Ranked at 82 by Alexa, Megavideo.com is surely a hot site and an even more popular video site. It offers one of the smoothest and hiccup-free video watching experiences on the web, but as the term “mega” suggests, the site hosts some very big video files which are typically over 70 minutes and that’s where the problem comes in. Megavideo has imposed a 72-minute time limit which means after watching a video for 72 minutes you have to wait for 60 minutes. Today, we are going to tell you how to tackle this problem by giving you 7 ways which will let you bypass this annoying time limit.
No 7. Use CacaoWeb or Illimitux
CacaoWeb is a “free software to watch, listen, experience and share multimedia content online.” Using CacoaWeb you can remove the 72-minute time limit in Megavideo. This is actually a more versatile site as it also removes so-called cyberlocker limits on sites such as RapidShare and a batch of other file sharing websites apart from Megavideo. And if you happen to use Firefox or Chrome for that matter, then you can download the extensions at this link, allowing you to do the same as above.
No 6. Download videos using userscripts
One of the best options to bypass the limit is to download the whole video. This can be done using userscripts, if you have Firefox, make sure you have Greasemonkey installed and if you use Google Chrome, hope that these scripts work for you.
No 5. Through cookies
You need to first clear your cookies i.e. delete them and then block them entirely. Clearing the cache along with cookies is recommended though.
If you are on Mozilla Firefox
- Click on Tools > Page Info
- Click on the Permissions tab. Under “Set Cookies”, if Use Default is checked, uncheck it then select “Block”
If you are on IE7 or IE8
- Click on Tools > Internet Options
- Click on the “Privacy” tab
- Click on “Sites”
- Under “Address of Website”, type “megavideo.com” (without the quotes), click “Block”
- Repeat the previous step and this time type “www.megavideo.com”, click “Block”
Now disconnect your modem and reconnect. Now you can watch the video from where it had reached the time limit.
No 4. Download and watch the videos using web services
Just plug in the Megavideo link into these sites and download your favorite videos for watching offline without any interruptions:
No 3. Work Offline
First, you let your video load without actually playing it and when the whole video has been buffered, you navigate to “Work offline” mode in your browser and activate it. Now, when you watch a video in this mode, it actually doesn’t count towards your playing time or time limit.
You can find “Work offline” under “File” in Firefox and under “Tools” in Internet Explorer.
No 2. Download and watch videos using software
These downloadables provide a good alternative to the web services are usually more reliable. Here are some of the tools available:
No 1. Internet Download Manager
Best of all is to use IDM or the “Internet Download Manager” to download the videos. It displays a link whenever you play a video and is perhaps the best way to enjoy and preserve your favorite Megavideos.
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