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Re:Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their vi... by gooseus on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:22PM (#17348508)
I'm pretty annoyed, I was planning on using a bunch of MITOCW video series to level up some on some computer science and information theory this summer and I hadn't even gotten through the first lecture of the first series on my list (6.001 with Sussman from 1986, classic and awesome) when this stopped me in my tracks.

I've been waiting patiently hoping it comes back, but at this point I feel like I'm going to have to use archive.org or download directly from them.

I was slowly warming up to the idea of paying for Red for commercial-less music and maybe checking out some other paid content, but this has been a bucket of cold water on that notion.

Re:Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their vi... by JackCh on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @05:30PM (#17350430)
The 1986 6.001 videos are available here: https://archive.org/details/MIT_Structure_of_Computer_Progra...
Re:Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their vi... by silentguy on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @08:34PM (#17351461)
You can download videos from MIT OCW website here : https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

You can not stream videos from the website though as streaming links are from youtube.

Re:Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their vi... by dmart on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:25PM (#17349121)
I'm in a similar spot - you can also stream the MP4s from archive.org as a workaround (they're usually linked on the lecture's OCW page.)
Re:Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their vi... by cityhomesteader on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:20PM (#17349537)
I know this has been posted before but youtube-dl is a godsend when it comes to archiving content. Considering how quickly youtube is taking down educational channels, it's prudent to create a backup just in case.
Re:Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their vi... by DrJaws on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:19PM (#17351086)
which other educational channels have youtube shut down?