R.I.P Google Video (April 29th, 2011)

Cerpin Taxt · 04-17-2011, 02:09 PM

Google Video Playback Shutting Down on April 29; Download Videos Till May 13

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In an email sent out to Google Video users, Google has detailed their intention, read the entire email below.

Dear Google Video User,

Later this month, hosted video content on Google Video will no longer be available for playback. Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009 and now we’re removing the remaining hosted content. We’ve always maintained that the strength of Google Video is its ability to let people search videos from across the web, regardless of where those videos are hosted. And this move will enable us to focus on developing these technologies further to the benefit of searchers worldwide.

On April 29, 2011, videos that have been uploaded to Google Video will no longer be available for playback. We’ve added a Download button to the video status page, so you can download any video content you want to save. If you don’t want to download your content, you don’t need to do anything. (The Download feature will be disabled after May 13, 2011.)

We encourage you to move to your content to YouTube if you haven’t done so already. YouTube offers many video hosting options including the ability to share your videos privately or in an unlisted manner. To learn more go here.

Here’s how to download your videos:

1. Go to the Video Status page.
2. To download a video to your computer, click the Download Video link located on the right side of each of your videos in the Actions column.

Once a video has been downloaded, “Already Downloaded” will appear next to the Download Video link.

If you have many videos on Google Video, you may need to use the paging controls located on the bottom right of the page to access them all.

Please note: This download option will be available through May 13, 2011.

Thank you for being a Google Video user.

Sincerely,

The Google Video Team

Google will basically stop playback for hosted content on April 29, 2011. However, you can still download the videos you uploaded till May 13, 2011. Google Video will not completely shut down and will continue to focus on being a video search engine for all the videos hosted on the Internet, including those from YouTube too.

So if you have uploaded any videos to Google Videos, go ahead and download them and move them to another video service like YouTube.

my_scatterheart · 04-17-2011, 02:14 PM

I don't ever use it that much, but when I do, it's really helpful. I must admit, it's good for those videos that you know you watched, but not sure where. So it's good that they're maintaining the search function, however, it makes me wonder if any of the videos that I've used it to find were actually just hosted there .... hmm..

Grieves · 04-17-2011, 02:25 PM

The Don · 04-17-2011, 11:39 PM

Good now maybe they can focus on making youtube less shitty.

BC Budman · 04-18-2011, 02:00 AM

I can still remember thinking,

"youtube? what the fuck is this shit, its a about goolge video"

**SageTree** · 04-18-2011, 06:29 AM

Ah man, one thing I like about GV is that they aren't scared to have the full 90+ mins in one video... and I know there are a few things I'll have to find a new way of viewing now.

Probably trying to get themselves out of legal issues or something?

**Jimmycube** · 04-18-2011, 10:13 AM

exactly why i liked it...i watch a lot of documentaries and stuff like that and it really sux looking for the next part every 6 minutes or what ever.

thats a bummer man

**SageTree** · 04-18-2011, 10:18 AM

BAN GOOGLE!!!!!!

04-17-2011, 02:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,553 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	I don't ever use it that much, but when I do, it's really helpful. I must admit, it's good for those videos that you know you watched, but not sure where. So it's good that they're maintaining the search function, however, it makes me wonder if any of the videos that I've used it to find were actually just hosted there .... hmm.. __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

04-17-2011, 02:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,101 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,718 Posts	__________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

04-17-2011, 11:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
The Don You follow? Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 11,151 Thanks: 544 Thanked 781 Times in 426 Posts	Good now maybe they can focus on making youtube less shitty. __________________ I am genuienly sad about my thanks:post ratio

04-18-2011, 06:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	Ah man, one thing I like about GV is that they aren't scared to have the full 90+ mins in one video... and I know there are a few things I'll have to find a new way of viewing now. Probably trying to get themselves out of legal issues or something? __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

04-18-2011, 10:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	BAN GOOGLE!!!!!! __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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