Help minimise FDR bandwidth costs...

[Sven--starFury_flames--]

I wanted to share the way I get my FDR content, perhaps if more people do so Stef and Mike might notice a slight easing in their growing monthly bandwidth costs!  I’m one of those people that compulsively downloads everything Stef puts out... But it’s been many years since I’ve downloaded from the actual FDR site as pretty much all the content goes on YouTube.It’s actually quite easy to download videos from YouTube and there’s quite a few browser plugins that add this functionality, personally I use Download Helper for Firefox which let’s you download pretty much any embedded video (pretty handy)... There's equivalent plugins/add-ons for the other popular browsers.

 

If you’re on a Mac I recommend downloading in .mp4 format. I then use QuickTime to convert the video to audio and then it’s ready for the iPod for direct transferal to your brain...If you need help setting this up on your own computer, feel free to PM/email me and I’d be happy to walk you through it =)Sven ∞ <3

[Guest Don C]

I do the same thing. (I typically download from youtube)

 

I use youtube-dl through the terminal in Linux. (I am not a techie. I use LinuxMint)

If I can do it, most anyone else can.

It automatically downloads in .mp4, or you can easily change it to many other formats.

 

http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

[SamuelS]

I access the internet through a cell plan, thus have limited data on my end as well, I use a web service that converts youtube to mp3 files...not so great for graphically intense presentations, but for lectures and shows like FDR, it's perfect.

[Wesley]

For all of the old stuff, people should also use the torrent links on the podcasts page. That is a great way to spread out the bandwidth costs onto people's already existing internet plans and doesn't cost additional.