If you want to get videos off YouTube you are not alone! Millions of people use YouTube and are damn near addicted to it (I know I am) and many of these YouTube addicts want to grab those videos for their own home computer, iPod or other portable device for a variety of reasons.
Before YouTube takes it down! - Often the best stuff is taken down by YouTube because some company gets its panties in a twist and demands it be removed. If you can save it quickly then you will not lose it!
Slow net connection - If you internet connection is quit slow you do not want to reload those videos every time, just once then saving them is a lot easier for your favorites.
Mobile access - While getting internet anywhere you want is a current technology it is expensive and YouTube takes a lot of bandwidth making viewing YouTube from a mobile device long and costly.
Presentations - Some fantastic videos can be used for business and school presentations but you do not always have a net connection and even if you do waiting for a long video to load can ruin your flow.
The problem is to get videos off YouTube you need to be very tech savvy and understand the file formats and the way it is embedded into the page code because YouTube does everything it can to stop you downloading the videos (unlike Google vids).
If you do not have time for this then there is an easier way to get videos off YouTube with programs the super geeks have already developed!
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Downloading YouTube Videos is very simple but to some people it looks impossible. Don’t give up yet, it can be done very easily if you know how.
If you’re using Mac OS X:
1. Visit the YouTube video page, let the video load and open Safari’s Activity window.
2.Rename the file to something descriptive. You can now use a video converter to convert the video to iPod, etc.
3.Double-click the link/URL of the video file to download it and save it on your pc.
You can download all the YouTube videos you want and save them on your PC. You can even watch them on your iPod, Zune, PSP or any similar media player device. This article shows you a simple method that you can use to download and save videos from the YouTube website. Lets get started.
Follow these easy steps if you’re using Windows:
1. You will need some software to help you achieve this task so first download and install the free Firefox web browser and the Greasemonkey extension for this browser.
2. To download YouTube videos, just load the video as usual and click on the “Download Video” beneath the screen to save the file to your computer. You may find it helpful to rename the video into something descriptive at this stage. You can now use any video converter to convert your video to iPod, PSP or Zune compatible.
There is also some other type of software that you can use to download YouTube videos and save them on your PC. The method outlined above is just one of the many different methods that you can use. There are many other ways to download videos from YouTube but as you can see this method is very easy to do.
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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.
