[clue-talk] (no subject)

[Angelo Bertolli]

rex evans wrote:
> I am looking at some university couse lectures and
> other materials. The lectures are on Youtube, and
> with with some trouble, trial and error I am watching
> them, but I would like to download them to a file.
>
> Or, on another site they have ".mp4" files available for
> download; I assume they are the same lectures.
> They also have ".rm"  files which may be the same stuff
> or supplemental stuff.
>
> My "Movie Player" would not play ".mp4" or ".rm".
>
> Have any of you had success reading these files?
>
> I have done some google-ing and looked at some different
> utilities, but I am trying to decide where to concentrate my effort.
>

You can download .flv files from YouTube easily using the Firefox 
Download Helper plugin.  You can watch just about any format using vlc  
(videolan).

Angelo