Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)(watchlaterapp.com)
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Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)
http://watchlaterapp.com/channels/510f05396ba60a6675000e9c?page=1&video_id=510f04366ba60a5b1f0003ec
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How does this app get around the YouTube license restriction about downloading or caching their videos?
It's just a matter of time until Apple kills this app. Not even web browsers are allowed to save downloaded YouTube videos for offline use (http://www.icab.de/blog/2013/01/26/app-reviews-are-unpredict...).
I don't know. It is against YouTube's ToS, and the owner's copyright, but the app isn't for YouTube, it's just for videos in general.
If I download Flickr photos with the built in "save image" feature, then I'm violating Flickr's ToS, and the owner's copyright, but it doesn't make the save image feature a bad thing.
If I download Flickr photos with the built in "save image" feature, then I'm violating Flickr's ToS, and the owner's copyright, but it doesn't make the save image feature a bad thing.
iCab can download videos and is far and away the best browser for iOS.
http://www.icab.de/mobile.html
http://www.icab.de/mobile.html
iCab Mobile had to remove the YouTube download function with the latest update:
Apple rejected the update. The reason was not the bugfix, they rejected the App because of a feature that was available for years in iCab Mobile and which is also available in hundreds of other Apps in the AppStore. They rejected the App because it is able to download videos from YouTube so you can watch the videos offline.
Apple rejected the update. The reason was not the bugfix, they rejected the App because of a feature that was available for years in iCab Mobile and which is also available in hundreds of other Apps in the AppStore. They rejected the App because it is able to download videos from YouTube so you can watch the videos offline.
This really bad for the developer as he is on his blog apologizing for the loss of a feature. Apparently it is only disabled for YouTube, whose ToS Apple has to respect. Guess I won't be upgrading cause it is so useful to download on wifi rather than burn mobile data. Also videos disappear never to be seen again.
The only product I know for watching entire videos offline.
wouldn't the tech talk channels (confreaks, js, TED…) make a better demo for a place like HN?
just sayin'.
just sayin'.
Finally, Instapaper for Video!
There already was an instapaper for video. It was called Spool. First, Google asked them to not download YouTube videos, then Facebook acquired the company and they shut down.
Actually, watchlater is older than Spool...
f* the download restriction...there are tons of apps out there with this function, and i guess google has to put these lines in there rules.