Getting Started with TubeSock
February 21st, 2007
Recently I’ve had a few emails asking for basic info on TubeSock usage. We’re working on a nice manual for everyone. In the meantime, here’s the basic steps.
- In your web browser, go to a YouTube or DailyMotion web page that plays a video you want to save.
- Copy the URL of that web page.
- Go to TubeSock. Paste the URL into TubeSock’s entry field. If you’re not sure if you got it right, click “Preview” to see the video.
- Almost done! Check the conversion settings (when in doubt, go with “Video for iPod” — it’s a great choice). Check the save location (”Add to iTunes” is best if you use iTunes; “My Movies” is best if not).
- Click “Save” to download it.
That’s all there is to it. There are ways to make it simpler (i.e. browser integration, batch files) but we’ll save those for another post.
Since a picture is worth 1k words (and therefore a video is worth 30,000 words per second) here’s a video a fan made showing how to use TubeSock.