Playing YouTube Videos Inside the District http:www.youtube.com

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Playing YouTube Videos Inside the
Districthttp//www.youtube.com/
Currently, if you would like to use appropriate
videos found on the YouTube siteTo use YouTube
you will need to register it is free You will
have to download the video from the YouTube site
from another location (home, etc.) and save the
file. You will need to either email the to the
school computer or put them on a thumb/stick
drive and then add them to the school
computer. It will require a 3rd-party website to
capture the download often called a
Downloader. You will need an FLV player on your
computer where you actually download the video
AND the computer where you plan to play the video
as most YouTube videos are in Flash format and
will not play through Media player or Real
player.
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Background on FLV -- Flash Live Video
FLV is a "Flash Live Video" file. It is a format
that is designed for web playback, offering high
rates of compression. More information
http//flvpowertools.com/index.php?sp8 Add .flv
to the file if it is not present after
downloading.
A free FLV player is available in the Librarians
Share folder. Save it to
your desktop and follow the instructions to
install it. You may want to create a desktop
icon. Help for installing is found
here http//www.flvhosting.com/index.php?sp25

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After you find a YouTube video you want to use
Copy the URL to the page the video is on.
Paste it into a YouTube Downloader. If
necessary, choose YouTube from the list of sites
and click the Download button.
This Downloader located here
http//www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-movie/
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To play the YouTube video at school You have
the FLV player on the school computer. You added
.flv to the file name if needed so it will look
like this. You sent the video file to the school
computer or transferred it from a thumb/stick
drive to the school computer. Click on t he
video file. It should start automatically. It
will only play in a small screen setting (within
the frame of the player.) You can not enlarge it
to full screen using this method.