MacTubes Manual
v2.5




- About



- Search and Play



- Related Videos



- Search Order



- Time Period



- Results Order



Exclude Filter



YouTube Player



- HD Video Settings



- Playlist

You can create playslist, and search videos from playlist.



- Search List



- Standard Feed



- Play History
  1. Played video is saved as a history.
  2. Choose "View" -> "History" from main menu and open history window.
  3. You can play videos from history window.
  4. Drop item to playlist, you can add videos to playlist.



- Open Video ID or URL
  1. You can play video from video ID or URL.
  2. Choose "File" -> "Open Video" from main menu.
  3. Enter video ID or URL.



- Open Video With Command
You can play video with open command from Terminal app or Apple Script.
If exists older version (before v2.3), it may not works well.
Format open -a "VIDEO URL"
example open -a MacTubes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxx



- Import / Export Playlist



- Download Files
  1. You can download video files.
  2. Select search result and choose "Download" -> "FLV" or "MP4" or "HD" from context menu.
  3. You can "start" downloading max 5 files at the same time.
  4. If you want to download more files, please start downloading in several times.
  5. There is no limit for downloaing at the same time.
  6. There is the case that can not download from file URL.



- Country Setting
  1. When you selected country, search from country (Only standard feeds).
  2. You can change country in main menu or Preferences.
  3. I recommend to select your country.
  4. This is not enabled of searching with keyword or author`s video.



- Safe Search
  1. You can limit contents in search results.
  2. Select menu "Safe Search" in Preferences.
  3. None Not limit.
    Strict Limit strictly.
    Moderate Limit moderately.



- Shortcut Keys
Space Open player window and plays video.
cmd + ] / [ Forward / Back result page.
cmd + T Open player window.
cmd + R Open related search window.
cmd + I Open information panel.
cmd + D Open downloads window.
cmd + G Open play history window.
cmd + opt + 3 Show results as list view.
cmd + opt + 4 Show results as grid view.

cmd + F Go to / Exit full screen.
cmd + shift + F Show / Hide Controller (bottom of window) in full screen mode.
cmd + shift + T Change always on top. (Player window).
ESC Exit full screen

cmd + N Add new playlist.
cmd + shift + N Add new folder.
cmd + K Add new keyword list.
cmd + J Add new author list.
cmd + O Open video ID or URL.
cmd + shift + I Import playlist.
cmd + shift + E Export all playlists.
DELETE Delete items from playlist.




- Context Menu
Search results
Play Open player window and plays video.
Search Related search.
Related Videos Search for related videos.
Authors Video Search for author`s videos.
Add To Playlist Add items to playlist.
Information Show item info.
Download Download video file.
FLV Download FLV file.
MP4 Download MP4 file.
HD Download HD(MP4) file.
720p Download HD(720p) file.
1080p Download HD(1080p) file.
Delete Delete items from playlist.

Playlist
Search Search with playlist.
Edit Edit title.
Export Export playlist
Delete Delete playlist.

Play history
Play Open player window and plays video.
Add To Playlist Add items to playlist.
Delete Delete items from history.

Page button
Page1.. Go to selected page.




- FAQ

Q.Can not play video.
A. Some videos are not allowed to play from embed URL.
Open video URL with web browser.

Q.Can not download video file.
A. There is the case that can not download from file URL.
In downloads window, choose "Copy URL" from context menu and download using web browser.

Q.Result status is "Now Searching.." or "Not Found" at searching with playlist.
A1. There is the case that can not get video information by server responses.
Please try to search again.
A2. There is the case that can not get video information from server depending on video is deleted or author`s account is stopped.
Open video URL or user profile with web browser.

Q.When I played video with "High (MP4)" or "HD (MP4)"format, "Replay" icon is displayed in player window.
A. If you checked on "Auto Start" in Preferences, sometimes this case happens.
Click "Replay" icon and it will play correctly.

Q.I want to increase count of max results.
A. Count of results is max 50 by specification for searching from YouTube.

Q.After displaying as glid view, details in popup are not correctly.
A. This is known issue.
Please scroll or resize frame or window, it is displayed correctly.

Q.Caused Following error.
Domain=com.google.GDataServiceDomain Code=406
UserInfo=XXXXXX "Operation could not be completed.
(com.google.GDataServiceDomain error 406.)"
A. Probably YouTube server changed setting or caused any problem temporarily.
Some user reported that an error did not happen by waiting for a while(Two or three days?).

Q.Support exporting audio file or converting other format?
A. It needs high CPU performance. So, there is a possibility that it cannot play and search comfortably
I'm not going to support it. Please use other software.

Q.Support other video service? (ex.Google Video)
A. MacTubes uses API which YouTube provides. Therefore a comfortable searching and playing are enabled.
As for the other video service, API is not provided. Therefore it is difficult to support.




- Known issues
  1. Search results by "Rating" is not correct.
  2. When canceled downloading at quiting application, file is not deleted which is not finished downloading.
  3. In other case, plaese read FAQ section.



- Disclaimer
  1. Please use this application at your own risk.
  2. I do not take responsibility for all things that occurred (directly or indirectly) by this application.
  3. Please accept it beforehand.



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