Comments on: Is there a service like ReadItLater/Instapaper for videos?

Question: Is there a service like ReadItLater/Instapaper for videos?

aeighty — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:04:09 -0800

On the heels of my request for lectures, are there any services out there that would let me queue up videos and then download them to my phone, Instapaper style, for watching on the train?

By: smitt

smitt — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:16:30 -0800

Pocket will let you add video links to your reading list, but I don't think it caches a local copy.

What type of phone are you using? iPhone/Android/Windows Phone?

By: aeighty

aeighty — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:17:30 -0800

@smitt, it's an iPhone. I have wireless data on my phone, but it's only 500 megs a month. Streaming videos will eat that up real quick.

By: whitecedar

whitecedar — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:56:42 -0800

Try the Watchlater app. It's currently free, but I think the normal price is 99 cents. You can add videos through a bookmarklet, through emailing a link, or by automatically pulling from Google Reader/Facebook/Twitter feeds. Pretty neato.

By: kdern

kdern — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:14:03 -0800

If the videos are on youtube, download them and load them into itunes, then sync on your phone.

By: geryon

geryon — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:55:13 -0800

I use the ItunesU app to download lectures and watch them on my Iphone. The course manager software is pretty nice and you can choose which videos you want stored locally on your phone.

By: THAT William Mize

THAT William Mize — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:00:45 -0800

I usually just use YouTube's "Watch It Later" function. When you first come upon a video, look in the lower right hand corner for what looks like the face of a clock. Click on it. It will add it to your Queue which you can then access via your YouTube app on your iPhone.

By: itesser

itesser — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:00:40 -0800

I use Watchlater! Very happy with it.

By: whitecedar

whitecedar — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:35:29 -0800

Yeah, somehow I forgot to mention that Watchlater does exactly what you want: cache videos locally to your phone.