Purchasing Videos

There are many free videos you can watch on the Google Video Web site. In addition to the free videos, many are trailers or teasers meant to entice you to buy the complete video. Notice in Figure 5.6 that each of the NCIS TV show episodes has a price associated with it. The trailer for the episode lasts less than a minute, and then you are asked to pay to see the entire episode. There are many other videos that also charge. In most cases, you need to pay if you want to see music videos in their entirety, for example.

Figure 5.6: The price of the video is listed in bold in the video description.

To buy the video, first watch the trailer. This puts you on the page with the video’s details. If the video is for sale, you can click Buy High Quality and follow these steps:

1. Sign in to your Google account.

2. Type your credit card information.

3. Confirm your order.

4. View the video.

A small GVP file is downloaded to your computer. This is not the video itself. Instead, it contains download instructions for the Google Video Player. Before you can view your video you need to have an Internet connection and Google Video Player installed.

Once you purchase a video, Google keeps track of it for you. When you want to see a list of the videos you have purchased, you must first sign in to your Google account. Once you log in, along the top of the page next to your Google username, you can click the Purchased Videos link (see Figure 5.7). Clicking this link displays a list of your purchased videos. From this page you can view the receipt or choose to view the video at any point in the future. Click the name of the video, which appears as a link. This takes you to the video’s information page. The page looks different now because it does not ask you to purchase the video. Instead, the page tells you that you have already purchased the video. View the video again by clicking Download.

Figure 5.7: See a list of your purchased videos so you can watch them again.