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Many sites such as MegaVideo, Vreel and other offer the ability to watch some of our favourite TV shows and Movies. However, does that time limit put in place by Megavideo bother you? Or how about just wanting to watch it on your iPod? So why not download the videos? Oh yeah, they charge you for that.
Well, here at Crenk we have a quick, easy and FREE way to download videos from sites like Megavideo.
1. Get the video’s URL. Most players offer this next to the embed code for the video etc… or in the address bar in the browser. In Megavideo it’s one of the options along the bottom of the screen.
2. Go to www.clipnabber.com .
3. Enter the space provided at Clip Nabber. Press ‘Nab It!”
4. Then (required for Megavideo only), go back to the video page and right click outside of the video and view the page’s source. Or, click edit in the Browser’s menu and select to view it there. Select all of the code and paste it into the HTML box that appeared in ClipNabber.
5. Press ‘Nab It!” again.
6. Click on the link to download the video.
Now chances are that Clip Nabber has given you a .FLV video which can only be played in Real Player. To convert this into an .mp4 or .avi, use this video converter.
Now you can put the video on your iPod.
BitSnoop is a new torrent search engine that is supposedly better than its rivals because of a new tactic it uses when searching for torrents; indexing and combining of torrents and getting rid of duplicated ones.The torrents are generated by Tracker Match. It locates all the relevant trackers to your search and removes duplicated torrents or ‘bad’ torrents to avoid slow downloads.
I think that the homepage which you can see above is quite nice as it’s minimalistic – after all it’s there for one purpose and one purpose only. Google has had much by employing the purposeful look by using minimal text and images. The results, seen below, are also well presented and spaced out; again a minimalistic look.
Overall, I thought it was okay. I didn’t really notice much of a change in my regular download speed but the fact that it was taking away duplicated torrents was comforting, I guess. Check it out for yourself here.
Finding a good place for free music these days is by no means easy. In fact, it’s rather difficult. Governments and ISPs are starting to clamp down with Pirate Bay being made an example of. Often, while good, torrents moody and when they’re not set up correctly (which can be hit or miss) they are awfully slow!
iZaria is a start-up music site that allows you to listen to music and download top songs for free. You don’t have to download any software like you do with Vuze or Limewire and you can listen to the songs before you press download.
I searched for Oasis and I got back dozens of songs such as ‘Little by little’, ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ and ‘Half the world Away’. I created a play list using their simple ‘Create a Playlist’ feature – obviously, and I downloaded them onto my iPod to give it a test run; it worked perfectly!
While it can be a bit tedious at time because some lesser known bands are not well represented on the site, it’s great for those interested in the big names.
It’s all very simple to use and I can see it having a bright future as people don’t want to download bulky software to in turn download songs – we just want the music!
Previously we talked about Torrents.to in which allows users search various torrent search engines in one place. On of our readers has let us know about TorrentScan, in which is another torrent meta search engine but it has a lot of great features that some others dont.
TorrentScan is a torrent meta search engine which allows users to search across various torrent search engines all in one place. TorrentScan allows you to search Mininova, SumoTorrent, BTjunkie, Isohunt, Fenopy, Torrentz and more. TorrentScan also lets you customise your search and even the entire look and feel of the site itself. With a simple click you are able to see your search results between the torrent search engines.
If you are looking for an easy and simple way to search through multiple torrent sites at once, then TorrentScan should be your first option.
Apple has released the new iPhone OS 3.1 to the masses, and its now directly available for download through iTunes.
A handful of new features are available in this new OS update, both for the users of iPhone and iPod Touch. Here are some.
- Apps organization through iTunes
- Genius recommendation for Apps
- Save video from Mail to Camera roll.
- Better saving options for video clips in 3GS.
- Remotely lock iPhone with a passcode via MobileMe.
- Anti-phising features for Safari on iPhone.
So you want an app, where do you go? The Apple App Store of Course. It’s been running now for a little over a year and there has already been over 50,000 apps added with over one billion downloads. Without any shred of doubt, it’s the market leader in the app world. However, now, Verizon have announced that they too will be launching an App store in the fourth quarter of this year to compete with Apple.
They, in the past, have been criticized for blocking certain apps and having limited selections for their phones. They have indeed seen the error of their ways. Speaking at their first ever developers conference in San Jose, California.
