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Apr 14, 2009

How can I download videos from youtube?

Q: I want to rip videos off youtube and don't know how to?

A: YOUTUBE TOOLS


Youtube Batch Downloader 1.2
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_5_2...

http://www.video-to-flash.com//dvd_to_flash/
23 Ways to Download YouTube Videos

Web based

1. YouTubeX doesn’t have a lot of options, but it’s simple, and it works. It also enables you to share the YouTube video with your friends via e-mail. Unfortunately, all the files are called get_video, and you have to add the .flv extension manually.

http://www.youtubex.com

http://www.video-to-flash.com/dvd_to_flash_converter/
2. KeepVid is another simple site. No hassle, works not only for YouTube movies but for a number of other sites, including Google Video, MySpace Video, DailyMotion and others. Again, you have to add the .flv extension by hand.

http://www.keepvid.com

http://www.video-to-flash.com/dvd-to-flv/
3. VideoDownloader is very similar to KeepVid, but supports even more video sharing sites, and it’s also available as a Firefox extension. Just like with KeepVid, all downloads are in .flv format. We recommend MediaCoder for free conversion.

http://www.javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en....


4. YouTube Downloads takes the cake in the longest domain name contest. It also separates itself by using a proxy for downloading videos, which means that you might be able to get videos even if YouTube access is blocked at your workplace or in the country you live. Just search Google for YouTube videos, and copy/paste the URL into YouTube Downloads.

http://www.downloadandsaveyoutubevideos....

5. Zamzar is an online file format conversion site which can do a lot more than just converting YouTube videos to another format and downloading them to your hard drive, but it’s doing a great job so we had to include it here. Thoroughly tested by us and highly recommended. See the video of it in action here.

http://www.zamzar.com

6. YouTubia separates itself from the crowd by enabling you to search as well as download YouTube files. Options are scarce, but it works.

http://www.youtubia.com

7. VidGrab is another simple site that works with YouTube, Google Video, MySpace and Break.com. Besides the download function, the site also sports a top list of most viewed videos.

http://www.vidgrab.com

8. Vixy offers both downloading videos and converting them into DivX avi, mov, mp4, 3gp, or mp3 (for audio only) formats. The conversion works well enough, but sometimes results in slightly choppy playback.

http://www.vixy.net

9. Hey! Watch is an ambitious video encoding service with a large number of options, especially when it comes to converting videos to portable media player formats (it even supports my trusty iRiver H340.) Most online video converters often produce crappy results, with video and audio being out of sync, and this problem is also present on Hey! Watch, but it happens rarely.

http://www.heywatch.com

10. Media Converter can be a little slow, but the results of the video conversion are quite good. We’ve converted some YouTube videos to avi (mpeg4 + mp3) format and it worked well. The tool is not limited to video conversion; it also supports several audio and document formats.

http://www.mediaconverter.org

11. KcoolOnline is a web-based converter which supports 98 video sharing web sites, including YouTube. It has literally zero options, so it’s recommended for those who like to keep it simple.

http://www.kcoolonline.com
Windows Applications

12. VDownloader is a desktop application that catches YouTube, Google Video, and Grinvi video links from your clipboard. Start it up, copy the video URL and click download. It automatically converts the videos to mpeg or avi formats.

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/VD...

13. YouTube Grabber downloads files from Youtube in .flv format. Copy and paste the URL of a video from YouTube into the program, press «grab», and the file will be downloaded into the same directory as the program.

http://www.download.com/Youtube-Grabber/...

14. Orbit Downloader is a desktop application which can download videos from a wide variety of sites. The download process is very simple, just hover your mouse over the video and you’ll get a button that says «Get It». The developers of the program claim that it’s very fast (up to 500% faster, they say) due to its P2P download technology.

http://www.orbitdownloader.com

15. My Video Downloader. With all these free tools, it’s actually funny to see a commercial one. It’s called My Video Downloader, and while it does look solid and offers a lot of conversion options (a free trial which enables you to download 10 videos is available), we’re not sure it offers enough to warrant a price tag.

http://www.myvideodownloader.com

16. KeepV is a desktop downloader as well as a converter, which can convert the downloaded videos from flv to avi, mov, mp4, or 3gp formats.

http://www.keepv.com

17. VideoGet boasts being able to download video clips from more than 100 video sharing websites. We haven’t tested all of them, so we’re just going to take their word for it. It’s a deskop application with a nice, simple interface, and a solid number of options.

http://www.nuclear-coffee.com/php/produc...

18. TubeSucker is a desktop YouTube video downloader with some interesting options, including batch downloading large amounts of videos from a certain user. See the video tour on the site.

http://www.newrad.com/software/tubesucke...
OS X

19. Get Tube is an OS X application which lets you download video or audio files from YouTube, DailyMotion and Kewego.

http://www.web.mac.com/simonvrel/iWeb/so...
Linux

20. Youtube-dl. Here’s some love for Linux users. Youtube-dl is a program that lets you download YouTube clips in flv format, which both mplayer and VLC can easily chew up.

http://www.nuxified.org/blog/download_yo...

21. YouTube Ripper is not actually an application; it’s a simple script that rips all videos that match a keyword, uploaded by a specific YouTube user. We don’t really have ideas on what to use this for, but maybe you do! PHP port is also available.

nlindblad.org/2007/04/08/youtube-rippe...
Plugins

22. Vidtaker is a Firefox-only plugin that can download videos from most streaming websites: Google Video, YouTube, MySpace, as well as a number of nasty adult SomethingTube spinoffs (Pornotube, YouPorn etc). It automatically converts the video to a DivX avi.

http://www.vidtaker.com

23. Ook? Video Ook! Yes, that’s the full name of this Firefox plugin, which enables you to download videos from YouTube and several other video sharing web sites. It features one click downloading and integration with the popular DownThemAll Firefox plugin.

