That's far from being true, if you get them from reliable sites.Originally Posted by jkl49
I haven't tested this app, but if it was infected, people would have posted already.
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That's far from being true, if you get them from reliable sites.
I haven't tested this app, but if it was infected, people would have posted already.
"I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
Yeah, you're absolutely correct about free programs from reliable sites. I use plenty of those kinds of programs everyday. I guess I wasn't counting those because this seems to fit in the other category, since it's just a free program hosted on a random webpage, and in my experience they can be troublesome.
Still, if anyone else uses this program, feel free to chime in.
Last edited by jkl49; 11-19-2010 at 02:31 PM.
Seems to be working pretty good, nice find!
No, that's impossible. You can't make high quality 5.1 DTS audio from a low quality mono MP3 either. As they say... if you put sh*t in then sh*t comes out. If it's bad quality, then it stays bad quality.
No, it's not spyware, adware or anything like that, but you probably won't believe me, because I wrote the tool.
The reason why it's hosted on a random webpage (which is free hosting from my internet provider btw), is because I wrote the tool originally for myself. I'm simply making it available for people who think it's useful, but I really can't be bothered to get webhosting and register a domain name. If you don't trust it, then don't use it, but it has been downloaded more than 200.000 times in 1,5 years. If it really contains spyware, adware or stuff like that, then you would've found many people complaining about that and all those software websites out there would not host it on their website.
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For people who are interested... I'm rewriting the tool in .NET
Screenshot: http://i56.tinypic.com/2j1oflx.png
Last edited by IceStorm; 11-23-2010 at 06:27 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
this a great app. thanks for sharing mate
If you wrote the tool, then I probably will believe you, especially if you post here. And it wasn't a negative comment that it's hosted on a random webpage, just an observation. I'm not overly paranoid, if you want me to gather up a list of let's say 10 varying small tools and programs that have some kind of malware in them that are hosted on innocent looking pages, I could and would, because it's pretty common. I use plenty of homemade tools that are fine and are probably hosted on pages just like yours. As for finding many people complaining about it if there were problems, well that's exactly why I posted the question, to see if there were any complaints like that. And I didn't know the program was hosted on any other software websites besides the link in this topic.
One note is you could put something on the page saying it's free of any adware, spyware, malware etc and that you wrote it for yourself, and so on. Saying maybe a couple people wouldn't believe it wouldn't be a good reason as most free tools do have that exact disclaimer and usually have an 'about' section that states why they made the program and what it does. Also you'd probably be more likely to put that kind of message up if you knew just how many free programs do have some form of malware in them, especially ones that aren't hosted on reliable sites like anon-sbi pointed out. If someone does a google search for a utility or program, a majority of the free ones usually have a problem.
Anyway I'll be sure to check it out.
Saying that an application doesn't contain any adware, spyware and malware is exactly what I virus/trojan writer would normally tell people in order to convince them to run the application. Basically all freeware tools are homemade. YouTube Downloader HD is also a homemade tool. The one and only difference is, is that the author of that application has taken the effort to get some hosting and register a domain name, which makes it look more professional.
An other reason why I'm hosting it on my personal webspace, is because Google (owner YouTube) doesn't really like these kind of tools, as they bypass the advertisements on their website. It's against their TOS to download the videos. Once in a while they will send letters to software sites (e.g. BrotherSoft.com) demanding that they remove all the YouTube downloaders from their site. Getting a hosting package for an entire year with a domain name and then two weeks later receiving a letter from Google that I have to remove the tool from the website, making the entire website useless, is not something I'm looking forward to.
The version I wrote for myself is the one in the start post that could only download one video at a time. The rest of the features have all been added, because people requested them.
I'll probably release the .NET version in a couple of days and I'll add a message to the website that I originally wrote it for myself and that it doesn't contain any adware, spyware, etc.
Last edited by IceStorm; 11-28-2010 at 12:13 AM.
Not sure if anybody here is still interested, but a new version has been released again after a while. The Search and most of the video information has been removed again, because YouTube keeps changing the website. I've added the option to extract the MP3/AAC audio from the FLV videos. I'm sure quite a few people will find that handy.
http://members.home.nl/wantos/youtube_hd_transfer/
Last edited by IceStorm; 07-24-2011 at 03:25 AM.
This is the first time is heart this. Thank you so much for sharing. I'll try this software soon.
If someone hasn't mentioned it already you can do it without having to use a converter, try
http://keepvid.com
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