Looks like YouTube has been re-encoding some videos. We’ve read and noticed that some videos have increased from 320×240 to 480×360. Sound quality has also improved. The updates are coming mostly on new videos… But as AppleTell’s Adam Fisher-Cox notes… ‘they are also selecting older videos… such as the skateboarding dog video, to re-encode’.

Hilarious! I remember the very first time I picked up an iPhone. What was the first thing I did? Went to YouTube and pulled up the skateboarding dog video. Guess I should load it up again to see if there’s an improvement in sound and picture quality

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written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: iPhone, Skateboarding Dog, YouTube

There are quite a number of options to get YouTube video off their website and onto your Mac. One that is very easy to use is Tooble. With Tooble you can download content to your iPod, iPhone, Apple TV or mac computer.

When you open the application you see and can search through the usual YouTube categories such as Recently Featured and Most Viewed. You can also enter a URL or enter keywords in the “Search for Videos” field.

Once you’ve decided what you want by putting a tick in the check box next to the video, simply select the Download button and the file is downloaded into either the default location of your Movies folder or wherever you select in the application’s preferences. You can also select the option to automatically add the downloaded content into iTunes.

The quality of the files is not great because they have been converted from Flash but for a quick, easy and free method to get YouTube content onto a Mac, I have found Tooble ideal.

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written by Mike Bradbrook \\ tags: Tooble, YouTube