How do I download a YouTube video?
I have used various solutions in the past that do not seem to work any longer (KeepVid and various Greasemonkey scripts). Is this just no longer possible?
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If you're using Firefox as your browser, there are a wealth of addons available for the purpose. Personally I use NetVideoHunter. It suits the way I work. Other options are; There are plenty of others.. For Google Chrome, you could try: Opera has a number of widgets available for the same purpose, but I know nothing about them, like wise Internet Explorer, I haven't used that in years... Alternatively there is a really useful bookmarklet at Clipnabber. |
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Some videos (like the Vevo ones) get streamed; I haven't figured out how to save them yet. But for the bulk of videos, they get saved to the computer's temporary folder until the video is navigated away from. On a Linux or Mac OS X computer, it's relatively easy to find and copy the temporary file elsewhere (renaming it to a .flv if it is a Flash video). On Windows, the file's locked, so you need to use something like HoboCopy to copy it, which requires administrator rights and command-line usage. In places where you don't have administrator rights, like a computer lab, I launch a logging proxy (Fiddler2's lightweight and easy) to intercept all HTTP traffic, but this slows down all your browsing while it's capturing. Usually, though, sites like KeepVid will work again later if you give them time. |
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JDownloader will really help. If you copy a YouTube link to the clipboard it will give you various options like,
Moreover, if you copy a YouTube playlist link, it will parse all videos and gives you option to download all the videos in the playlist. Supports/has plugins for more than 200 other sites like (Hotfile, MediaFire, ifile.it, etc.) You must give it a try, it will become your all in one download manager. One more thing, it supports multithreaded downloading. |
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I use Orbit Downloader with Firefox. Downloads flash video from all sorts of sites including YouTube presumably integrating with Flash. |
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I use FlashGot addon for Firefox to download Youtube videos. From the FlashGot forum:
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RealPlayer integrates a download feature for any flash video on a website even if the video isn't from popular platforms like youtube. |
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If you're a little command line oriented like myself, the handy tool youtube-dl I find quite practical. (Edit: youtube-dl has moved to http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/.) youtube-dl will work even if you only give it the video code (usually at the end of the URL, after "v="), like this: Allegedly supported on Mac/Unix/Win, but I can only speak for Linux. |
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Another simple site: Also offers conversion to mpeg, audio only and other options.
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My favorite solution was discovered through a Lifehacker post, and it involves simply changing the For example, Easier done than said. :) |
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Video DownloadHelper - it just works. Note: Quite frequent addon updates can be sometimes annoying, especially if you are not using this addon too often (so you don't appreciate having it up to date). |
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Internet Download Manager also supports this (enable "Advanced Browser Integration") |
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There are already a lot of answers but if the others don't meet your taste Freemake also has a free video downloader. Freemake Video Downloader is a great, free Windows application which requires .NET platform to be installed on your system. It supports many video sites (says 40+ on the site), not just only YouTube. It also supports conversion to a large set of video formats. |
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I like YouTube Enhancer for greasemonkey. It also supports downloading at higher resolutions and mp4's |
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There are a lot of software and websites that can download YouTube videos, and I use Leawo Free YouTube Downloader. I have used it for about 1 year without any problems. |
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Use the Zamzar bookmarklet to download your favorite videos in a variety of audio & video file formats |
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My favorite is prefixing
Try it. |
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aTube Catcher is a good one, with lots of options on formats and video quality. You can customize it to batch download a user’s videos. Also, downloading is very fast. |
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I use JDownloader, but sometimes I also use http://savevideo.me because it lets you download the streamed file, it even lets you choose HD, or any resolution the video might had. The good news is that (as JDownloader) there's no conversion process involved, you get the real thing here. FYI, I'm in no way affiliated with SaveVideoME in any way. |
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I just use some Audials Tunebite Youtube Downloader, just got the new version 8 a couple of days ago. It's actually pretty cool since this one besides being able to download and convert youtube videos can also work as a Youtube to mp3 ripper and convert youtube flv to mp3 files I can use on my pc or cell phone. |
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If you use Opera you can use this extension(works not just in youtube.com) |
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I download the YouTube videos and all the Flash videos with RealPlayer10-5 GOLD. |
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It works really easily as it just adds a download button on the youtube page and has addons for most browsers. |
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