I don't mean downloading the youtube videos or music, which may violate the law and involve unsafe apps. I mean, I want to save or cache some youtube videos under WiFi environment such that if I watch or listen to the same video or music again later, where without the presence of WiFi, I don't need to waste my mobile data because it's limited here and only 1GB per month. Do I need to and how to set up those ??
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Help How to save/cache youtube video/music?
- Thread starter louis2008
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Ok I'm Not sure what you mean about caching the content for later ...???...
Sounds like what you mean is.
How can I save videos & music content for offline viewing.
and with out recommending wierd/shady down-loader apps...
I'd recommend VLC
it has options to save/convert media streams to a folder/file on your /sdcard
you'll have to have the URL of the content you want to stream and then put it into VLC and VLC can stream it and record it too!!
Now I realize that doesn't exactly answer the question you posted, but with out saying too much
I believe I've pointed you toward what your after...
And remember :
for things we can't discuss HERE ,
Google is your friend
Hope that helps
Astr4y4L
Team_Astr4y4L
Sounds like what you mean is.
How can I save videos & music content for offline viewing.
and with out recommending wierd/shady down-loader apps...
I'd recommend VLC
it has options to save/convert media streams to a folder/file on your /sdcard
you'll have to have the URL of the content you want to stream and then put it into VLC and VLC can stream it and record it too!!
Now I realize that doesn't exactly answer the question you posted, but with out saying too much
I believe I've pointed you toward what your after...
And remember :
for things we can't discuss HERE ,
Google is your friend
Hope that helps
Astr4y4L
Team_Astr4y4L
Thanks for your help but
first, my English is not good. Second, I am discussing legal issue,
I understand that I could download the youtube video /music from desktop PC and then transfer it to my mobile phone for offline using, but that is not what I want. It's not legal and not convenient though with PC
I am looking for a way that I can first play the youtube video on my Android phone and then the video will be stored in the ROM of my phone and then next time I play it again on my phone, I don't need to cost my mobile data,
of course this would be never a problem if WiFi was always available for me or my mobile data was fast and unlimited. However, reality is not.
I hope you understand my question
Should be available for android in
Google play store
VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols.
This is the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. VLC for Android can play any video and audio files, as well as network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.
VLC for Android is a full audio player, with a complete database, an equalizer and filters, playing all weird audio formats.
VLC is intended for everyone, is totally free, has no ads, no in-app-purchases, no spying and is developed by passionate volunteers. All the source code is available for free.
Features
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VLC for Android™ plays most local video and audio files, as well as network streams (including adaptive streaming), DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC. It also support disk shares.
All formats are supported, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and AAC. All codecs are included with no separate downloads. It supports subtitles, Teletext and Closed Captions.
VLC for Android has a media library for audio and video files, and allows to browse folders directly.
VLC has support for multi-track audio and subtitles. It supports auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments and gestures to control volume, brightness and seeking.
It also includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headsets control, cover art and a complete audio media library.
Permissions
––––––––––––
VLC for Android needs access to those categories:
• "Photos/Media/Files" to read your all media files
• "Storage" to read your all media files on SD cards
• "Other" to check network connections, change the volume, set the ringtone, run on Android TV and display the popup view, see below for details.
Permission Details :
• It needs "read the contents of your USB storage", in to order to read your media files on it.
• It needs "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage", in order to allow deletion of files and store subtitles.
• It needs "full network access", to open network and internet streams.
• It needs "prevent phone from sleeping" in order to prevent... your phone from sleeping when watching a video.
• It needs "change your audio settings", in order to change audio volume.
• It needs "modify system settings", in order to allow you to change your audio ringtone.
• It needs "view network connections" in order to monitor whether device is connected or not, to hide the streaming parts.
• It needs "draw over other apps" to start the popup menu.
• It needs "control vibration" to give feedback on the controls.
• It needs "run at startup" to set recommendations on Android TV launcher screen, only used with Android TV version.
Google play store
VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols.
This is the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. VLC for Android can play any video and audio files, as well as network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.
VLC for Android is a full audio player, with a complete database, an equalizer and filters, playing all weird audio formats.
VLC is intended for everyone, is totally free, has no ads, no in-app-purchases, no spying and is developed by passionate volunteers. All the source code is available for free.
Features
––––––––
VLC for Android™ plays most local video and audio files, as well as network streams (including adaptive streaming), DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC. It also support disk shares.
All formats are supported, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and AAC. All codecs are included with no separate downloads. It supports subtitles, Teletext and Closed Captions.
VLC for Android has a media library for audio and video files, and allows to browse folders directly.
VLC has support for multi-track audio and subtitles. It supports auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments and gestures to control volume, brightness and seeking.
It also includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headsets control, cover art and a complete audio media library.
Permissions
––––––––––––
VLC for Android needs access to those categories:
• "Photos/Media/Files" to read your all media files
• "Storage" to read your all media files on SD cards
• "Other" to check network connections, change the volume, set the ringtone, run on Android TV and display the popup view, see below for details.
Permission Details :
• It needs "read the contents of your USB storage", in to order to read your media files on it.
• It needs "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage", in order to allow deletion of files and store subtitles.
• It needs "full network access", to open network and internet streams.
• It needs "prevent phone from sleeping" in order to prevent... your phone from sleeping when watching a video.
• It needs "change your audio settings", in order to change audio volume.
• It needs "modify system settings", in order to allow you to change your audio ringtone.
• It needs "view network connections" in order to monitor whether device is connected or not, to hide the streaming parts.
• It needs "draw over other apps" to start the popup menu.
• It needs "control vibration" to give feedback on the controls.
• It needs "run at startup" to set recommendations on Android TV launcher screen, only used with Android TV version.