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YouView 0.5 Beta 6

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YouView allows you to browse, watch, and download YouTube videos on your Mac, About 2x Faster then YouTube's flash player, higher quality video, and HD supported at 720P.

YouView features:

Uses the same video that the Apple TV and iPhone uses to give you great looking video and better cpu usage.
Allows you to download videos for your iPod, or any other device you want.
Comments support so you can view and post comments for a video.
720P HD so you can watch HD YouTube videos that fills you 13" MacBook's screen!
Apple Remote support so you can sit at in

What's New

Version 0.5 Beta 6:

Added email this video support.
Improved stability.
Updated plugins to support new YouTube URLs.
Fixed issue with inspector.
Improved state saving.
Fixed issue loading some videos.

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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Mo3Tah reviewed on 10 Feb 2012

i can’t running app YouView in my mac lion OS 10.7.3!

[Version 0.5 Beta 6]

Eridani reviewed on 01 Feb 2012

It is not freeware.
It requires a "donation" in order to unlock downloading and exporting videos.

Didn't used it. I hate when people lies.

[Version 0.5 Beta 6]

-33

Michaelthegeek commented on 31 Oct 2011

More work is needed as I cannot log in to my acc.

[Version 0.5 Beta 4]

1 Reply

Mr. Gecko'S Media (developer) replied on 25 Jan 2012

If your using Google's 2 step verification, you need to use an applcation password. Otherwise, you also need the full email address not the user name.

+57

Matthew Green commented on 15 Aug 2011

very annoying how it hijacks all my file associations :(

[Version 0.5 Beta 4]

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Mr. Gecko'S Media (developer) replied on 25 Jan 2012

I believe this happens whenever you do not have any association for the movie files to begain with. You can choose which application your movies open with by opening the get info window on finder for a file that is set to open with YouView, choose the application you want, and click change all.

Bpm reviewed on 17 Jul 2011

the developer is quick in replying.
this app is simple yet promising. I love how it plays youtube without flash and unlike minitube it lets me access my account. And thank God the developer thought ahead and wrote add-on for browsers too.

[Version 0.5 Beta 2]

+13

Tingting reviewed on 02 Jun 2011

This app rules. No more need for the regular website with all the heat and fan noise. This is an app done right. Really nice.

[Version 0.5 Beta 2]

-2

hous reviewed on 15 Apr 2011

has no update ages! so other plug-ins (updated Click To Flash e.g.) or apps brought features...
agreed mark lee...

[Version 0.5 Beta 1]

-21

Mark Lee reviewed on 05 Feb 2011

Really good app.
But for me personally, it misses some key features:

1. Rearranging subscription list and/or adding authors/channels to favorites. I only watch some of my subscriptions everyday, but most of them only once a month or so. Would like to have an ability to separate them.
2. In-app user playlists. So I could queue the vids and watch them on my tv screen while sitting on a sofa.

With those features, I would gladly buy/donate the app.

[Version 0.5 Beta 1]

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Mr. Gecko'S Media (developer) replied on 19 May 2011

I have a plan to completely rewrite the application to add support for more services and more video formats and the rewrite will be an open source project if people want to join in and help.

+721

Robotank commented on 31 Mar 2010

Well, I don't know about this dispute going on below, but I do think so far that this app is actually quite nice. It's got a quick and minimal browser and loads H.264 videos. The beta version he's linked to also includes browser plug-ins for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox that will automatically direct YouTube links to YouView. I definitely prefer watching YouTube in this way. I starting using something called QuickTubePlayer the other day that allows you to drag or paste YouTube links into it to view videos in H.264. I was wishing that it had both its own browser and integration with other browsers, and now I come across YouView with both. I'm also really glad to see Chrome integration with YouView, since the main reason I'm looking at these programs at all is that ClickToFlash doesn't work with Chrome, and so I can't load H.264 videos directly within it (also the YouTube HTML5 beta stopped working today; I'm guessing it has something to do with the layout changes and will come back eventually). I'll keep testing this for a while, but if it turns out as well as it looks so far, I wouldn't have any issue sending $5 to the dev for the extra features and to encourage development.

[Version 0.4.4]

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+721

Robotank replied on 01 Apr 2010

After trying out the beta for a bit, I don't think it's quite ready for regular use. It won't play some videos and has issues with buffering others, understandable problems considering it's a beta version. I'm happy to say, however, that the current non-beta release has none of these issues and has worked flawlessly for me thus far. It lacks the Chrome integration but still has a great built-in browser. I can't see any reason for the hissy fit a certain user has posted below. I don't know anything about the legalities of donationware versus shareware, but the free version of this app works perfectly well for browsing and viewing YouTube videos in H.264, and I hardly think that $5 is too much to ask to unlock the other features.

Mr. Gecko'S Media (developer) replied on 06 Jul 2010

Can you possibly let me know of those videos which didn't work in the beta? There is a contact developer menu in the application that'll let you tell me of bugs and other things so I can fix it.

Thanks,
Mr. Gecko

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Kosovar1 commented on 27 Oct 2009

OK, I didn't realize that you're a "kid" (your term, however you define it). Anyway, let's assume you are a kid who loves writing software and that's all great. Anything that may be amiss might be chalked up to just lack of experience. I'll respectfully decline to buy YouView because the other program is working great and it's free. I do think I made some good points, but I also realize I waste too much time trying to be right. Let's call it a truce, if you're willing, and I hope you'll keep writing great software-- just as long as you' don't do it for Microsoft. Good luck in your business. I'm going to go bake a lousy frozen pizza.

[Version 0.4.3]

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Mr. Gecko'S Media (developer) replied on 27 Oct 2009

Ok, thanks. I will for sure never move to the dark side as all they do is get their ideas form Apple and make it all look shiny and distracting.

+110

Gazman replied on 06 Aug 2010

Jeez Kosovar1, get over yourself already. You're the one that's acting like a kid.

RobRecord had trouble on 25 Aug 2009

"Fixed problem where videos wouldn't play or download"

Apparently this wasn't fixed - can't watch anything here.

[Version 0.4.1]

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Mr. Gecko'S Media (developer) replied on 23 Oct 2009

It is fixed now. If you still can't play, I'll look more into it.

Marccc rated on 05 Aug 2011

[Version 0.5 Beta 4]

Krox rated on 05 Jan 2011

[Version 0.5 Beta 1]

Downloads:14,899

Version Downloads:2,227

Type:Multimedia & Design : Video

License:Free

Date:23 Jan 2012

Platform:PPC / Intel

Price:Free

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YouView allows you to browse, watch, and download YouTube videos on your Mac, About 2x Faster then YouTube's flash player, higher quality video, and HD supported at 720P.

YouView features:

Uses the same video that the Apple TV and iPhone uses to give you great looking video and better cpu usage.
Allows you to download videos for your iPod, or any other device you want.
Comments support so you can view and post comments for a video.
720P HD so you can watch HD YouTube videos that fills you 13" MacBook's screen!
Apple Remote support so you can sit at in your couch and watch videos without getting up.
Parental Controls so you can protect your children from watching videos that are flagged and contains bad content.

Donations are required to get HD and downloading.

I am currently working on a huge update, if you want to have a beta, go to http://mrgeckosmedia.com/YouView.zip

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