Did you know that the fastest growing segment on the Internet is, the uploading, viewing and downloading of video files, from large full length movies to small clips (some legal while others are not) posted on sites such as DotSub, Blip, TeacherTube or the perennial favourite, YouTube. ! (BTW, according to Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, "the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010" (read the full article) and videos are using up a good part of the pipe).
By far, the most widely video site used is YouTube but, with all of these video files out there, how do you search and find those gems, (tutorials, demos, etc...)?
If you are searching YouTube you can use their built in search engine or you could use the iDesktop.tv Web site. iDesktop.tv brings you a better way to search and watch YouTube videos and yes, you can download YouTube videos!
"The various content and popularity of YouTube are indisputable but iDesktop.tv gives you the opportunity to manage that content in many possible ways:
Features / Benefits
- The REAL Web 2.0 Experience
- Interface, designed to be used just like every other desktop application
- Fast flexible searching, displaying the results with option to resize them, so you can watch YouTube videos on a plasma TV, sitting in your sofa - will look just as perfect!
- Managing Playlist - create and save playlists to watch later or share them with friends! You have all standard features for shuffle and repeat mode, buttons to go to the next or previous video and to clear the playlist, with scrollable menus
- Watching multiple YouTube videos at the same time - you can have more than one player open - all made easy using standard functionality - dragging and resizing the windows, minimizing them within the tray - never been easier!
- Pop out player for simplified watching, in another browser window
- Download YouTube videos as avi, mp4 (ipod), mov, 3gp and 3gp2 (mobile), wmv, flv, exe (built in standalone player) - all converted on the fly. That gives you the chance to save all your favourite YouTube videos on your computer, iPod, iPhone or other device and watch them whenever you want.
- Drag and Drop interaction - Allows you to drag videos around to create a new player or playlist.
- Choose from 12 themes - set the way the site looks according to your mood
- View the video in fullscreen format
- Share videos with friends - send url's and recommend videos to friends through e-mail
- Get the URL of each YouTube video
- View the last 50 videos played
- Create and manage a list of your favourite YouTube videos and watch them whenever you want just with one click
- View YouTube adult content
- Import playlists and favourites from your YouTube account, or any account you subscribe to or a channel provider
- Dim the background while watching videos
- View the video in 4 different ratios, 16:9, 4:3, custom and the video's original
- Refined searching options. You can sort your results by relevance, date, rating or view count"
(http://www.idesktop.tv/ (About))
