Teach me about YouTube videos...

[edprush]

The videos are some type of flash, I believe.

What is there native format? Are they .swf or .flv or something else?

What type of player is being used to play them within a browser?

 

[John]

When people upload them they are .avi, .wmv, .mpeg, etc. and then Youtube converts them to flash.

http://www.youtube.com/t/help_cat04

 

[edprush]

But what type of flash file are they converted to? Are they .swf or .flv or something else?

 

[ForumMaster]

the videos are converted to .flv, not to .swf. Youtube streams the videos. in other sites, if the vid is a .swf file, you can find the file in the browser cache.

 

[supaidaaman]

anyone else recently getting TONS of mail spam in their youtube box?

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: supaidaaman
anyone else recently getting TONS of mail spam in their youtube box?

I don't have a box, but Youtube.com just tossed a "Downloader" virus into my Internet Explorer Temporary Cache.

I had just opened up a Youtube page and Norton AV popped up a warning that it'd detected the virus. I assume it's coming from a contaminated banner advertisement, since I wasn't viewing a video or anything at the time.

 

[edprush]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
the videos are converted to .flv, not to .swf. Youtube streams the videos. in other sites, if the vid is a .swf file, you can find the file in the browser cache.

I used a youtube dowloader to save a video from youtube as a .flv.

Should I be able to ftp that .flv file to my website and have it stream from there if someone knows the URL?

 

[edprush]

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