Digital Video Players & Utilities

Adobe Flash Player

Many videos, such as those on YouTube, are streamed through this popular browser plug-in.

...cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough web experiences and is installed on more than 98% of Internet-connected desktops... learn more at adobe.com

Apple QuickTime Player

Apple's QuickTime Player is available for MacOS & Windows platforms.

...compresses video tightly - resulting in much smaller files - without sacrificing any quality. So you can watch video of astonishing quality - crisp, clear and brilliantly saturated - in a window up to four times the size you are currently used to seeing... learn more at apple.com

Windows Media Player

Microsoft's robust multimedia player supports many types of video on multiple platforms & operating systems.

...offers great ways to store and enjoy your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV favorites - all from one place... learn more at microsoft.com

Real Player

...download Web videos from thousands of sites...play every major media format - it's the only player you'll need... learn more at real.com

DivX Player

Sites that use the DivX format will require a free DivX player install.

...watch, create and share high-quality videos on your computer...the kind of quality you normally wouldn’t expect to see on your PC—full-screen, high-definition, home theater-level quality, not the grainy Internet videos you get from some formats... learn more at divx.com

Winamp

Nullsoft's popular multimedia browser, player & file manager.

...play many major video formats (AVI, NSV, WMV, MPG, etc.) with ease...easily resize video playback...watch your favorite videos in Full Screen mode... learn more at winamp.com

VeohTV

Certain videos (not all) that come from veoh will need their player if you want to view more than the first 5 minutes. You will get a warning message about it being limited to 5 minutes when you come across one of them. You can register for a free account and download their free player to view the rest of a movie.

Real Media (RM) Alternative

An alternate way of watching RM files without having to install the Real Media player, which can be slow and bulky to load. This tool will play video using a light-weight player you probably already have on your system, like Media Player Classic.

Good video players

• * MPC - Media Player Classic (Download it) - Download subtitles using MPC
• Dzobias RAR Player (based on mPlayer)
• ALLPlayer (Introducing All Player)
• VLC - VideoLAN (Download it)
• GOM Player (Download it)
• KM Player (Download it)
• MPlayer (Download it)
• SMPlayer (Download it)
• BS PLayer (Download it)
• Zoom Player (Download it)
• Video players list - pick up your favourite :)
• Elecard MPEG Player

Streaming Video Downloaders / Converters

• VideoDownloader

• Firefox add-on that saves streaming video with a single click from the toolbar.

  ...Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, Pornotube...and all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc)... learn more at videodownloader.net

• HeatSeek

• Although marketed as an adult video downloader, this application allows you to quickly and easily download any FLA video that streams within a web browser.

  ...Instantly download and keep streaming Flash movies from most websites, such as YouPorn, RedTube, PornHub, Tube8, YouTube, CNN, EbaumsWorld, and more... learn more at heatseek.com

• KeepVid

• A download helper site with an easy, browser-based utility for capturing streaming videos.

  ...Download & Tag Videos & MP3s from Millions of Sites...Easily Convert FLV Files to iPod, AVI, WMV & Burn DVD's too... learn more at keepvid.com

Video Tools & Resources Tools for watching, downloading & saving online video

Playing Online Video

You can view the videos either by playing them directly from the site or by downloading them first and then playing them. When you play a video directly, your Web browser will open a page with a video player and begin to cache the video. You can then play the video but the video will not be saved on your hard drive (not easily found) and cannot be played again later without reloading the page. When you download and play a video, you can sometimes save the video to your hard drive and after it is completely downloaded you just need to locate the video on your hard drive and can then play the video any time you like.

If a video is starting and stopping often, or just says buffering without starting, you can press the pause button and wait a few minutes for things to get caught up (if the connection is very poor you may need to wait an hour or more). After waiting you can then press play again and things should stream smoothly.

Downloading Embedded Videos

Many sites will embed the videos into the website your are viewing. These cannot be directly saved. However, there are software tools available that may allow you to download them for later viewing. You can then burn them to a DVD for playback on an external device, like a DVD player.

Burning Downloaded Video Files to a DVD

Once you have downloaded a video, converting it to a DVD in a format that will play on a standard DVD player requires converting the file to a special format that DVD players can recognize. Your first step will be to convert the file to a standard initial format, like .AVI. Using a service like VideoDownloader will save an online video file in .FLV format, but you will still need a program that can convert it to .AVI. There are many free FLV players, but that will only allow you to watch the video on your computer. You can do a search on the Google to find free utilities that will convert a FLV file to AVI format.

