Outrageously stupid as it may sound, the Indian Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sibal has asked Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the like to self-censor objectionable content Read more…
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Youtube is the 3rd most visited site in the world as per Alexa rankings. YouTube is serves more than 89% of Read more…
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Occasional live-streaming of events is not very uncommon on Youtube. We have seen concerts, sports events like IPL, interviews etc. being aired live. Read more…
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YouTube has gone mainstream quite a long time ago and has outgrown itself from hosting amateur videos to professionally edited and managed video collections from music companies. Instead of searching a song on Google, audiophiles tend to use YouTube because the probability of getting the exact AV content is much higher. There are ways to download YouTube videos onto your hard drive using services like KeepVid, but what if you specifically want a music video in an MP3 format to add to your music collection?
We have gathered 5 nice tools that can convert any YouTube video into an MP3 audio file and lets you download them for free. Check them out.
Enjoy YouTube videos as MP3s and add ‘em to your audio collection!
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YouTube is by far the most successful and preferred video sharing website and the credit goes to the robust features and quality of service it offers. In December last year, YouTube announced the support for 1080p High Definition videos which turned out to be a great success. In the latest blogpost, YouTube has announced to push the envelope even further and provide support for 4096×3072 pixel resolution.
“We always want videos on YouTube to be available in the highest quality possible, as creators intend. In December of last year, we announced support for 1080p, or full HD. At 4096 x 3072 pixels, 4K is nearly four times the size of 1080p. To view any video in a source resolution greater than 1080p, select "Original" in the video quality pulldown menu.”
There are some videos on YouTube to give you an idea of what 4K resolution looks like. Check out the videos in this playlist. The only problem is, most of the parts of the world currently do not have the broadband power to stream 4K resolution videos flawlessly. But then, it’s all about time.
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YouTube has been continuously adding small but really useful functionalities to their main site after the major makeover. I don’t know whether you already know about this or not, but YouTube has added a functionality to translate the video captions to your own language. The functionality is still in BETA but works considerably well.
It’s a simple two step procedure:
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If there are captions available for a video, you will be able to see its icon ‘CC’ at the bottom of the video. Click it and then select ‘Translate Captions’.
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Now select your desired language. Click OK.
Enjoy the captions in your language. 
You may have also noticed the ‘Transcribe Audio’ option which essentially performs speech recognition and gives you a dubbed audio in your selected language. I have tried this but feel like it needs to be tweaked to a larger extent. Anyways so far so good. What say?
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Well, by now, you may have already noticed the new YouTube interface design changes that were rolled out couple of hours ago. Users have reportedly been giving mixed reactions to the drastic change in the interface of their favorite video site. Ofcourse, the changes are substantial but they are not actually so hard to get used to. In fact, YouTube now looks really awesome! Period.
It is clear that the interface has been made a lot simpler and smarter. This is exactly a video site should be like. More of videos and less of other junk.
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As you explore the new interface, you find that the ‘Related Videos’ block hasn’t been tweaked much. But an additional, collapsible bar has been provided which lines up other videos uploaded by the same uploader.
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Then, the comments area has been made much sleeker. One striking change here is that the ‘five star’ rating system has been replaced by ‘Likes/Dislikes’.
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You can also make video playlists now using the ‘Add to queue’ option in the ‘Related Videos’.
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Furthermore you can also see the detailed stats related to “views” of the videos.
Although you might sulk a bit for a couple of hours or days but I think eventually you are going to love the new YouTube interface because it is actually much comfortable to use. Go on try it: YouTube.com
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