Does any working YouTube app exist for MAC OS 9? I know there are many YouTube apps for mac os x 10.3/10.4/10.5 that work well on g3/g4/g5 macs, but can't find anything for OS9. Any suggestions?
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YouTube App For MAC OS 9?
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There used to be one years ago but the author's website went offline. It wouldn't work now anyway as the files it played - FLV video, Youtube no longer provides. For all the video formats Youtube now uses, there are no codecs support in OS9 - so even if you could stream/download the videos, there's no media player in OS9 that can accommodate them.
The only way to achieve it is using Virtual PC in OS9 as I did here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/virtual-pc-on-os9.2095788/#post-25615511
However, it's so slow as to be unusable.
You can use Classilla to download the 3gp file from Youtube.
3GP 144p or 3GP 240p
Then use application " Filetype" to change the file type to "MPEG4"
this works for me every time
3GP 144p or 3GP 240p
Then use application " Filetype" to change the file type to "MPEG4"
this works for me every time
Can you expand on this because for me, Classilla doesn't download videos (or play them for that matter) and Filetype doesn't even allow MPEG4.
MPEG yes but all that does it allow the 3gp to launch Quicktime but the file still doesn't play - logically it shouldn't anyhow?
Are you sure you're not talking about Classic, which then hands over to OSX?
I'm using a Powerbook G3 (Pismo) with MacOS9 9.2.2
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download the videos from genyoutube.net (search for your video and the links are at the bottom)
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use FileType (version 1.0.1) to change the "creator" and "type"
Creator = TVOD
type = mpg4
**corrected file type**
1:
download the videos from genyoutube.net (search for your video and the links are at the bottom)
2:
use FileType (version 1.0.1) to change the "creator" and "type"
Creator = TVOD
type = mpg4
**corrected file type**
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Doesn't work for me - error box saying not a file QuickTime understands.
Also can take up to 10 minutes for the link to generate.
Do you have any additional players/codec packs installed?
Thanks for the tipoff about GenYoutube though - seems to be doing the same job as HookTube used to.
[doublepost=1546531352][/doublepost]Has anyone else got this to work?
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Yes, I'm talking about the 3gp files. Right clicking sometimes works - other times doesn't - either way, altering file type still results in same error (which is what I'd expect really.)
HAve you installed extra codecs and are you booting OS9 instead of using Classic?
Yes, I'm booting into OS9
I can send screenshots later
Known codecs
3ivx
Divx
Sorenson
Cornica SensePack
I will check which codecs I have for Quicktime
Screenshots
[doublepost=1546585708][/doublepost]Here is the Pismo playing a 700x300 MPEG-1 file.
[doublepost=1546585708][/doublepost]Here is the Pismo playing a 700x300 MPEG-1 file.
I have all the extension you have apart from QuickTime MPEG Encoder.
I'm using QuickTime Pro 6.0.3 with the 6.1 Extras pack plus the Cornica pack, 3ivx and Divx packages.
Any idea where your extra extension came from - I suspect that's what's making the 3gp files reachable?
I'm using QuickTime Pro 6.0.3 with the 6.1 Extras pack plus the Cornica pack, 3ivx and Divx packages.
Any idea where your extra extension came from - I suspect that's what's making the 3gp files reachable?
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Got it!
Your original instruction to change file type to MPG4 I'd left in place but as your screenshot shows, it has to be lowercase, mpg4 - now it works!
This is incredible - QuickTime 6 comes with codec support for 3gp but Apple deliberately obscured it!
Your original instruction to change file type to MPG4 I'd left in place but as your screenshot shows, it has to be lowercase, mpg4 - now it works!
This is incredible - QuickTime 6 comes with codec support for 3gp but Apple deliberately obscured it!
However, the genyoutube site is hardly reliable - sometimes the download starts within a few seconds, other times it errors out waiting and fails - I see on your screenshot the download is at 18% after 1 hour!
I'm going to have to resign this to a proof of concept as I'm having no luck getting videos from genyoutube.
Has anyone else tried this and had any luck?
Has anyone else tried this and had any luck?
Ok...a lot of the time, genyoutube is so slow, Classilla times out but here, I managed to catch it working:
Yeah, the site can be slow, but this works like a charm. Tested on a 667 VGA TiBook. Cool stuff!
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WiFi speeds for my G3 Pismo
I have been using the following from Amazon for the past year and it's great
https://www.amazon.com/VAR11N-300-Multi-Functional-Wireless-Portable-Repeater/dp/B01199OGK0
Invidious seems to be even less resource-intensive than Tonvid. With a nicer interface to boot!
It is also the only front-end capable of smooth 720p playback on my Raspberry Pi 3. To top it off, there is no artifacting and tearing on Firefox Quantum, unlike when on Tonvid and YouTube.
How do you find these things?