[delinka]

Presumably, YouTube is merely a distribution point for those amongst us who would make local copies for redundant archival purposes.

[eatbitseveryday]

Downloading videos from YouTube is a violation of their policy, and there is no inherent way to do this from their interface. YouTube (or other video streaming services) are for viewing purposes only, not distribution.

I realize perhaps the intention of uploading to YouTube was more to advertise this project, rather than actually archiving it.

Distribution should be done via a website with links to files, e.g. ESO's gigapixel mosaic of the central parts of the Milky Way, a full size of 24.6 GiB [1]

[1] http://eso.org/public/images/eso1242a/

[dylan604]

> YouTube (or other video streaming services) are for viewing purposes only, not distribution.

Vimeo specifically has an option for allowing the viewer to download the video. I use this frequently when sending videos to clients. They can download the original file, and I don't have to use dropbox. Win-win

[anticensor]

> Downloading videos from YouTube is a violation of their policy

Unless it is licensed under Creative Commons, in which case they themselves provide a download button.

[flattone]

G Drive would be a better alternative.

[EA]

Subject to the YouTube compression algorithms and meta data changes of course...