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Title: Loose Change 2nd Edition on Google Video
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Google Video
URL Source: http://video.google.com/videoplay?d ... 581991288263801&q=loose+change
Published: Jan 27, 2006
Author: Dylan Avery/Louder Than Words production
Post Date: 2006-01-27 13:22:46 by valis
Keywords: Edition, Change, Google
Views: 4194
Comments: 156
An ARG reader has noticed that Google Video is now hosting a streaming version of For those who have seen it, this link serves as a handy reference. For those who have not, after viewing, you’ll probably want to pick up a copy or two.
Loose Change 2nd edition (hopefully with Dylan Avery’s permission)
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#21. To: Ziporah (#0)
The only downloadable video I find are: http://www.loosechange911.com/trailer.wmv (which doesn't mention put options) http://video.google.com/videogvp/LooseChange2ndEditio.gvp?docid=- 5137581991288263801 (which doesn't actually download anything - just a 1kb file) What did you have in mind?
The google video site is a little confusing. If you download the google video player and click the link to download the video, it will download all of it to a folder that the video player sets up on your computer. The player itself and it's install program seem harmless enough. In XP, mine was defaulted at my documentsmy videosgoogle videos. It also saves the video in google's video format (.gvi), so if you are having trouble finding the folder you can search your hard drive for all files under that extension. However I don't know if that format can easily be converted to avi or mpeg for burning to a video cd or dvd.
Do you know/recall if there is an install-time option to put video in a user- specified folder, and if you move a google video to some other folder (other than the default) will the google player re-play it, or will it only replay from its default folder? Naturally to download the video, communication with google's website is expected. But after a video has been downloaded, if you replay a video (say, a second time a day or so later) does the google video player require to again communicate with the google website, for example, perhaps to verify that your saved copy is legitimate and you have a 'right' to replay it? Do you have a firewall that notifies you of unexpected or unauthorized attempts to "call home to the mother ship"? Do you know, if someone emails you a copy of a google video, will your google video player play it, or might it complain that you're not the rightful owner or that you didn't download that copy yourself? Yes, I'm being lazy :) By asking you, I'm hoping to save myself trouble and irritation with Google's flavor of "digital rights management" as well as their brain-dead inflexibilty in how their products install & run.
You can change the target folder in preferences after the install. I didn't recall any directory options during the install. I copied the video to another directory after downloading it and was able to play it from there. Naturally to download the video, communication with google's website is expected. But after a video has been downloaded, if you replay a video (say, a second time a day or so later) does the google video player require to again communicate with the google website, for example, perhaps to verify that your saved copy is legitimate and you have a 'right' to replay it? Do you have a firewall that notifies you of unexpected or unauthorized attempts to "call home to the mother ship"? It would appear that hacking the google video site is the fulltime hobby of some people out on the net. Here is an interesting site:Google video downloader . Copy the url for the loose change video at the top of this thread, then paste it into the "Paste the link from Google and get the REAL link now:" box. It seems like the google video stuff has been violated like drunk prom date.
#144. To: orangedog, Elliott Jackalope (#142)
Thanks much. Zipporah's trick in post #136 allows one to download an .avi file which can then be played with VLC.
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#72. To: Starwind (#21)
(which doesn't actually download anything - just a 1kb file)
#85. To: orangedog (#72)
If you download the google video player and click the link to download the video, it will download all of it to a folder that the video player sets up on your computer.
The player itself and it's install program seem harmless enough.
#142. To: Starwind (#85)
Do you know/recall if there is an install-time option to put video in a user- specified folder, and if you move a google video to some other folder (other than the default) will the google player re-play it, or will it only replay from its default folder?
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