[Linganth] Youtube Videos in Class: What to do about ads?

Mon Jan 18 00:45:58 UTC 2016

Personally I prefer to download videos for a number of reasons.

1. Speed. I don’t have to worry about waiting for ads, or for buffering for dodgy internet speeds or high-quality (and thus slow-loading) videos.

2. Reliability. In some buildings on my campus, wi-fi is either slow or unreliable. If the video is safely on my laptop, that’s not an issue.

3. Flexibility. I can cue the video to the spot I want, or replay easily. I can embed the video in PowerPoint or combine it with other media.

4. Ethics. As someone interested in production as well as consumption of online media, I feel like I should either watch the ad or pay the subscription fee. If I’ve downloaded, at least I’ve watched the ad -- though of course my students have not. People may well think that this is either unnecessary or else not sufficient from an ethical stand point, but it satisfies me personally. (I’ve hesitated to try YouTube Red, as it’s a new service and people I’ve heard from have mixed opinions about it.)

I use Video DownloadHelper (www.downloadhelper.net), which is a shareware add-on for Firefox. I see they also have a version for Chrome.

-Chad Nilep

From: Linganth [mailto:linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org] On Behalf Of Oscar
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 11:37 AM
To: Piers Kelly
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Subject: Re: [Linganth] Youtube Videos in Class: What to do about ads?

Hello all,

Another option for those who do not want to download the videos is ad blocking software. This is what I use:

https://adblockplus.org/

Best,

Oscar Escudero

On Jan 16, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Piers Kelly <Piers.Kelly at anu.edu.au> wrote:

Apologies Sonya, Kathryn and others,
After some testing I've discovered that the very official looking 'Download' button that appears to the right of the subscribe button on my screen was not placed there by YouTube but by an add-on I installed some time ago called Video Download Helper: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/

In any case I can report that once installed in Firefox it works very well and is slightly faster than savefrom.net.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Stephen Campbell Rea <srea at uci.edu> wrote:

If you go to en.savefrom.net, you can install a downloader widget for free. It's what I use with Safari, and it rarely fails me. I think that Firefox might have its own downloader. Does anyone know?

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Woolard, Kathryn <kwoolard at ucsd.edu> wrote:

Piers, what browser do you use? Mine (e.g. I just tried Chrome, but also Safari) don’t have that download option. I would be glad to switch if I knew what to switch to.

Thanks for any further info - 

Kit Woolard

From: Linganth <linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Piers Kelly <Piers.Kelly at anu.edu.au>
Date: Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 3:36 PM
To: James Costa <seamasdubh at gmail.com>
Cc: "Pritzker, Sonya" <sonya.pritzker at ua.edu>, "LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG" <LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Subject: Re: [Linganth] Youtube Videos in Class: What to do about ads?

Actually, these days you can download directly from YouTube without using an add-on. Underneath the title of the video and to the right of the 'Subscribe' button is a 'Download' button. 

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:22 AM, James Costa <seamasdubh at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, why not just download the videos onto your computuer with this website? http://www.videograbby.com It’s free and it works… 

Best

James

On Jan 16, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Pritzker, Sonya <sonya.pritzker at ua.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

I’m teaching a large Language and Culture class, and I’m wanting to play various Youtube videos as examples for various topics. I’ve done this in the past, but not for some time. I’m now running into the issue of having to sit through an ad before every clip, which obviously won’t work in a 50 minute class (beyond the ethical implications). I searched and found that you can now pay $9.99 for "Youtube Red,” which allows you to access videos ad-free. I’m wondering, however, if there are any other ways around this that any of you have found.

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks,

Sonya

Sonya E. Pritzker, Ph.D.

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