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Hi Folks,

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:47:47 +1200, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Ron wrote:

>> It can even be done using a text editor on the
>> Youtube page source, once you know what you are
>> looking for.

> Okay, Ron, what am I looking for?

  Look at the source code of the Youtube page.

  Search for the first instance of "videoplayback".
Follow that line leftwards until you come to the first "http:" - the URL
starts here !
Follow the line to the right until you come to "|http:".  Go back a
character or two to a comma: ,
The URL ends just before that comma.
Go through the isolated URL and replace all the "%2A", "%3F" type entities
with their actual characters: / (forward slash) : (semicolon) and so on.

  That will give you a clean version of a direct link to a video file.

  There are many more (usually) instances of "videoplayback" to be
found, and about half of them are "live" links, but most of them are
duplicates.

  In the isolated URL lines, you will also see "itag=" followed by a
number - this indicates the type of file and its resolution.

itag=5      FLV file, 320 x 240
itag=18     MP4 file, 480 x 360
itag=22     MP4 file, 1280 x 720
itag=34     FLV file, 480 x 360
itag=35     FLV file, 640 x 480
itag=37     MP4 file, 1920 x 1080
itag=38     MP4 file, 2048 x 1080

  Hope this helps.

Regards,
        Ron

Ron Clarke
AUSREG Consultancy      http://www.ausreg.com
Tadpole Tunes           http://www.tadpoletunes.com
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