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Zenan Plains - Site Discussion => Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion => Topic started by: Dinos on June 21, 2009, 04:14:09 am

Title: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: Dinos on June 21, 2009, 04:14:09 am: Is there any way to download these videos off youtube. I want to have them so when squeenix finds and removes them I have my own copy.
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: IAmSerge on June 21, 2009, 04:16:13 am: pretty sure there are websites for ripping youtube vids off of youtube....

but not really sure where these sites are.

but yeah, you can ask the creators if they would bundle up the vids into a nice little zip...
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: utunnels on June 21, 2009, 04:17:01 am: I'm using http://keepvid.com
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: FaustWolf on June 21, 2009, 04:18:03 am: As soon as I've got them all together (I need to do a proper credits reel still), I'll upload the videos somewhere, though logistics will be interesting -- they'll weigh in at about 9 gigs all together. Yum!

Ah, that's right, Windows Media Player doesn't like the audio on a lot of the videos. I kept the original video and audio streams, so I might want to take some more time out to reprocess them and make them more compatible with a variety of players. Also, MP4 files should be available.

Between AVI and MP4, anyone think one format is better to release in than the other?
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: Guts on June 21, 2009, 06:21:24 am: MP4 always seemed of higher quality to me but I don't know the actual differences and all that I'm sure someone who knows all this stuff will fill you in. The walkthrough will come to about 9 gigs you say?

Also, you really think Squeenix will remove the videos off of youtube? Why? Its like making one LONG ass fan based video. If so, they really are being anal about keeping this under control.
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: mav on June 21, 2009, 03:10:18 pm: keepvid.com is your best bet. Honestly though, I think there's only a small chance that SE will have 'em taken down...and it'll probably be all over the place by then.
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: Dinos on June 22, 2009, 03:19:59 am: Does windows media player play MP4?
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: utunnels on June 22, 2009, 03:27:03 am: No.
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: kid123 on June 22, 2009, 04:04:11 am: Quote from: Dinos on June 22, 2009, 03:19:59 am
Does windows media player play MP4?

Try VLC media player, it can play almost all file format of audio and video.
LINKY (http://www.videolan.org/vlc)

You can try Orbit+Flashgot, a masterful dual to download any video from any streaming site.
It also a very good combination to download files from Firefox, I love those :)
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: mav on June 22, 2009, 01:20:26 pm: iTunes, QuickTime, RealPlayer, and Winamp do too, I believe. But use VLC, since it can play a load of file types.
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: Lord J Esq on June 22, 2009, 06:24:37 pm: MP4 files are a lot more space-efficient than AVI files, which is important when we're talking about gigabytes of video. I also tend to notice that they're higher in quality even despite being smaller.

For downloading YouTube vids and and songs I use Download Helper in Firefox:

http://www.downloadhelper.net/
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: mav on June 22, 2009, 06:28:55 pm: Oh and don't MP4 work on iPods, Zunes, and PSPs? I suppose that if you wanna watch these vids on the go, then saving as MP4 might be the way to go...
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: FaustWolf on June 22, 2009, 08:36:18 pm: I think I'll test out the .MP4 files in VLC and compare the quality. VLC can play MP4s, right? If I proceed with my original plan of reprocessing the audio to make the AVIs work in Windows Media Player, it'd take quite a bit longer.
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: Shee on June 22, 2009, 10:16:28 pm: So I don't know a whole lot about this stuff but if you have Divx installed then you can play AVIs in Windows Media Player. Hope it helps.
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: NickyT on June 22, 2009, 11:46:48 pm: I can help host the videos if you want, I just got a Virtual Private Server from linode.com that I have been messing around with, I can put them up there.

I can also make some DVD ISO images if that is still cool with you guys, I am even going to try adding subtitles of the YouTube annotations and such in there.
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: Mitchr90 on June 23, 2009, 05:52:40 pm: file2hd.com works very well too
i downloaded one of the CE videos using that site
they come out as .MP4 and can be used on your ipod!
Title: Re: Downloading The CE Videos
Post by: Truthordeal on June 25, 2009, 04:23:50 pm: Quote from: Guts on June 21, 2009, 06:21:24 am
Also, you really think Squeenix will remove the videos off of youtube? Why? Its like making one LONG ass fan based video. If so, they really are being anal about keeping this under control.

This is a short and simple answer from someone who's been kicked off of Youtube 3 times prior for copyright BS...

Yes. Yes they will. You can take that to the bank.

And yes, .mp4's tend to be more space-efficient and higher quality than .avi's. If you're looking for space-efficiency more over quality, then I would suggest broadband quality .wmv files.

In terms of quality it goes like this, generally:

.mp4>.avi>.wmv

In terms of space-efficiency it goes like this, generally:

.wmv>.mp4>.avi

Regular mpegs are somewhere in the middle.

Of course whatever program you use can alter this. I've never used Virtual Dub before, so I can't speak for it.

And these are the only 4 video formats that I handle on a consistent basis, so if anyone knows more about other various formats that may help then do speak up.