
It is always certain that while using Megavideo you will get an annoying message telling you to wait 30 minutes until you can watch whatever is that you trying to watch once again. This error message is really annoying and the folks of Megavideo really rub it in with the hopes that you sign up for their premium services, which can cost you an arm and a leg especially for those that do the whole month subscription. If you are like me and rarely use the service, but will watch a documentary here and there you should know that there are things you can do that will let you finish watching the video; this is of course without that annoying interruption that follows once the folks of Megavideo decide to fuck up your viewing pleasures.
To block that annoying Megavideo message there are some things you can do that will make it so that you can watch your video without them getting in the way and making your life miserable.
Follow the steps below, which will make your Megavideo experience a less annoying by disabling their time limit.
The hard way to do it that requires tech experience:
- Step #1 – Delete your cookies
- Step #2 – Block cookies from ” megavideo.com ” and www.megavideo.com
- Step #3 – Change your ip address and you can do that with your router
- Step #4 – Close and re start your web browser
Easy way, but you have to wait for your video to download
- Step #1 Get the link of the video and press play and then simply put it on pause.
- Step #2 Wait for the video to completely download
- Step #3 Put your web browser in offline mode.
To do this is really easy
Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer: Click on File and then select and once the download is complete “Work Ofline”
If you do not know how to do the hard way or for some reason the easy way fails there are other things you can do, so keep reading.
If you unplug your internet modem this can get you a new ip address.
Depending on if you are using your internet provider’s modem and not a router you should get a new ip address by simply disconnecting your modem, waiting for 3 minutes and then plugging it back up. This works sometimes.
Downloading the video before watching
1: Download Real Player / Install it / Restart your web browser and go back to the video you want to see. Once you do try to play the video and then put it on pause. You then want to put the cursor of the mouse on the video and on the top right of the video a download link will appear. Download the video and enjoy!
2: If using RealPlayer fails there are other things that you can do that will bypass the Megavideo’s time limt and this requires Mozilla Firefox. Below see the requirements get them and use them.
- Download Mozilla Firefox
- Get this addon: Download Helper
- Get VLC Player
That will help you download videos, but if you want to learn how to download videos from all sites like Megavideo, Youtube, Daylymotion and MetaCafe click here.
Proxy Browsing and Blocking you ip.
Another way to bypass the Megavideo video proxy is by simply blocking you ip address using proxy blockers. Head over to Google and search for a Proxy browser website that will block your your ip address from Megavideo. Once you find a proxy browser that will do that you can watch by simply entering the address of the video inside the proxy browser form and pressing enter.
Google search on proxy browsing.
Another solution to proxy browsing is by using FoxyProxy (Mozilla Firefox Only) is basically a free addon that will act as a proxy browser and lets you do many things like watching videos on Youtube that are blocked in your current location. The great thing about FoxyProxy is that it also helps bypassing time wait on Hotfile.com
Get FoxyProxy here
There are websites that will stream the video for you!
If for some reason you have any difficulties with trying the other steps mention you can simply use a website that will stream the video for you on their servers. This is great for people looking for the quickest solution. Check out the best sites that will work.
And thats all folks. We hope that this has helped you and that you have learn to bypass Megavideo’s annoying time restrictions. If all fails you might as well subscribe for it, but it all depends on your level of frustrations.