Probably. And they'll probably soon circumvent what I've found from working. In the end, as long as anything is on the screen, it still CAN be copied (Print Screen key), or downloaded, or recorded. -Clint God Bless, Clint Hamilton, Owner www.OrpheusComputing.com www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com www.OrpheusComputing.com/cheap_reliable_web_hosting.html www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Grossman" I remember the good old days - not all that long ago - when I got decent quality YouTube downloads right away with the YouTube Downloader. This seems very complicated and discouraging. Is YouTube trying to discourage us from downloading from their site, or is there some other hidden agenda at play here? David Grossman -----Original Message----- There are numerous ways of doing it. You first should know this: Recently while at YouTube I noticed they appear to be blocking downloads with the RealPlayer plugin, it usually says "Unable to record", but there's a way around it. There's also a newer version of the DownloadHelper extension for FF that appears to work better than the previous versions. Details: You can sometimes get a better quality version of a watched video by putting &fmt=18 at the end of the URL in your address bar. (You first have to remove anything that may already be there after an existing & in the URL, like that "&FeatureRelated" or however it's written). [snipped] ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-