Control YouTube With Your Smartphone

You can use your smartphone to control YouTube on different devices, like your laptop. On your laptop (or other device), go to https://www.youtube.com/tv#/. Press the “S” key, or scroll up/down to reach the Search menu. The Search menu will give you the pairing code for your smartphone. On your smartphone, go to https://www.youtube.com/pair. Enter the code from […]

Turn a YouTube Video into a GIF by Adding “GIF” to the URL

TechCrunch has a great tip on how to quickly turn a YouTube video into GIF. Just add “gif” to the beginning of the URL, after “www.” and before “youtube.” Turn Any YouTube Video Into A GIF By Just Adding “GIF” To The URL Example: www.youtube.com/URL www.gifyoutube.com/URL

VLC Media Player – VideoLAN

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. This is hands-down the best solution for watching video on any platform – Mac, PC, Linux. It can even play Flash files (e.g. YouTube) and DVD files. […]

Link Directly to a Specific Point in Time on a YouTube Video

Have you ever wanted to send a YouTube link, but have the video cut directly to a specific point within the video? Now you can. There’s an easy way to create a link that goes right to the exact spot that you’re looking for. Here’s how: Here’s a YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FxDQAGF4Rs Let’s say I want […]