BTW: I am using FireForx + DownloadHelper plugin to download YouTube videos
so that I watch music videos offline... So much save on bandwidth + if they
delete it because of legal issues I will still have it for myself...

Tamas


On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Brendan Gillatt <
brendan@brendangillatt.co.uk> wrote:

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> Sean Breheny wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been using Youtube as a free source of music. Lots of music
> > companies have posted their music videos legally on Youtube. Of
> > course, there's a lot of illegal stuff, too, but it seems that the
> > music companies are interested in putting some videos on Youtube
> > themselves.
> >
> > One thing I've been wondering is whether there is a way to play only
> > the audio from a Youtube video. Since I am just listening to the audio
> > while working, it is a shame that I have to take up bandwidth by
> > streaming the video, too.
> >
> > A quick Google search didn't turn up much.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sean
>
> No, not really. The audio/video is streamed using H.263 which interleaves
> the visual and audible tracks. You could, theoretically, write some
> software to request only the bytes that contained the audio frames. This
> would be a _big_ hassle though. It would probably be cheaper in the long
> run (comparing man-hours writing the software) to buy an upgrade to your
> bandwidth.
>
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