Safe Software Available To Download From You Tube?

[PGB1]

Hi,
I apologize if this isn't supposed to be in the Security section.
A company made videos of the inside of my building drain and sewer. They are posted on You Tube, which is the only way I can view them.

I will need copies of those for possible legal action against the sewer warranty company that did 12,800.00 USD in damages (or more). The only way I can view them is on You Tube.

I would like to download copies from You Tube, but not pay the 14.00 USD per month for a Premium subscription. A friend tried Premium and it took months for him to be able to un-subscribe. So, I'd like to avoid that route.

Do any of you know which of the many 3rd party applications for OS X that download You Tube videos is safe? I get confused by who is legitimate and who isn't.

And, after I download them, there is no way for me to get You Tube to take them down, is there? My address is on the videos. I'm not comfortable with that.

Also, if any of you know that this is illegal or improper please let me know.

Thanks For Advice!
Paul

 

[MacBiter]

I still run Mavericks so I hope this suggestion is applicable:

MacX YouTube Downloader for Mac - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download

I use it myself and it hasn't been a problem so far.

 

[ferrarr]

Did you pay

A company made videos of the inside of my building drain and sewer.

for these videos? They should have final edit.

 

[pm-r]

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A company made videos of the inside of my building drain and sewer. They are posted on You Tube, which is the only way I can view them.

I will need copies of those for possible legal action against the sewer warranty company that did 12,800.00 USD in damages (or more). The only way I can view them is on You Tube.

My apologies if I am misunderstanding something here but why did the company who made the original video and I am assuming you hired to do so, why didn't they send you a copy of the videos in the first place and avoid messing around with YouTube which seem going backwards these days in my opinion, and lousy video and audio. I would avoid anything to do with them and get the company The Originals.

You should be able to handle and work with any normal video format files that have not been manipulated in any way I would think.



- Patrick
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[Rod]

I agree, get in touch with the contractor and demand a copy at least of the originals. As for publishing your address without your consent on social media... What were they thinking, that's litigatable I think. Well at least good grounds to demand they take it down.

Call me paranoid but I suspect the guys who did the film may be in some way related to the original contractors who laid your faulty pipes

 

[PGB1]

My apologies if I am misunderstanding something here but why did the company who made the original video and I am assuming you hired to do so, why didn't they send you a copy of the videos in the first place and avoid messing around with YouTube which seem going backwards these days in my opinion, and lousy video and audio. I would avoid anything to do with them and get the company The Originals.

You should be able to handle and work with any normal video format files that have not been manipulated in any way I would think.



- Patrick
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The whole mess is complicated. Briefly, or as briefly as possible, I have (had) sewer line warranty contract with one of HomeServe's many companies. Anything goes wrong- Home Serve or one of the many other warranty contract company names under which it stealthily operates, fixes it.

In March of 2022, the sewer clogged. Home Serve sent someone a week later. Thier contractor diagnosed a break in the line. Home Serve refused to fix it, saying "if we can make water flow, no matter how slowly...". In January of 2024, if stopped flowing again. I called. Days later, they sent someone. That person said it had a break and needed repair. Home Server refused again.

In August, i received a cancellation notice. I was informed that since the sewer was broken, they will not continue with me as a customer. I told them if it is broken- fix it per contract. They again refused.

I posted on Better Business Bureau. Now stuff started happening.

HomeServe sent a guy with a camera. He diagnosed a break. Home Serve sent a crew. The crew broke up and removed ca. 100 ft-2 of my driveway, put chips, chunks and gouges in every other slab. They broke a basement cinder block wall and did not tell me. They simply back-filled the hole. (I found it when it next rained. What a mess in the basement!). I fixed the wall.

And There Was No Break Where They Dug!

They also destroyed my backwater valve, removed it and never replaced it. They did not install the city mandated outdoor clean-out access. And, they left a pile of clay in my driveway for over 3 months.

The driveway is not fixed. They said they will NOT fix the chips, cracks , chunks and gouges. They said they will not 'Restore" the driveway slab they removed. They will simply send someone from their crew to lay cement over the clay pile. This is a pile! Old drive was 6-bag concrete mix, with 8 ga mesh, rebar pins, compacted crush base of 10".

The contract paragraph is titled "Restoration", but inside the paragraph is "pathcing of paved surfaces". I say it is part of "Restoration". They say No.

So, at this point I have a driveway that has a section missing and chunks, etc. everywhere. I have no backwater valve. I have crabby neighbors due to the clay pile washing onto their driveway. And, I can only get one car in the driveway due to the pile. (Now, since I lost, i'll move the pile so we can drive on it.)

We have to get our own concrete guy. Lowest estimate: 12,400.00 USD. (High because they have to get rid of the disturbed clay and dispose of it. They have to replace it with crush fill, compacted layer-by-layer. Then do the flatwork)

Plus, we can't renew (as if we would) because, per their videos "The line is compromised and roots are getting in." My reply: If it is compromised, fix it. Their reply: No.

Status:
Problem Began March 2022. Now: November 2024 Problem: Not Fixed. Pending 12,400.00 USD repair cost to me PLUS cost to repair sewser problems and the concrete repairs that go with it.

So, in case this mess gets litigated, I would like the videos saved. Home Serve isn't cooperating. My only hope is to download them from You Tube.
(Also, in reality that huge conglomerate of companies surely has staff attorneys. I'd be paying one out-of-pocket. I kind of doubt it will get litigated, but I want to be well armed.

I'd also like my address taken off the You Tube video.

When Does Life Get Boring?
Paul

 

[PGB1]

I still run Mavericks so I hope this suggestion is applicable:

MacX YouTube Downloader for Mac - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download

I use it myself and it hasn't been a problem so far.

Thanks MacBitrer! I will give it a try.
Paul

 

[PGB1]

Did you pay

for these videos? They should have final edit.

Thanks Bob for replying. I didn't directly pay. They were done be an evil warranty contract company. I got the links by bribing the sub contractor who took the videos. He could not get them to me directly.

The whole sorry mess is explained in post #5.

 

[PGB1]

I agree, get in touch with the contractor and demand a copy at least of the originals. As for publishing your address without your consent on social media... What were they thinking, that's litigatable I think. Well at least good grounds to demand they take it down.

Call me paranoid but I suspect the guys who did the film may be in some way related to the original contractors who laid your faulty pipes

The video guy works for the same company that the warranty company hired to "fix" the "break" that was not a break. Post Number 5 has details. The post is long, but feel free to laugh at the situation.

The original pipe layers are watching from Heaven by now. A city guy told me the pipes putside were probably installed somewhere around 1920 when the city got storm/sanitary installed. (House was already here.)

That is a good point you made about the address being litigatable. Thank You for that.
Once I get the videos downloaded, I'll attack the contractor who posted them on that- escalating as needed.

 

[pm-r]

Once I get the videos downloaded, I'll attack the contractor who posted them on that- escalating as needed.

I'm certainly not a lawyer, nor do I know much about us but I would think and suggest this whole matter should be taken up with a small claims court claims court depending on the amount of money involved.

And that should include your protection of any uploaded files and address removals that should be removed.




- Patrick
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