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YouTube On Your Desktop

By Robert | August 20, 2007

How many time have to gone to Youtube and found yourself thinking that it would be great if it acted more like a desktop program then a web based video sollution. Well, YouTubeDesktop have taken on the fight. I didn’t reliase that their was an issues but I guess some one will find the need.

The web based application is just a fancy GUI for the normal online YouTube we have all come to love. When you first visit the site you’ll be presented with a thumbnail view of popular videos. You can browse or search for more videos. Click on one and a window will pop up and begin playing the video. Pretty much like you can do with YouTube now.

Here’s where things get interesting. You can click and move the window around the screen, resizing and adjusting the placement of the video window. You can also use a slider at the bottom of the screen to resize all of the icons on the “desktop.”

Now this is the thing that I think most people will find very useful. If you want to download the video as an FLV file? Just click the Flash icon. Want to convert it to AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, or 3GP? click the download button and YouTubeDesktop will convert the file for you.

YouTubeDesktop is currently in private beta. We’re not convinced it will draw too many users away from the YouTube community. There’s no easy way that we can find to view more videos submitted by the same user. And there’s no way to leave or read comments on videos. So while YouTubeDesktop does provide a nice interface for watching videos, you sacrifice some of the community aspects of YouTube that make it attractive.

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