video, in other words, select only the part we need to convert.

To sump up, this is one of the most used software to download videos from the internet, and those how has used it claimed that is really simple to use. On the other hand, YouTube Catcher developers needed to modify some set up options. For instance, since this software supports different output video formats (FLV, AVI, MPG, WMV, MP4, PSP, 3GP y 3G2) it encode by default some codec’s that are not supported by some users devices. Although this can be solved from the advanced set up options, should have been considered from the very beginning to avoid future problems.

All things considered, we can say that YouTube Catcher (or aTube Catcher) is a good alternative when downloading videos from the Internet without loosing quality and that offer very quick conversion.

Easy Video Downloader

Websites such as YouTube generated a big step in the internet by allowing users to watch online videos all over the world. Nevertheless, people complaint about the lack of download links for the videos, that´s why we introduce you to Easy Video Downloader.

The possibility of download videos to our PC from websites such as YouTube has always been a never-ending issue for most users. The problem lies on the fact that these kinds of websites do not provide a download link, thus making things complicated for the average internet user. To download videos quickly and easily, we will need an application like Easy Video Downloader that will enable users to download videos from most popular video sharing websites and save them to our PC.

As we were saying, this simple application will enables us to download videos from video sharing websites such as Google Video, Myspace.com and YouTube quickly and easily. Easy Video Downloader features an automated installation wizard, apart from being lightweight and taking up little disk space.

As soon as the installation process finishes, a medium-size windows will be displayed. The single interface shown is the whole application itself; therefore we can state that its lack of features will also be its simplicity making is very easy-to-use. As we can see, we can to place our videos we want to convert in the central part of the screen.

Easy Video Downloader that enables users to convert FLV files to AVI or MP4. It´s worth mentioning that MP4 format is compatible with any iPod or PSP. Even though it doesn´t support a wide range of video formats, it covers the most popular ones.

The download time will depend on our connection speed and of course the size of the video. We can run several instances of the program in order to download videos simultaneously.

To sum up, Easy Video Downloader is a top-notch application to start downloading videos from most popular video portals. Even though it doesn’t feature many options, simplicity is the reason why Easy Video Downloader stands out featuring a user-friendly interface. Get ready to download those videos you always watched but could never download.

YouTube to rent movies for u$s4

It seems YouTube is readying up a new service to provide users with the possibility to rent movies online. Unofficial news came up indicating that Google is already in the works to negotiate with Sony Pictures, Lions gate Entertainment Corporation, Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Warner Bros, so that people all over the world can watch/download any released movie for an estimate of four dollars.

This news sets a before and after regarding YouTube as a free video file hoster. Due to the nature of the change, fewer advertisements would be seen on the site. Maintaining a popular video file sharing site such as YouTube it´s not exactly cheap, millions of users watch videos everyday and streaming technology is not free. For this reason, Google Inc –YouTube´s owner- is also trying to include major commercial content in its site since sponsors and advertisers prefer the latter over home-made videos –despite their popularity.

“While we don’t comment on rumor and speculation,” said YouTube spokesman Chris Dale by phone, “we hope to expand on both our great relationships with movie studios and on the selection and types of videos we offer.”

As for retail DVD sales, this wouldn’t be a bad business at all since sales are falling by the day and the costs would be obviously existing, and accepting an agreement with YouTube would be a smarter choice. Though the movies rental service is already available in Amazon, iTunes o Netflix, YouTube and Google ´s popularity could promote a major change in online rental services.

If some of you are asking yourself “Will YouTube no longer be a free video file sharing website?” There´s not rumors indicating that it won´t, so there´s nothing to panic about for YouTube users. Google Inc and YT just want to add new feature and new services for users all over the world.

YouTube Catcher

Did it happen to you that wanted to download a video form the Internet and you couldn´t? Nowadays, we have software that enables us to do it. One of them is YouTube Catcher (also known as aTube Catcher) that will help you to download videos from web sites like YouTube, PornoTube, Metacafe, MySpace, etc.

This application is also useful for those who work with multimedia applications or simple enjoy their favorite videos wherever, whenever. Despite having free license, it is necessary to download it in the PC you are going to use. On the other hand, we have remote applications that allow downloading without installing it and does not required any other additional software.

