Dirpy FAQ

Dirpy Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQ )

Quick Reference Links:
-Why is Dirpy better than other, similar websites?
-What kinds of inputs can be used to search?
-What are the different Dirpy Studio quality settings?
-How can the Dirpy Studio YouTube bookmarklet be used?
-What browsers and settings work best with Dirpy?
-Is Javascript required to use Dirpy?
-Are Cookies required to use Dirpy?

Here are some reasons why Dirpy is significantly better than other, similar websites:

     Real-time Transcoding
     Start downloading your favorite mp3s immediately.

     Higher Quality Mp3s
     Higher quality mp3s supported, like 256kbps 44.1khz stereo for HD videos

     Transcode Sub-Tracks
     Transcode a portion of the video, like from 0:05 to 1:34.

     No Obnoxious Advertisements
     Never any surveys or full screen, pop-up, pop-under, or intrusive ads. Ever.

     File Parameters and ID3 Tag
     Options to specify the filename, title, artist, etc.

     Incorporated Search
     Finding files of interest is quick and easy.

     Save Videos
     Save your favorites videos to your own computer.

Dirpy's search can handle both search queries and YouTube video urls.

Search queries can be anything interesting, like 'cat songs', 'engine block machining', or 'httpd'. These types of search queries will return video and open directory file results.

Dirpy also lets you use YouTube video urls as search arguments to go directly to Dirpy Studio. For example, searching for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo will take you directly to Dirpy Studio with this video loaded. But the YouTube video does not have to be formatted exactly as illustrated above. As long as the search input is a url from a YouTube video page, it will automatically load that video in Dirpy Studio. For example, all of these YouTube video page urls work just great:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo&feature=fvw
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo&feature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo&feature=channel_page
    etc...

Below are the bitrate, sampling rate, and number of channels for each of the Dirpy Studio transcoder quality settings.

Note: Not every mp3 quality setting is available for every video. For example, only YouTube videos available in HD support the transcoding of 256 kbps mp3s.

     Low ( 64 kbps )
        mp3 at 64 kbps - sampled at 22050 hz - mono or stereo ( depends on the video )

     Low ( 68 kbps )
        mp3 at 68 kbps - sampled at 22050 hz - stereo

     High ( 112 kbps )
        mp3 at 112 kbps - sampled at 44100 hz - stereo

     High ( 128 kbps )
        mp3 at 128 kbps - sampled at 44100 hz - stereo

     HD ( 256 kbps )
        mp3 at 256 kbps - sampled at 44100 hz - stereo

The Dirpy Studio YouTube bookmarklet is a little piece of javascript code that can be stored by your web browser and executed on YouTube video pages to automatically open that video in Dirpy Studio.

To use the Dirpy Studio bookmarklet, drag and drop the 'Dirpy Bookmarklet' link ( located in the upper right of the Studio page ) to your browser's bookmarks toolbar ( which is usually located beneath the browser's address bar ) or your browser's favorites. Once your browser has saved the bookmarklet, when watching any YouTube video like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo

you can simply click on the 'Dirpy Bookmarklet' bookmarklet and the segment of javascript code will load that YouTube video in Dirpy Studio.

For specific browser instructions to install the bookmarklet, see below.

Firefox:

1: Make sure the 'Bookmarks Toolbar' is visible. To display it, check View->Toolbars.
2: Drag this onto the Bookmarks Toolbar.
3: While on a YouTube video page, click the Dirpy Bookmarklet!

Chrome:

1: Make sure the 'bookmarks bar' is visible. To display it, select 'Always show bookmarks bar' in the Tools menu (which looks like a wrench in the upper right).
2: Drag this Dirpy Bookmarklet onto the bookmarks bar.
3: While on a YouTube video page, click the Dirpy Bookmarklet!

Opera:

1: Make sure the 'Personal Bar' is visible. To display it, check View->Toolbars->Personal Bar.
2: Drag this Dirpy Bookmarklet onto the Personal Bar.
3: While on a YouTube video page, click the Dirpy Bookmarklet!

Safari:

1: Make sure the 'Bookmarks Bar' is visible. To display it, click Settings (gear in the upper right)->Show Bookmarks Bar. Or you can press Ctrl-Shift-B.
2: Drag this Dirpy Bookmarklet onto the Bookmarks Bar.
3: While on a YouTube video page, click the Dirpy Bookmarklet!

Internet Explorer:

1: Make sure the 'Links Bar' is visible. To display it, right click on any menu bar (like the tabs bar) and check 'Links'.
2: Right click on this Dirpy Bookmarklet and click 'Add to Favorites...'. Make sure the bookmarklet is created in the 'Links' folder.
3: While on a YouTube video page, click the Dirpy Bookmarklet!

Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera are all great browsers to use with Dirpy (and the rest of the web). A screen resolution of at least 1024x768 is recommended, but the higher the better.

If you are currently using Internet Explorer, please, please upgrade to one of the aforementioned browsers. Internet Explorer is slow, unsecure, and worst of all standards uncompliant. Ditch the browser that is a parasite to software engineers around the universe, and help us here at Dirpy spend our time developing new and exciting technology, not chasing down pointless Internet Explorer caveats and frustrations.

Javascript is required to use various parts of Dirpy. If Javascript is currently disabled in your browser, Google has a good site detailing how to enable Javascript here.

Cookies are not required to use Dirpy. This may be subject to change in the future.