Once you have the videos in .AVI format, you can use Nero StartSmart, dvdSanta, or some other DVD video burning program to burn these videos onto a DVD so you can watch them on any standard DVD player. Here is a link with more information on creating a DVD from an AVI file using free tools. While the free approach works, most people will find it much easier to buy a commercial tool, like Nero StartSmart. Another solution is to get a DVD player that plays mpeg-4 files (Magnasonic DVD6118-4 does this and costs about $20), so you can just burn the .AVI file directly to a dvd-rw disk and play it on a TV immediately after you burn it.

Another approach is to connect your computer to a TV and just watch them directly skipping the DVD entirely (see below).

VideoHelp.com is a good source for finding answers to your video conversion questions.

TV Playback

Tired of watching stuff on your small computer screen? Several companies now have relatively cheap hardware cards that allow you to play video from your computer on a regular TV. You can also connect your video output to an LCD video projector and get the full movie experience. You can search for them on Google.

Play a video in Windows Media Player

1. Locate the video that you wish to play
2. Click on the play or download button
3. If it starts playing, then you have everything working.
4. Depending on the file size of the video you have chosen, this may happen quickly, or it may take some time to start for the player to buffer the video
5. If nothing comes up, you are most likely missing plugins for your browser. There will usually be a link to download the necessary plugin. Do not download a plugin from a site you do not trust, since it is possible that it contains spyware or a virus. It is best to go to a trusted source, like apple.com, microsoft.com, etc., and download the players from that site. See list below for access to the latest browser video plugins. Open Windows Media Player, pull down the tools menu, click on the last option called "Options"
6. Click on the "File Types" tab. Make sure that "Windows Video File" and "Movie File (MPEG)" are chosen
7. Click OK
8. Close Windows Media Player
9. Return to step 2 above
10. If this does not work, downloading the current version of windows media player may solve the problem, this can be found at microsoft.com/downloads

Play a video in Quicktime Player

1. Locate the video that you wish to play.
2. Click on the download arrow or play button.
3. Wait for the page to redirect
4. After redirecting you should see the Quicktime logo and the video will begin to cache and play
5. If you do not see the Quicktime logo, that means you will need to install the Quicktime plugin which can be done by downloading the Quicktime player which in turn will automatically install the quicktime plugin at (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/)

Online Video Resources

ButterBlog

The Top Undiscovered Websites - Undiscovered Travel, Streaming Video, News, Sports, and Music Sites.

Top TVLinks Alternatives

A list of great TVLinks alternatives that allow you to watch your favorite TV shows free online.

Ally Source

Everything great on the internet - best free sites - where you can find the best free sites movie, games, freeware and other finds. Why go thru all the hassle of searching the web, when you can just click on a link.

Business of Video

Video blog covering media distribution, advertising, television, marketing, etc. Great site to stay on top of the latest happenings in online video.

Internet Video Magazine

The best site on the web for learning how to create and post your own internet video masterpieces.

VideoMaker

Information on video production hardware, directing, and filming techniques.

VideoHelp

Learn about all the different video formats and ways of converting between them.

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Video Player Problems

Having problems with MegaVideo?
Blocked by Veoh?
Video stops at 3-7 secs?
Video player didn't load? Then Read ON!

All video players in General

If Veoh is banned in your country, then install this [Hotspot Shield]. Once done, Veoh videos should load for you :)

If you are using FireFox and your videos only load 3-5 secs and/or there is no sound
Use the Astameth Solution…

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If you notice that sometimes firefox loads videos only upto 3-5 secs and sometimes there is no sound… You can fix this by doing this… Quote: Tools (Menu Bar on Top of the Address Bar) -> Add-ons -> Plugins -> ShockWave Flash -> Press Disable -> Press Enable -> Refresh Page -> and That’s that. It somehow refreshes the cache of the previously loaded videos. It is just a temporary but effective solution… Let’s just wait for Mozilla Firefox or Adobe to Fix it. But you can also use Internet Explorer or Google Chrome or other browsers since AniLinkz is now compatible with ALL browsers. I prefer Google Chrome. Since so far, All videos are working with Google Chrome with no problems. ^_^

If you are using Internet Explorer or other browsers, Adobe flash player should have no problems. But if there is and you encounter a problem the same with the top, try Reinstalling Adobe Flash Player or UPDATE to the newest version (don’t use BETA versions).


