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Google Video player for Mac


Lookie here, Google has released Google Video player, a stand alone application that plays, you guessed it, videos from Google Video. Features include:
  • Browse videos via thumbnails
  • skip anywhere in the video
  • full screen mode
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Lookie here, Google has released Google Video player, a stand alone application that plays, you guessed it, videos from Google Video....
 

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Snowdog

I went looking for a show that I saw on TV last night & there it was! So. Great. It's sitting on my hard drive & I can play it in Google Video Player whenever I want. But, since it's in a ".gvi" file format, I can't get it to play in any other media players. More to the point, I can't do any of the necessary things to it to burn it to a DVD so that I can watch it from my sofa instead of on the computer. (Bearing in mind this is freely available & not piracy.)

July 06 2006 at 4:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
muller

did anyone notice that the system requirements state 1GHZ or above processor?!?!

you're kidding me, right? for a crappy video player?

June 07 2006 at 2:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rib

As someone else said, the point is that this allows you to view purchased movies.

June 07 2006 at 1:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
snid

I compared the iPod download and the google video player download for a video... the iPod formatted one was smaller in filesize and lower in quality than the google video player one.

I'm not saying I like the google video player, I was just answering the question of "what's it do?" that a few people seemed to have.

June 07 2006 at 1:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Duke Nukem

snid: But what's the point of it still? You can view those videos in QuickTime, what's the point of this player?

June 07 2006 at 12:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
snid

Find a video you like on google video, the click the download button with the format selector set to window/mac (not iPod or PSP). You'll get a downloaded file that will play within the google video player.

June 07 2006 at 11:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Thayne Miller

I am on a macbook and I still have the same problem outlined in #5 and #9. Maybe this is an issue only on intel machines? All this app does for me is open up safari after I type in a query. Nothing shows up in the player at all. I've reinstalled to no avail.

June 07 2006 at 11:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pete

I have the same problem as #5 & #9. Seem like I'd have to go to the site and download the video to my drive and then play it. That can't be right. What gives?

June 07 2006 at 11:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Paul-Michael Bauer

GVP lets you download and play movies purchased from the Google Video Store. Before, you could only watch the free films.

June 07 2006 at 10:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
editblog

I have to agree with #5. I type a search term in the field and all it does is open safari and search there.... don't understand what this is supposed to do. I must be missing something.

June 07 2006 at 10:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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