TubeSock 3.0 beta 17
October 24th, 2008
TubeSock 3.0 Beta 17 is out. And the it’s the best one yet. And not just because it’s a prime number. Download it now!
The YouTube download code is now fixed. We had to scrap the original YouTube download code. In its place is a new YouTube downloader written from scratch. This new method is actually a little bit quicker, in fact.
And while we were in there, we added support for their new, high-quality videos. If the video is already in the format you want, there’s no conversion necessary!
It also still works for other video sites like The Onion, DailyMotion, Porkolt, TeacherTube, GodTube, GospelTube (not to mention the unmentionables PornHub, YouPorn, and RedTube).
We’ve tested with a ton of videos, but since this is all-new code, there’s always the chance that some video will wreck havoc. If you find any videos that file to download, please post it in the comments, or email it to us at support@stinkbot.com.
October 25th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I take it this is a Mac only update, and those of us running Windows are out of luck.
October 25th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
We’re working on the Windows fix this weekend. Look for an update next week. Keep checking the blog; we’ll make an announcement when it’s ready.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Hi
My version of 3.0 Beta 17 is not converting the entire video, just a few seconds of the beginning. I am running Mac OS 10.5.5 using Safari.
greg
October 25th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
If you are having problems with a video, please let the video URL in the comment so we can test it.
October 25th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I downloaded the latest beta today expecting working version of the program I purchased to actually work. I was wrong. I either wasted my money or, well, I guess I did. All I get is “bad URL” and a preview that looks like this:
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October 25th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
We just downloaded 3.0 Beta 17 to an iMac running OS 10.4.11.
Tried downloading audio only for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkcYRc3d1WM
Got message “Download failed bad URL”
so sad that it’s still not working.
October 26th, 2008 at 4:18 am
here some links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0_UIRQZzBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bNDr1A6dTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXm696UbKY
October 26th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
I downloaded Tubesock beta 3.0 beta 17. I entered a video from Youtube and Tubesock just quit. Repeatedly. I’m already registered (Feb 2007) and I put in the registration #. I tried a number of different videos and the result was the same. One video I tried was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZOOSj1zjs
iMac G5 10.4.11
October 26th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I’ve tried several YouTube videos now, in an attempt to rip audio and/or video, and it keeps saying “bad URL” and when I press the preview button, it just shows a bunch of writing instead of a video.
October 26th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I get “bad URL” on all of my attempts. Here are a few of the ones that failed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSDIx8pMtCk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvmJPrZNpXU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBABjPM-wyo
October 27th, 2008 at 1:32 am
I installed V3.0b17 tonight and found that while it seems to download YouTube music videos, when I set it to do audio mp3 only and add to iTunes, it persists in downloading the file as an mp4 and I can’t find it in iTunes anywhere. However, a sample video download worked fine and ended up in the iTunes Movies folder where I wanted it. So what’s happening to the audio downloads and where are they going and why aren’t they coming in as mp3 files?
October 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Steve: I just tested all of those with TubeSock beta 18 (on Leopard) and they are working. I will add them to the test file for Tiger and we’ll check them out today.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Thanks for the fix. I’ve tried it using the safari javascript link on several videos without any problems. Looking forward to the PC version update.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Max: Try beta 18 (above). It solves this particular problem (or at least it should).
October 27th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Danny, Terri, and Nicci: Please try beta 18 (above). It should solve those problems. Thanks!
October 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
tresceibas: I saw that once with beta 17 on 10.4, but no longer with beta 18. Let me know if you see it again!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Downloaded and installed beta 18 tonight – all is well! So happy. Thanks so much for the fix.