Some websites do some sort of cunning encryption to stop you capturing the video as you stream it. I don’t know whether any of the chess sites do this.

TonyRo wrote on 06/15/21 at 12:19:53:

I agree, and that’s the main reason why I won’t use Chessable.

But what’s the problem with Chessbase videos? Is it the fact that you have to activate them (or at least the recent ones)?

OK. That would be pretty tedious for a 6 hour video, but I know what you mean and know how to do that. I know I could do it in segments and re-join later. I use iSkysoft and ConvertXtoDVD tools for such work. But hadn't considered that so thanks Jupp.

Greetings,

So, I am aware of thechessworld.com as one site that allows you to permanently D/L and own the chess videos they sell. I'm not saying that videos are the be-all and end-all of chess knowledge. But if I am going to study one I very strongly believe it should be something I own, have a permanent copy of (digital ok), can burn to disc if needed, or otherwise transfer for personal use as I see fit. That's my definition of ownership.
It seems (I might be wrong) that Chess.com only sells "access", not ownership as I have defined it. Chessbase also is proprietary in its own way too. I wanted to ask this:

Do you know of other sites for chess videos that allow for the kind of ownership I listed above and perhaps those you feel have the best content? 

TIA,

Cathexis