1. Get a free extension for Firefox called VideoDownloader here: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/
They explain everything you need to know about the extension in that website.
2. After download YouTube videos (usually they are .flv Flash videos) you’ll probably need to convert them to a more useful format like Quicktime .mov, you can do it with iSquint or VisualHub, get them here: www.isquint.org
Download YouTube videos - There are also some web-based apps on the net which let you point at a HTTP address with the video you want and they automatically do the conversion for you online.
They don’t have a progress bar or anything though so it sucks because you never know if it’s running or not. That’s why I like the other method better.
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How to Save YouTube Videos - You want to show your class a Netsmartz Internet safety video or the “Hero in the Hallway” anti-bullying song, but your school’s Internet filtering software blocks YouTube.
One alternative is to Save YouTube Videos to your computer at home and then bring it to school on a CD-ROM or thumbdrive. Here’s how:
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Enter the page address of a YouTube video that you want to download (i.e., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACUxJ6fq2IY)
Click the “Start” or “Convert and Download” button.
Transfer the file to a thumbdrive or CD-ROM, then bring it to school and play it for your students through a projector.
Browse to Vixy.net or Vconvert.net
Select the file format in which you want to save the video (.mov, .avi, etc.)
Wait while the file is converted, and then download it to any location on your hard drive when the download window pops up.
If you have a laptop that you use at both school and home, you might consider installing Miro, a free, open source video viewer. Miro works a lot like iTunes, but for video content.
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A while ago I posted an entry called : “How to : Quick .flv video file conversion” and it was about converting Youtube .flv files into ..AVI, .MP4, .MOV , etc…. with FLV Online Convertor. There is one other thing that this convertor can do : converting music video files into mp3’s so you can listen them on your mp3 player. Save YouTube videos
How to do it : It’s simple. Go to Youtube.com and find your music video file. Copy the URL of that file.
Open FLV Online Convertor a paste the direct link from the file and click on the “Convert to” button and choose MP3.
Now all you have to do is wait till the conversion is done. Save your mp3 and rename it.
