is it possible to bypass redirection to youtube ?

[vhelp]

i am working on a flash player component in delphi, and would like to watch *some* videos inside the app but can't because of the error mesage below. is there any way to bypass this issue and have the video play inside my app anyway ? perhaps through special params inside the URL line ?

i.e., if i run this URL, http://www.youtube.com/v/sSwtnxQrEGw, i get the following messing:

This video contains content from international Olympic
Committee. It is restricted from playback on certain sites.
Watch on YouTube

i see that some streaming apps have a way around this and display the videos inside their apps..ie..RTMP/RTMPE apps.

thank you for any guidance

[lordsmurf]

There's an embed block.
You can't bypass it that I know of, no.

[vhelp]

so my followup question is, how are RTMP/RTMPE apps doing it ?

there are many (streaming) threads on this forum with many members (and non-members) downloading these videos without being foreced to go back (redirected) to the source (youtube) in their browser. i mean, those apps don't close down or show the "block" message. i am basically doing the same thing the RTMP/RTMPE apps are doing, but just in another module or avenue. if i want to download the video, (through code) i can save it as it downloads or streams to my player window, basically.

you see, i have some hopes of creating a front-end to youtube/vemeo (instead of going the brower way) and if i can figure out how to incorporate a built-in explorer-like search feature (to find any youtube clips through simple search terms) i will add that into my app, to simulate a streaming media player.

on the other hand, maybe i am using the wrong component for the task. at this time, i am using a trail version before i decide to buy.

here's the app i'm working on. . .

[lordsmurf]

si have some hopes of creating a front-end to youtube/vemeo (instead of going the brower way) and if i can figure out how to incorporate a built-in explorer-like search feature (to find any youtube clips through simple search terms)

If you could create such an app for standalone devices (example: Samsung Blu-ray players), you'd be my hero.

What passes for Youtube apps now are utter crap.

I wish Youtube would work towards moderated "channels", in addition to the free-for-all of crap. That would make for an excellent app, too. Maybe even an app that externally moderated channels, with third-party moderators. Now that would be neat!

[vhelp]

well, i don't want to compete with those apps and utilities. i just want to make a simple player.

[mgh]

Click on Watch on Youtube, to get correct url, which is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSwtnxQrEGw&feature=player_embedded
From that page, it can be downloaded with videodownloadhelper addon for firefox.
So whatever you want to do, should be done from that page.

[vhelp]

update.. user search interface-- i managed to cook up a crude search/parser that snips the YT urls via google. not too bad, i can save/load/append new to the list. so far, its now opening up ideas and making me think about how i watch tv all of the sudden. anyway, here's how it works..

1) i go to google, (advanced) and setup filtered search criteria.
2) on 1st line, i enter *watch?v=* since that is the token to parse for
3) on 2nd line, pizza or how to make pizza dough
4) on 3rd line, i enter list or listing
5) on 4th line, i enter -photo -picture - image, because i just want the links, as many as the page will give me. i have not been able to figure out how to get google to give me more that a few links.
6) then i click search (or enter) and google fills the page with links of search results. i am able to get about 5 to 20 YT links. i repeat the this step as many times, about 10 pages worth, only takes a minute.
7) i press Ctrl+A to select all, Ctrl+c to copy and then paste it inside my YT app where the jumbled lines will get cleanly parsed into something like the listing below and this is what populate my grids listbox, much like you see in the demo photo i posted.
8) from that point, i can either begin selecting the content (much like tv channel) and watch what i want.

header - how to make pizza dough
Page 01
http://www.youtube.com/v/tGuHaLjLV-c
http://www.youtube.com/v/ieuSKgpkA54
http://www.youtube.com/v/7WtAH35FpY8
http://www.youtube.com/v/* list OR l
http://www.youtube.com/v/2MBQy0q45yA
http://www.youtube.com/v/rPzW9_lX6h4

Page 02
http://www.youtube.com/v/tGuHaLjLV-c
http://www.youtube.com/v/ieuSKgpkA54
http://www.youtube.com/v/7WtAH35FpY8
http://www.youtube.com/v/kVbIbTDiCJ0
http://www.youtube.com/v/Xw_IQWlV52M
http://www.youtube.com/v/uAxpDy0L5XE
http://www.youtube.com/v/QI-y1Y5ohO8
http://www.youtube.com/v/-X5uYnQ3xTY
http://www.youtube.com/v/dICK7bxarGc

i will try and automate the above steps into a TWebBroswer control to make it more transparent w/in the app so i do not have to rely on an actual browser, plus i want to weed out duplicates, so i need to build an algo for that too. anyway. i use Opera for the google search, since it is my primary browser under windows xp.

i will refine the search method, hopefully to the point that all i get is the Title and YT url. but of course i welcome a better search method. the above is fairly quick. the great thing about this YT app is that making tv selections is quick, just double-click on any of the selections and i can see the videos. i save all search results as history. later, i will refine that as well so's to make a better UI database for that process.

[vhelp]

has the flash plugin or driver or rules changed somehow ?

so long story short, i loaded up my delphi youtube player and all the sudden none of the videos will play. no old links and no new ones. i went back as far as the very first project, and ran that app, and still no video.

i had taken a break on this project and came back to it because something went wrong somewhere when my last version i had on my desktop would not play any videos.

does anyone know what happend ?
is if a security thing now ?
is everything now blocked unless you are inside an actual (supported) browser ?

maybe its something i have to do/add to the app to overcome the issue...if i knew what it is.

i don't know...i'm stumped. does anyone have any clues ?