“It’s a new day (in wireless),” McAdam, Verizon CEO said in the opening address of the developer conference which was also Webcast. “And our future success is no longer in the walled-garden. Our success is tied to you (developers).
This would make for a nice touch to the current Verizon services. By giving users an app store you’re giving them one more reason to stay with you rather than search for greener pastures. I can’t see there being as many apps as the Apple App Store simply because Verizon don’t have the same kind of image that Apple has –sleek, cool and ultra-modern. However, their users will most certainly be impressed. Let’s hope us critics are too when it launches. Keep checking Crenk for updates on this story.
I know after having the same wallpaper on my computer for a while I start getting bored with it, but its so hard to actually find high quality images that you like. Here is useful tool to simplify downloading of wallpapers task as well as make it easier for you to manage wallpapers, MSN wallpaper manager from widows live team. Windows Manager lets you change your desktop wallpaper at regular interval or based on time like on lunch, working hours, weekend etc.
MSN Wallpaper Manager automatically downloaded wallpaper library in background to provide refreshing wallpapers every day. You can also personalize by adding text, speech bubbles, graphics element 7 foreground images. You can download MSN Wallpaper Manager here.
Have you ever wanted to simply download the videos straight from YouTube, well now you can do that with Farkie. Farkie is a simple tool that allows any user to simply type in a url and then Farkie will download the files associated with that url.
Steps are as follows:
- Head to Farkie.com
- Type in the URL of the video, music or file you want to download
- Farkie will then give you an option to convert into a specific format
- Choose your format and download
- DONE!
Farkie is a great tool, but it is obviously being used to download copyrighted material, so im not too sure how long it will be available online. So make sure you head over and use it while you can.
Amazon.fr has today launched Amazon Mp3 (www.amazon.fr/mp3). The French Amazon download store will look and function in exactly the same way as the USA version. The simple to use digital music store is launching with over 5.5 million DRM-free tracks in their catalogue, in which work on any mp3 player including the iPod and iPhone.
Pricing will be similar to the UK store in which top selling albums from just €2.99 and popular individual tracks from €0.49.
Amazon MP3 has all the things that Amazon customers have come to expect from Amazon.fr – a broad selection of albums and tracks across many genres, with a simplified user interface and all at the lowest possible prices. In addition, customers can find exclusive videos from artists such as Pep’s, Phoenix, Amandine Bourgeois, Dream Theater and more on www.amazon.fr/mp3.
“Amazon is excited to provide customers in France with more ways to find, discover and buy music,” said Greg Greeley, Vice-President, Amazon EU Retail. “With the launch of Amazon MP3 in France, customers can find a vast selection of digital music along with millions of lowpriced CDs available on Amazon.fr.”
One of the worlds largest video sites is Megavideo. Megavideo is mainly known for allowing users to make money from just uploading their videos to the site. At Megavideo you are also not allowed to download the videos unless you are a premium member.
Here is a little trick bought to you by HelloGiri you can easily download and save MegaVideo videos to your computer and watch them offline whenever you like.
- Open your MegaVideo video in your browser and let it load fully
- After you are done watching the video online, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Settings -> View Files (For IE)
- Now you will get a large size file with long name and unknown type there
- Copy and paste that file at desktop, this file is the video file in flv format
- Rename it with flv extension, say e.g. MyMega.flv
Have you ever wanted top quality customizable icons for your blog or site but cant really afford it? Well here is the solution, Iconza. Iconza is a new application that allows you to customise icons just the way you want them. It is completely free and very easy to use with a great interface.
Iconza lets you customise the colours of your icons, backgrounds, sizes and then lets you easily download them all for free. So if you are in the need of some top quality free icons for your site or blog then head over to Iconza.
Microsoft has announced the availability of Visual Studio 2010 beta for public download. VS 2010 was made available to MSDN and TechNet users few days back and its now available for public download. Both MSDN/TechNet subscribers and the public are able to test VS 2010 Professional, Team Suite, Team Foundation Server and the .Net Framework 4.
Currently there has been no announcement of the shipping date of the final version but it will probably be int he final quarter of this year. Visual Studio 2010 ships in with lots of new features and changes. You can check out the complete list of changes here. VS 2010 also features better support for Silverlight and the Windows Presentation Foundation.
If you are interested in testing the new VS 2010 and .Net framework 4, then you can download them here.
