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iTubeX allows you to download videos (Flash, HTML5 and others), .mp3 and .swf files from almost every website as easily as possible. You can also choose to save only the audio of a video as a .mp3 file and save complete webpages as .jpg, .png, .tiff, .pdf (with or without links) or .eps files. iTubeX also has a feature to convert files into a lot of other filetypes, for the iPhone, iPod Touch, other mobile phones and even more filetypes. iTubeX is available in English and Dutch and requires an Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
What's New
Version 9.0:
- Changed license usage policy; you may use a single license to activate iTubeX on up to two physical computers.
- A completely free upgrade for registered users (you may need to activate iTubeX again though)!
- Completely rewritten from scratch (all code has been fully rewritten and optimized).
- Now fully based on the Cocoa framework instead of the Carbon framework.
- 100% compatible with Mac OS X 10.7.
- Now includes Mac OS X 10.7-specific features (like full screen support).
- Completely new interface to look more Mac OS X 10.7-like.
- Now allows you to manually choose which resolution / format of a YouTube video you want to download.
- Completely new activation system (now requires internet access).
- Now allows you to extract the audio of files you had already downloaded.
- Includes a new feature called 'Quick Launch', allowing you to quickly launch a single application or a group of applications right from iTubeX.
- Now requires an Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
- Fixed all problems with downloading YouTube videos (including the 'undefined' message).
- A lot of other improvements, just too much to list here.
Version 9.0:
- Changed license usage policy; you may use a single license to activate iTubeX on up to two physical computers.
- A completely free upgrade for registered users (you may need to activate iTubeX again though)!
- Completely rewritten from scratch (all code has been fully rewritten and optimized).
- Now fully based on the Cocoa framework instead of the Carbon more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
iTubeX User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:175,162 |
| Version Downloads:30,760 |
| Type:Internet : Internet Utilities |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:27 Aug 2011 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $15.00 |
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iTubeX allows you to download videos (Flash, HTML5 and others), .mp3 and .swf files from almost every website as easily as possible. You can also choose to save only the audio of a video as a .mp3 file and save complete webpages as .jpg, .png, .tiff, .pdf (with or without links) or .eps files. iTubeX also has a feature to convert files into a lot of other filetypes, for the iPhone, iPod Touch, other mobile phones and even more filetypes. iTubeX is available in English and Dutch and requires an Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
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this one tried on different files is so very slow that become useless .. probably he should work on that. the download manager is terrible
Tried trashed
thanks
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MetroMrX reviewed on 14 Apr 2012
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Palmharbor reviewed on 26 Mar 2012
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iTubeX works for a lot of other video websites as well. Make sure that the video you want to download is playing and then click the Download button.
Should it still not work, please contact me by email and I'll look into the possibilities of adding download support for that website. Thank you.
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It would be nice if there were a link available to download version 8 for those of us running PPC equipment.
iTubeX 9.0 indeed requires an Intel Mac with at least OS X 10.5 and I have just updated this page (it may take a while for MacUpdate to process my changes).
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Seems to be an issue at MacUpdate.
My website is up and running at:
http://joris-vervuurt.com/
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Gary30 reviewed on 17 Feb 2012
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iere reviewed on 14 Feb 2012
iTubeX will reliably extract audio and download video from pretty much any web page and convert it into every conceivable file format with a little help from Perian. It can even launch your favourite editor for you!
iTubeX will also let you watch Flash video (like youtube) using html5, rather than the less efficient Flash Player. Better yet, it will allow you to save any web page as a graphic! Why isn’t that a standard feature on every browser?
iTubeX functions quite happily as a browser in its own right, but it isn’t intended to replace your favourite Firefox derivative. The app ships with bookmarklets that, at the click of a browser button, will open the current web page in iTubeX complete with download buttons that give you simple control over quality and menu after menu of really neat ideas.
Installation is as simple as copying the application onto your hard drive, and the affordable registration process is drag – and – drop. The Safari bookmarklet installs itself with a double-click, but the plugin for other browsers does require marginally more knowledge of how bookmarks work.
Overall, this is a simple, elegant and surprisingly powerful application that makes you wonder why we’ve suffered without it for so long! Worth the registration fee just for the reliable youtube downloader and the exemplary developer support.
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Llongley reviewed on 15 Nov 2011
Ritzie reviewed on 16 Oct 2011
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Pettifogger0712 reviewed on 04 Sep 2011
When I open iTubeX, there is no browser window, nor can I find a way to open one.
