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Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)
- overdrev 14y agoThe only product I know for watching entire videos offline.
- weiran 14y agoHow does this app get around the YouTube license restriction about downloading or caching their videos?
- cowchase 14y agoIt'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-unpredictable/ http://www.icab.de/blog/2013/01/26/app-reviews-are-unpredict...).
- halviti 14y agoI 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.
- youngerdryas 14y agoiCab 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
- cowchase 14y agoiCab 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.
- youngerdryas 14y agoThis 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.
- marvwhere 14y agosounds interesting... i give it at least a try. 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.
- emeidi 14y agoFinally, Instapaper for Video!
- randomchars 14y agoThere 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.
- sgehlich 14y agoActually, watchlater is older than Spool...
- rinrae 14y agowouldn't the tech talk channels (confreaks, js, TED…) make a better demo for a place like HN? just sayin'.