Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)

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Post by andrewhyde » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 10:20 AM UTC

Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)
watchlaterapp.com

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Post by overdrev » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 10:24 AM UTC

The only product I know for watching entire videos offline.

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Post by weiran » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 10:54 AM UTC

How does this app get around the YouTube license restriction about downloading or caching their videos?

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Post by cowchase » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 11:02 AM UTC

weiran wrote: post #3

How does this app get around the YouTube license restriction about downloading or caching their videos?

It's just a matter of time until Apple kills this app. Not even web browsers are allowed to save downloaded YouTube videos for offline use (http://www.icab.de/blog/2013/01/26/app-reviews-are-unpredict...).

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Post by marvwhere » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 11:14 AM UTC

sounds interesting... i give it at least a try.

f* the download restriction...there are tons of apps out there with this function, and i guess google has to put these lines in there rules.

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Post by emeidi » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 11:15 AM UTC

Finally, Instapaper for Video!

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Post by halviti » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 11:39 AM UTC

cowchase wrote: post #4

weiran wrote: post #3

How does this app get around the YouTube license restriction about downloading or caching their videos?

It's just a matter of time until Apple kills this app. Not even web browsers are allowed to save downloaded YouTube videos for offline use ( http://www.icab.de/blog/2013/01/26/app-reviews-are-unpredict... ).

I don't know. It is against YouTube's ToS, and the owner's copyright, but the app isn't for YouTube, it's just for videos in general.

If I download Flickr photos with the built in "save image" feature, then I'm violating Flickr's ToS, and the owner's copyright, but it doesn't make the save image feature a bad thing.

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Post by rinrae » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 11:47 AM UTC

wouldn't the tech talk channels (confreaks, js, TED…) make a better demo for a place like HN?

just sayin'.

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Post by randomchars » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 11:56 AM UTC

emeidi wrote: post #6

Finally, Instapaper for Video!

There already was an instapaper for video. It was called Spool. First, Google asked them to not download YouTube videos, then Facebook acquired the company and they shut down.

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Post by youngerdryas » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 12:02 PM UTC

cowchase wrote: post #4

weiran wrote: post #3

How does this app get around the YouTube license restriction about downloading or caching their videos?

It's just a matter of time until Apple kills this app. Not even web browsers are allowed to save downloaded YouTube videos for offline use ( http://www.icab.de/blog/2013/01/26/app-reviews-are-unpredict... ).

iCab can download videos and is far and away the best browser for iOS.

http://www.icab.de/mobile.html