SothinkMedia Outlines 4 Reasons Why People Fail to Download Online Videos

BEIJING, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- SothinkMedia, with the announcement of a newly released web video downloader, explains 4 reasons why people fail to successfully download online videos.

Recently, Firefox has released its latest version 6. Owing to its user-friendly interface and nice extended functions, more and more people prefer to visit websites or watch online videos with Firefox. At present, downloading online videos is very popular, however, from time to time, people may find some online videos will not be downloaded or even detected by the downloading software. How does this happen? The causes of the failure are as follows.

Generally, a failure to download online videos is mainly caused by 4 factors: Internet connection, download tool, video and website. First, users should check whether their Internet is connected to their computer. Second, if using the video downloader Firefox Extension, they need to make sure the extension is compatible with the current version of Firefox. Likewise, if using the stand-alone video downloader, users need to check whether the settings are correct.

It is easy to understand the causes of the Internet connection and download tool, but how about the video and website? Please refer to the detailed information as follows.

• Video

Usually, online videos are divided into two kinds: streaming media and non-streaming media.

Most video download tools are able to capture and download non-streaming online videos, so if your tool cannot detect the online video, you will need to check whether it is a streaming video or not. In addition, if the video is encrypted, no matter what kind of the video it is, it certainly cannot be downloaded.

• Website

As known, it is the server that ensures the website running (here it refers to the server on which the website is based), thus, if a website is based on the streaming media server, the online videos on the website cannot be captured and downloaded as usual.

To be more concrete, take Sothink's newly released web video downloader for example. If a video file is of non-streaming media format but located on a streaming media website, the very video downloader cannot detect it, so it cannot be downloaded by the software. However, as for streaming video on the non-streaming media websites, the program is capable of downloading it.

In conclusion, the tool, Internet, video and website are the important parts that need to be paid much attention when downloading online videos. Do remember: get to know the properties of the videos and websites, use a good video downloader tool, and make sure the Internet is connected. At last, hope above can help you and just enjoy the wonderful Internet life.

About SothinkMedia:

SothinkMedia.com, one of the websites owned by SourceTec Software Co. Ltd, is a software provider which specializes in developing Video & DVD converter, ripper, authoring, and Flash encoding tools for web developers and worldwide customers.

SOURCE Fengtao Software, Inc.