How to download videos from YouTube. If they find a working solution, they are looking for application able to convert downloaded FLV files to MPEG or any other common video format.
The solution is really simple and you don’t need to spare any amount of your money to buy shareware application. So there is a simple tutorial about how to download and convert youtube videos to MPEG video file for free.
All you need to know is how to find your video on YouTube and how to download a few files to your computer. This tutorials is not intended to really computer beginners, but I think that you can work with it without a big problems.
1. How to download video from YouTube
So at the first you need to download video from YouTube. I could recommend a simple extension for Firefox web browser called Fast Video Download. This useful extension could download videos from YouTube and many other video web services (ag.ru, angryalien.com, animeepisodes.net, badjojo.com, break.com, bublare.dk, current.com, dailymotion.com, hi5.com, metacafe.com, vids.myspace.com, mult.ru, putfile.com, Streetfire.net, vidiac.com, video.google.com).
After the installation you will see its icon in the Firefox’s status bar. Open YouTube, find your favorite video and right-click this icon. Select Download Video function, wait a few second for the saving dialog will be shown, select destination folder and wait until the video is downloaded. Then you will get a FLV file.
2. How to play a FLV file
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Result for: Firefox
YouTube clips are everywhere these days, and I must admit I’m addicted to the site.
Nevertheless, I’ve had a couple of small annoyances with YouTube videos.
For those reasons, I decided to convert YouTube videos to DivX or XviD formats. Here’s how you can do the same.
Before startI wanted to be able to play my favorite ones on standalone DVD/DivX players. I also found I couldn’t go backwards or forwards when playing the site’s Flash videos with MPlayer.
ing the conversion you need to download the videos to your computer. Youtube-dl is the perfect tool for the job; check Joe Barr’s article for more information.convert YouTube videos
You will need a recent version of MPlayer with Mencoder built with support for Flash Video; if you can play the .flv videos with MPlayer you’re good to go.
If you use Firefox you can also try the VideoDownloader extension.
Now save the following lines as flv2avi.sh.
Make the file executable with chmod 755 flv2avi.sh and copy it in a directory in your PATH (/usr/local/bin is a good candidate):
#!/bin/sh
if [ -z “$1″ ]; then
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Result for: Firefox
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 youtube video files from the YouTube video sharing service. The following tutorial assumes that you currently have the Firefox browser, Greasemonkey extension, and VLC media player installed.Download youtube video
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.
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.
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.
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