>>> James Gale wrote:
> I still can't get access to videos on my computer
Internet Content Filtering has always been, up to this point, a local decision made by the building staff. WCS has its own, individualized content filter, and Eunice has login privileges to make changes. However, changes on this scope (that are not merely a site that obviously be blocked/unblocked) are not a decision she or any other single individual should make. If Woolwich, as a building, in congress with Mr Soule as the building leader, decide something like this should be un-blocked, it is then merely a matter of adding "youtube.com" to the "allow list".
That being said, there is one thing I know about the internet in general and video streaming in particular. The one time you really, really are counting on it working, it doesn't. Until Woolwich comes to the comfort level of un-blocking video streaming, and even after that, the best solution is to capture the video and save it locally to your machine. Then you can play it whenever you want without being dependant on the internet and whatever may be happening "out there" on a given day at a given time.
There are three tools that I use regularly to capture internet video and audio content.
One is called "Download Helper", is a free Firefox add-on,
http://www.downloadhelper.net/
and will allow you to easily save a copy of most content.
The other is called "Video Downloader", is another free Firefox add-on,
http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
and will allow you to download many of the videos that the first has trouble with.
The third is a shareware app called "iShowU", is $20,
http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html
and it will capture *any* audio and video on your screen. It is the best tool for making your own videos showing how to do something. You can set a "capture box" to get the whole screen or any sized part of it, you can set the audio to record from the microphone, the system audio, or both, and it can even capture mouse moves, so you can create your own mini-tutorials on how to use certain programs and features.
> I still can't get access to videos on my computer
Internet Content Filtering has always been, up to this point, a local decision made by the building staff. WCS has its own, individualized content filter, and Eunice has login privileges to make changes. However, changes on this scope (that are not merely a site that obviously be blocked/unblocked) are not a decision she or any other single individual should make. If Woolwich, as a building, in congress with Mr Soule as the building leader, decide something like this should be un-blocked, it is then merely a matter of adding "youtube.com" to the "allow list".
That being said, there is one thing I know about the internet in general and video streaming in particular. The one time you really, really are counting on it working, it doesn't. Until Woolwich comes to the comfort level of un-blocking video streaming, and even after that, the best solution is to capture the video and save it locally to your machine. Then you can play it whenever you want without being dependant on the internet and whatever may be happening "out there" on a given day at a given time.
There are three tools that I use regularly to capture internet video and audio content.
One is called "Download Helper", is a free Firefox add-on,
http://www.downloadhelper.net/
and will allow you to easily save a copy of most content.
The other is called "Video Downloader", is another free Firefox add-on,
http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
and will allow you to download many of the videos that the first has trouble with.
The third is a shareware app called "iShowU", is $20,
http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html
and it will capture *any* audio and video on your screen. It is the best tool for making your own videos showing how to do something. You can set a "capture box" to get the whole screen or any sized part of it, you can set the audio to record from the microphone, the system audio, or both, and it can even capture mouse moves, so you can create your own mini-tutorials on how to use certain programs and features.