You can download and export the multimedia content to your computer or your mobile device, IPOD, PSP, Cell Phone, DVD, VCD, MP3 (you can extract only audio tracks from your favorite videos), the program also dishes up a bevy of useful options, such as the ability to define the quality and resolution of the video, audio channels (stereo or mono), codec’s used, 4:3 or 16:9 aspect and more. One disadvantage is that YouTube Catcher could offer the possibility of trimming parts of the video, in other words, select only the part we need to convert.

To sump up, this is one of the most used software to download videos from the internet, and those how has used it claimed that is really simple to use. On the other hand, YouTube Catcher developers needed to modify some set up options. For instance, since this software supports different output video formats (FLV, AVI, MPG, WMV, MP4, PSP, 3GP y 3G2) it encode by default some codec’s that are not supported by some users devices. Although this can be solved from the advanced set up options, should have been considered from the very beginning to avoid future problems.

All things considered, we can say that YouTube Catcher (or YouTube Catcher) is a good alternative when downloading videos from the Internet without loosing quality and that offer very quick conversion.

In a press release YouTube confirmed several rumors related to the improvements of the popular video streaming website. The main modification stated is related to the video upload size limit. Not long ago, this site allowed a limit of 1GB that has been doubled offering us the possibility of working with videos up to 2GB.

YouTube ups video upload size

This increase was due to work properly with HD format which offers better image quality and videos are much bigger than SD videos. Thanks to this modification users will be able to upload HD videos up to 10 minutes long.

Another change included regarding HD videos, is the possibility of sharing links. Just by adding “&hd=1” at the end of the URL we will be able to share as many videos as we want.
Apart from sharing HD videos, we can add them to our web. In order to do this, YouTube has created a new option located on the customization panel called “HD Playback”. This option automatically adapts the video code so that users only need to copy the code where we want to export it and we are good to go.

Another new feature is the possibility of adding links to the videos, so that users can be redirected to a specific website with a single click. This option has multiple uses that go from advertising to emphasizing the message video with text. Ads can be closed in case we think they become annoying, since they usually become an issue when playing videos. The only disadvantage is that this possibility will be only available for YouTube advertisers and not for common users.

Once again we witness the evolution of Google products. Without a doubt, YouTube will continue to add features to allow users to share their video quickly and easily. Stay tuned for new modifications and improvements on the king of internet video streaming websites

For all you lovers of YouTube and similar video sharing sites, the moment has finally arrived: now you can finally download and save your favourites YouTube video so you can see them without having to connect to the Internet. Don’t miss out on what Save2pc has to offer.

Save2pc

Have you ever try to save a video you saw on the net, but didn’t make it? Well, now this is possible thanks to programs like Save2pc, a peculiar application that stores your favourite online videos on your hard disk or on your favourite video player.

Save2pc lets you copy, download and collect – free of charge, easily and comfortably – videos in the FLV, MPEG, AVI and WMV formats so that you can watch them using any video player on your PC, and even convert them to the MOP, MP4, MP3, WAP or 3GP formats so that you can have them on your mobile, iPod, iPhone or MP3 player.

Once you’ve installed the program on your PC, Save2pc lets you choose which video site you want to download videos from: YouTube, GodTube, Google Video, MySpace Video, Break.com, DailyMotion.com or TeacherTube.com.

When you’ve picked the download page, just copy the URL of the video into the program’s “Link” field and click “Start”. Now, choose the destination folder on your PC where your videos will be saved, and you’re ready to go.

This is one of the reasons why Save2pc is preferable to other similar programs available previously. It’s extremely easy to use, and doesn’t require any technical knowledge to get the most out of it. You can’t go wrong – with this free version of Save2pc you can get your hands on a permanent copy of all those videos that you like so much.

On the other hand, this very simplicity of use represents its own limitations, since it doesn’t present many options for parameter settings and the configuration of the downloaded videos, which could be an interesting feature for advanced users. In this sense, we must take into account that the limitations we could find may be attributed to the version licence that we use.

Some more reasons why you’ll prefer this version of Save2pc over other alternatives are: it can download several videos at once, and can download videos with adult content from various servers (RedTube, PornoTube, YouPorn, Megarotic, yuvutu), possibility which makes it outstand among other programs of the kind which ban this type of content.

As well as taking up little space and consuming few system resources, this new version of Save2pc allows you to download any type of video, TV programme or movie trailer that is stored on any of the many different video sharing services directly to your PC, without any loss of quality.

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