Youtube, Google and Science Videos April 26, 2007
Posted by Brian in : Uncategorized, digital imaging, video , trackbackWhilst talking to a colleague, Irene Sommerville, about the use of videos in the classroom she asked if I knew of any way to download videos from google or youtube.
She had been keen to show a google clip in one of her classes but found that due to the current speed of the network it was impracticable to wait the length of time necessary that the clip needed to “load up” on the google website before being able to be shown.
The only way I knew was to download the google videoplayer but I think Irene really wanted a store of videos that she could call up at a couple of clicks.
This morning Irene told me she had found a website called vixy that will take the URL of the google or youtube video and convert it into an AVI file that can be saved on your desktop etc. If you want to give it a try click on the image below and let me know what you think.
I haven’t really had a chance to try it out but thought I would let people know about it and see if it could be of any use in compiling a database of videos that can be readily shown in schools that struggle with the speed of their connection.
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Thanks for the tip - always looking for ways to do this.
Fantastic!
Google video and Youtube are both banned on our school monitoring system. But this is a good way around this.
Get the vid at home. Burn it onto CD (or, email to self!!!) and flash, bang, whaloop……… interactive whiteboard here we come.
Thanks
Indeed, you could also put it on a memory stick and take it into school that way. I downloaded the google player to my memory stick testerday, the quality of the clips are fantastic and its simpler to download and use than i thought it would be.