YouTube Download
Youtube is the most popular video sharing site. Quality and quantity of videos high and website is easy to use. One of the reasons of YouTube popularity is its social environment. You can comment, rate and favorite videos. YouTube doesn’t provide a direct link to download videos. But there are many methods to download videos from YouTube.
Important: When you download a FLV video from YouTube Video Download Websites, there is a common issue that you need to know. While you saving video file to your PC, you’ll see “Get_Video” filename. You need to append .flvextention after that filename to play YouTube videos correctly.
Download Youtube Videos from Websites
1. dlthis Very clean, simple and adfree YouTube Download site. You’ll paste your video URL and click Downlad button. It will give you two download links. One of them is normal quality video, other one is high quality video. Right click one of them and select “Save Target As..” and don’t forget to append .flv extention.
2. videodl. It is clean and simple. You paste the video URL to box next to GetIt button. When you click get it button website finds the Youtube Download Url and shows you a green Download Link. There is also a view now link to watch video. It plays the video inside site in an embedded player. You may want to preview the video before downloading it to check if it is the correct video you want. Don’t forget to append .flv extention.
3. downloadyoutubevideos. At first glance there are a lot of ad links and banners around main content and it is a little hard to understand where to start. You need to paste the video link into the url box next to green Youtube URL title and hit download to start the youtube download process. Don’t forget to append .flv extention.
http://www.downloadyoutubevideos.com/
4. videodownloadx. Again there are ads and many visual elements on this page but it is easier to understand where to paste the link. To start your youtube download you need to paste the video url to Download box. This site gives another options as converting and saving videos. Don’t forget to append .flv extention.
http://www.videodownloadx.com/
Download Youtube Videos with Software
You may want to read our video download software article before downloading any software.
1. YouTube Downloader Version 2.1.6. This program is the one of the easiest one one I’ve tested. It has minimal features but if you want just a YouTube downloader it will does it’s job. It needs no configuration and very easy to use. It does two basic jobs. It downloads form YouTube and convert videos to many popular video formats. When you copy the video link from your adress bar it will automatically paste it to itself… You don’t need to rename your files because it renames them automatically based on video title.
Price: Free, Size: 3475K, http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/
2. Tube Hunter Ultra V2.2. This is a powerful video download application and it supports YouTube Download. Please read our in-depth tube hunter review for it’s features.
Price: $29.95, Size: 7092K, http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/
Download YouTube Videos With Browser add-ons:
Browser extention is an add-on that adds extended features to your Internet Browser. By adding these buttons to your browser you can download videos from YouTube. They works with FireFox.
1. Magic’s Video - Downloader. This FireFox extention adds a small arrow icon on the status bar. It is normally red. When you open a video page and it turns green. This means video is ready to download. To start your Youtube Download session you need to click the arrow and it connects to its private server to serve the file you requested. The server seems safe but sometimes it is too busy to respond.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6033
2. YouPlayer. This interesting FireFox extention embeds a mini video player and a playlist inside your browser. When you drag a video tab inside browser it adds the video to its playlist. You can play it immediately or download it if you want it later…
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5709
October 27th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Good for people to know.
October 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Some websites didn’t worked for me but all information is great. Firefox plugin worked great for Youtube and other video downloads. Thank you for that great post.