How do I download or save a YouTube video to my computer?YouTube has been designed to only allow users to watch and view videos on their website. Many users want to save their favorite videos to their computer so they can watch them without being connected to the Internet and/or so they can watch them on other devices. Below are the steps required for downloading and watching YouTube videos on your computer for free.
Getting the YouTube file to your computer
Today, there are several online websites setup that allow you to enter the URL of the video you wish to save to the computer and be able to quickly get a link to download the file. Below is a short list of some of the more popular free websites.Download YouTube video
http://www.videospider.info/
http://www.youtubex.com/
http://videodownloader.net
Below is a brief description of how to do this.
1.Go to the YouTube video page and copy the URL of the video you wish to save. For example, below is a URL to a video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ymHMgFAps
2.If done properly the page should open a new window or display a link that can be clicked to start the download of the video file. Click that link and save the file.
3.Once this address has been copied visit one of the above pages and paste that URL into the text field and hit the submit or download button.
As many of the pages state you’ll have to either save the file with a name and an extension that ends with .flv. If you did not save the file with .flv at the end you can right-click the file after it’s been downloaded and rename the file so it ends with .flv.
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Download Videos From YouTube - Considering the craze over YouTube and MySpace that has overtaken the world as of late, there is an increasing demand to learn how to rip video and audio from pages on these sites. I’ll first go over how to rip video clips with a guide on how to rip audio to follow. Now the only sticking point with this guide is that it requires you to use the Mozilla Firefox internet browser. So if you aren’t using Firefox already, now’s the time to do so.
Next we need to download and install the VIDEO DOWNLOADER extension tool for Firefox.Download Videos From YouTube
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This will be followed by a simple dialogue box that merely notes how one must restart Firefox for the Video Downloader extension to be fully installed.
So now that we’ve finished installing and setting up the Video Downloader tool, it’s time to take it for a test drive.
Start by going to a YouTube or MySpace page of your own choosing. One you are on the page with the embedded video you wish to copy click on the Video Downloader tool on Firefox’s toolbar as pictured below.
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Hat tip to Eazy for requesting a quick tutorial on snagging videos directly from YouTube.
For the uninitiated, YouTube is the Flickr of online video sharing. If you haven’t had a chance to check the service, do so right now. As requested, the following tutorial will assist in download FLV video from YouTube video sharing service. The following tutorial assumes that you currently have the Firefox browser, Greasemonkey extension, and VLC media player installed.
Navigate to YouTube.com and locate a video. For this particular tutorial, I am going to download “the Story about Suzuki and the dog“.
In the save file prompt, you will notice that the file is titled get_video.php. Title the video accordingly and change the extension from PHP to FLV [essential that step]. Select ‘Save’ and the Flash video file will be downloaded to your desktop.
While dedicated FLV video players are available, the VLC media player is capable of FLV playback.
Once the page has loaded, you should see a red bar towards the top of the page spanning the full width of the browser. In the center of this bar are the words ‘”Save as” to download Flash video’. Right-click on the link and select “Save as…” from the contextual menu.
In order to keep the process as simple as possible, we’re going to let the Greasemonkey extension do the dirty work. If you have not yet installed the Greasemonkey extension, do so now Firefox 1.5 users must download 0.6.4. You’ll need to install the following Greasemonkey userscript in order to continue: YouTube To Me. You will also find a handy userscript for download videos directly from Google Video.
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