MegaVideo Problems

"Video Removed" or "Copyright Infringment" Error
These videos are dead. so please report them so they can be fixed by our linkers

"Temporarily Unavailable"
If you encounter these kinds of problems when playing MegaVideo vids, all you need to do is watch it from their site. To do that, just refresh the page where the video is and press any part of the video that is OUTSIDE the PLAY BUTTON at the center. or just press the MEGAVIDEO LOGO on the lower right.

MegaVideo Viewing Limits
As you all know MegaVideo now has limits in viewing videos. I think you are only allowed to watch 1 hour of video airtime every 2 hours.
So heres what i can say.. (Methods below are arranged from most effective to least effective)

Best Method: Block Cookies and Play Video Offline

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These are not guarenteed to work for everyone (it depends on your ISP etc). Firstly clear your browsers cookies, next block all cookies coming from megavideo.com: Go to: Tools > Options (in firefox) Then click "Exceptions" and block "megavideo.com" & "www.megavideo.com" (without quotes) All you have to do is press the Play button then pause it to make the video buffer. Make it load all the way to the end. Once your video has completely loaded, Go to File > Work Offline. For Internet explorer users, to block the cookies go to Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Sites. You then input megavideo.com and www.megavideo.com to be blocked. To make internet explorer work offline, just go to Tools > Work Offline

Method 1: Conserve

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Don’t waste your precious 1 hour. Especially at checking videos. I think pressing the play button counts. For example, you press the Play button of a 20min video, then you don’t let it load and go to another page, i think it counts and you will have used 20min of your allotted 1hour

Method 2: Setting up a proxy to change IP

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Find a Proxy List site. You can find some Proxy IP list here: Quote: US Proxy List Canada Proxy List Proxy 4 Free I think the Type is not important ^_^. After choosing an IP and its port, set your browser to use a proxy. In Firefox you’ll have to do this: Quote: Go to Tools -> Options Go to Advanced -> Network -> Press "Settings" Choose "Manual proxy Configuration" -> Input the IP and the Port which you selected -> Check "Use this proxy server for all protocols" -> Press "OK" And that’s all In Internet Explorer (IE7) you’ll have to do this (Google Chrome and IE has the same settings) : Quote: Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Go to "Connections" Tab -> Press the "LAN Settings" found at the bottom -> In the "Proxy Server" Area, Check "Use Proxy Server for your LAN" the place where you input your proxy IP and port will be enabled -> Input your chosen proxy IP and port -> Check "Bypass proxy server for local addresses -> Press "OK" -> That’s all Test if the proxy is working by accessing Google.com. If you are able to go to google with the proxy settings, try viewing the video you wanted to watch in megavideo if it is now working. if it is still limiting you, go back to step 1 and find another IP. You can also try this program which automatically sets a proxy IP to your browsers. Hide IP Platinum Download

Method 3: Restarting Modem to change IP

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Turn off your Modem for 10 secs then turn it on again. This will change your IP since megavideo tracks the IP of the viewer. This method depends wether your Inter service provider does not assign you with a static (single) IP.

Method 4: Release and Renew your IP (For windows users only)

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Go to Start Menu -> Run.. Type "CMD". you will then have the command prompt of windows. In the command prompt type "ipconfig /release" (there will be a delay of 3-10 secs) Then lastly type "ipconfig /renew" note: don’t include the quotation marks. ^_^

Veoh Problems

Blocked by Veoh
If you see an error like "Video is not available in your area", it might be that your country is blocked by veoh. Here is the list of countries that are blocked by veoh. A Simple Solution to this is by using a PROXY. Proxy is like changing your IP and your country.

Use Method 2 above to bypass veoh block.

You can check if the Proxy is working by going to google.com. If it does, try to check the veoh video if you are now able to play it.

Remember, not all proxy IP’s are working. So if the IP and port aren’t working, choose another set of IP and port. ^_^

You can also use this in some other things like going to sites that you are country or IP is blocked.

IF Video is Dead
Report it IMMEDIATELY. You can report again after an HOUR to avoid spam.

AND THE MORE REPORTS, THE HIGHER THE PRIORITY. THEY ARE ALWAYS FIXING DEAD VIDEOS. IT MIGHT TAKE 1-5 DAYS TO FIX IT. ^_^

If you know of any bypass with MegaVideo or any trick to watch videos from megavideo without the limit.. please post it here…