Therefore I can not download any videos. Can you assist?
Thanks!
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Always worked perfectly for me through all the various versions of OS X and the app...suddenly tho' I'm having problems even launching iTubeX - version 9 on OS X 10.7.1 - I'm sure it's worked with this version before but now it crashes on launch:
Process: iTubeX [77172]
Path: /Applications/Internet & Network/iTubeX.app/Contents/MacOS/iTubeX
Identifier: com.jorisvervuurt.itubex
Version: 9.0 (9.0)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [316]
Date/Time: 2011-09-24 12:38:06.252 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7.1 (11B26)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report: 687468 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 163
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 9
Anonymous UUID: 72CBCE2D-6CDA-4DBA-A42E-0A53387529A7
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Anyone else having problems..?
info@joris-vervuurt.com
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Note that there is a temporary solution that should make it work again: simply enter 'test.mp3' as the filename and after the download and converting is completed, rename it to whatever you want in the Finder.
By the way, for development news you can follow me at Twitter if you want to:
http://www.twitter.com/jorisvervuurt
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Until I discovered Tooble today! (thanks to ROBERTCOOGAN2 who mentionned it, see iTubeGrabber's reviews)
It's not a viewer and its interface is not very stylish, but at least it wooooorks! (and nevertheless, it's free!)
As for the browsers/viewers, you might try MacTubes or Minitube.
(I still have to try Youview and FLV Spider)
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As for a browser only app, Minitube is very efficient and simple.
Youview is not bad but to have the download working you have to pay! (Waow, what a freeware! ;-)
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Ok, after trying all that I could find around, here's my verdict:
Minitube is the best for browsing but doesn't download.
Tooble is nice but lately there's always this "Pro" ad at start...
So I came back to MacTubes, which is probably the best compromise and FREE.
It's absolutely insane that paying apps don't work while free ones do!!!
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I am having problems getting the download now link to work on the latest update. It simply cycles me back to this same page over and over again. I've tried two separate browsers (Safari and iCab), both with the same result.
Any ideas?
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Feature request -> is it possible stream it and covert in realtime to mkv ? I desperately need this.
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Please send feature requests and question to jorisvervuurt@planet.nl so I can take a look at them.
Regarding the zero-size file problem: today it happened once to me too.
It appears to be a problem at YouTube's end: drag the zero-size file onto TextEdit and you will see:
Http/1.1 Service Unavailable
Reloading the page and clicking the Download button again should make it work again.
Also I am now working on a new preference option called "If available, download YouTube videos at highest quality (.mp4 file)". It will download the video at a much higher quality than you get now when clicking the Download button. Also, 1080p YouTube HD videos can be downloaded immediately as .mp4 files and the zero-size file problem should no longer occur.
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What about my feature request?
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For now, you may want to take a look at iVideoConverter.
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Although the interface is very cool and easy to use it didn't worked for me.
It always produced a non working file. After some searching and twiddling I found out it creates a corrupted file with a size: Zero ?????
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After reading the previous review I gave it another try. After some cumbersome tries it indeed results in a workable file. But it isn't workable for me.
If I have to download a lengthy movie a couple of time to hit the jackpot it is not worth it.
With MacTubes no problems.
I am unable to reproduce the problem you have over here.
Can you please contact me at jorisvervuurt@planet.nl as MacUpdate is not really the place to post these kind of messages. If you send me an e-mail with your problem, it is much easier for me to help you. Thank you.
Also, can you please send me the URL(s) of the video(s) you tried to download?
Maybe I am able to reproduce the problem then, and fix the problem.
Hope to hear from you soon via e-mail.
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Running on PPC OSX10.5
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Some strange issues:
- Why does the main window refreshes when you close the preference window?
- Why does the main window refreshes twice when I press the refresh button?
- Why does iTubeX quits downloading at a random rate? This behavior wasn't there with previous version. Happens 2 out of 10 tries. When it happens I get a 0 size file.
I am unable to reproduce the downloading problem you have over here.
Also, I would like to ask you to not post questions in the review section, that's why there is a Contact e-mailaddress on my website.
So, can you please contact me at jorisvervuurt@planet.nl as MacUpdate really is not the place to have a discussion about something. If you send me an e-mail with the URL(s) of the video(s) you tried to download, it is much easier for me to help you. Thank you.
Maybe I am able to reproduce the problem then and fix the problem.
Hope to hear from you soon via e-mail.
Best regards,
Joris Vervuurt (16 years old)
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