Pascal Beyeler

Hello everyone

I just set up 10 proxy servers to bypass the Youtube blockage.

Have fun and best regards

Pascal

Hello everyone

Unfortunately, Youtube is blocking Media Converter again.

Just to give you a little insight into this problem, Youtube blocks everyone who’s accessing videos too excessively. That’s of course the case for such a service like mediaconverter.org. The only solution to this is to wait and try again in a few hours/days.

I’m sorry for the inconveniences.

Best regards

Pascal

Thanks to Fernanda Rosales Media Converter is now available in Spanish.
http://www.mediaconverter.org/es/

If you want to see mediaconverter.org in your language and are willing to translate it, feel free to contact me at info@mediaconverter.org. As a reward you will get a one year membership for free.

I just wanted to let you know that Youtube is currently blocking a massive amount of videos to get converted by the Media Converter conversion servers.

If you get multiple “Conversion failed” errors please do not retry immediately. This wont make the situation any better. Youtube blocks IP addresses that are requesting too many videos per hour. As you can imagine there are tens of thousands per day from the conversion servers. I hope the situation calms down during the next 24 hours.

Thank you for your understanding!

Media Converter is now available in Dutch/Nederlands http://www.mediaconverter.org/nl/ . Thanks to Sandra Jonker for the great translation! There is also a Spanish and Italian translation in progress. If you want to translate Media Converter into your language please contact me. You will get a one year membership for free. Native speakers (students or professional translators) preferred.

In the past there was only a like button at the top of the page but I now replaced it with a new button that is linked with the Media Converter Facebook page. So I lost all the 100’000+ likes . But now it is possible to keep you up-to-date with the Facebook page and the new Twitter account. Feel free to post feedback, feature requests or bug reports.

https://www.facebook.com/MediaConverter

https://twitter.com/#!/media_converter

Hello everyone

I just updated Media Converter to make it work with Youtube again. I also had to remove some of the old supported websites as they are no longer working or rarely used by the users. So I can focus on the main parts.

For the next few days, the Firefox extensions will not be available. I also have to update it. I’m sorry for the inconveniences.

Btw. I am looking for translators again. If you want to see mediaconverter.org in your language, feel free to contact me at info@mediaconverter.org . Every translator gets a one-year account on mediaconverter.org for free.

Have a nice day!

Best regards

Pascal

Just to let you know. I had to update Media Converter to work with the recent changes of Youtube.  So most of the Youtube problems should now be fixed!

Best regards

Pascal

Hi everyone

Yes, it has been a long long time ago since my last post here. I am quite busy with my part-time study and therefore my spare time is limited.

I just fixed a problem with Firefox 4 as the wizard did not load in this browser.

There is also some other good news.  I am developing a new version of mediaconverter.org as this one is almost three years old! Things have changed and are outdated now.

The goals for the next version are more simplicity, better error handling and so on. I will drop some features as well. I will no longer support some of the current websites as it is almost impossible to keep them working all the time. I will definitely focus on the Youtube implementation. Users will then be able to grab the HD vids not just the standard quality.

All right, stay tuned! I will keep you up to date.

Best regards

Pascal

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