Video

YouTube Unveils New Player

by Jeff Weisbein April 28, 2010
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It appears YouTube is in the process of rolling out a new video player on the site.  Several videos have already seen changes to the player, while some still seem to play in the old version.  The new YouTube video player is definitely different, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing in this case.  I, [...]

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The Video Bay: Pirate Bay’s YouTube Competitor

by Matt Hodges June 28, 2009
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About two years ago, the makers of the ever-popular torrent website, thepiratebay.org, announced that they were working on a new project called “The Video Bay”. A few weeks ago, The Video Bay opened up a test version to the public.  The public trial has since been disabled, but the site is still up.  Currently, anyone [...]

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YouTube To Offer Video Download Option

by Jeff Weisbein January 16, 2009
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The current YouTube community is accustomed to having to use 3rd party tools to download YouTube’s video content, however, that may soon change (see image below) this would be the first time an official download option has appeared on YouTube. The new option gives users a full-quality H.264 file which is the very same copy [...]

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