It's great to be able to save flash video to my Mac, and it's a nice touch that TubeTV can automatically convert the video to mpeg4 after downloading. Unfortunately, I found a few problems with TubeTV.
First, the web browser is redundant. Why include it when I can use a real browser without any browsing limitations? And the search field for YouTube is also unnecessary, since I can just go to the YouTube website using my browser and search for videos (and open multiple videos in multiple browser tabs). A far better solution would be either a Safari add-on or standalone app that simply grabs flash videos from Safari and saves them on the local HD.
The real flaw with TubeTV is that it cannot "grab" flash video from the browser cache, not from Safari and not even from it's own browser! If I load a flash video in TubeTV's browser, view it, and decide I want to save it, TubeTV must download the entire video again. This is a waste of time and bandwidth, especially for dial-up users.
All in all, a nice little app. If it were shareware, I'd consider it's shortcomings a deal-breaker, but as freeware it's a welcome addition to my hard drive. Thanks!
TubeTV
download web video & convert for Apple TV & iPod
Version: 1.0
Great potential, but flawed
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Central Scrutinizer--2008 Friday, November 09 2007 @ 08:43 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: YES
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