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon...


Axara YouTube tools - A collection of utilities for conversion of YouTube videos into a format chosen by the user. These formats are FLV, DVD, AVI, WMV, MOV, M4V, 3GP.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/...

CatchTube - A great video search engine. It has a cool link which displays ‘Most Recent videos’.
http://catchtube.com/

Delutube - A free service that provides a new way to watch deleted YouTube videos. The users have to provide the ID of the deleted video to play it.
http://youtube.infamousx.com/

Free YouTube to MP3 Converter - A software utility for downloading and converting YouTube files for iPod, Cell Phone, MP3 etc.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-vid...

Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 2.4
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_2...

fTube - fTube is a flash based YouTube player that downloads recent videos from YouTube in a list and enables users to play those videos.
http://mannu.livejournal.com/326881.html

IndexTube - A browseable categorized index of public YouTube videos.
http://www.indextube.com/Welcome

iTube - An application allowing users to grab & convert YouTube videos and import them into iTunes.
http://www.epicempire.com/software/youtu...

MemoriesOnWeb - A slideshow software for YouTube videos.
http://www.codejam.com/slideshow/mow.htm

Overstream - Overstream enables users to add subtitles to online videos.
http://www.overstream.net/

Search The Tube - A portal enabling users to search YouTube videos from websites, blogs or user profiles.
http://www.searchthetube.com/

Speedbit Video Accelerator - Speedbit Video Accelator is a download accelerator like typical download managers. Its working principle is similar to other download managers as it opens multiple connections for downloading YouTube videos.
http://www.speedbit.com/video%5Faccelera...

Tubular - Tubular is an intuitive, brand new YouTube client for OS X. Its features include one-click iPod conversion and drag-and-drop playback
http://tubularapp.com/blog/page/3/

TvTube - A Mac application making it easy to users to browse videos on YouTubue and similar video sharing sites.
http://web.mac.com/netao/TvTube_Help/Wel...

YouTube API Extraction Tool - A simple feed extraction tool that posts dynamic content from YouTube.
http://www.napolitopia.com/subpage.php?c...

YoutubeCrazyVideos - A desktop player for YouTube videos.
http://www.instaladordecontenidos.com/in...

YouTube Podcaster - A podcast feed maker enabling users to generate podcast feeds from submitted keywords or URL.
http://vixy.net/youtube_podcaster

YouTube Uploader - A desktop application for uploading videos to YouTube without using the original interface.
http://www.bestsoftware4download.com/sof...

YouTube Userscripts - A nice collection of scripts for performing multiple tasks with YouTube.
http://userscripts.org/tag/youtube

YouTube Widget - A Mac widget which allows users to search, browse and download videos from YouTube.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard...

Youtube Video Slideshow - A fast way to search for YouTube videos.
http://youtubetools.blinklist.com/open/o...

YouTube videos swicki -A YouTube videos search engine with a tag cloud dedicated to YouTube.
http://youtubevideos-swicki.eurekster.co...

TubeHunter Ultra V1.8.3 downloads video and music from 521 YouTube and Xtube kind webs, and saves them on your computer or directly to your iPOD / PSP / Zune / Phone. All downloaded videos can be converted by TubeHunter Ultra to other video formats including AVI, MPEG4, DivX, XviD, iPOD Video, iPhone format, MPEG, WMV, RM, MOV, Sony PSP, Zune Video, 3GP, 3G2, SWF, FLV, M4A, MP3, MP4, WAV, OGG, AAC and AC3. TubeHunter Ultra does not have any spyware or adware.
http://www.neoretix.com/

Search, Download, Manage, Convert, Repair and Play Youtube video files
http://www.effectmatrix.com/Youtube_vide...

Cool YouTube Downloader 1.0.245 (Freeware)
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Do...

ImTOO Download YouTube Video supports multithreading. The YouTube downloader provides several user familiar methods on downloading, especially drag-drop. It has advanced task management functions. And the independent video player will amuse you by playing the files off-line directly.
The YouTube video downloader provides the fastest speed to download YouTube videos, offers you the most convenient task management
and easiest control capability. We highly recommend this downloading tool. Free to download and use ImTOO Download YouTube Video right now!
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/...

Jax puts YouTube videos onto iPod, iPhone
[ $50 U.S. ]
http://www.joesoft.com/products/jax_feat...

KeepTube 2.0
KeepTube is tool to download, manage, and play video from YouTube. By using the unique tool, you can download multiple videos concurrently, create your favorite play list, loop play videos.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_5_2...

Biennesoft YouTube Downloader
is a simple tool to download video clips from YouTube, MySpace and Google
and convert them to iPod, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid or MP3. The program uses a 2-step process that first downloads the video as FLV file, which you then have to load and convert to the selected video format. The process is far from elegant, but it works. Biennesoft YouTube Downloader uses FFmpeg as engine for the video conversion.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ytdownloade...

YouTUBE donwloader description
This application will help you download movies from YouTube fast and easy
YouTube Downloader is a free application that will download videos from YouTube and save them as Avi or Mpeg files to your computer.
YouTube Downloader allows you to easily grab and save desired youtube video.
Simply paste the URL of a video into the program, press Start, and the AVI or MPEG file will be downloaded into the selected folder.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Do...

save2pc - formerly YouTube Downloader 3.0
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5580.h...

Youtube Grabber description
Youtube Grabber is a free tool that downloads FLV files from youtube
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Do...

Youtube is a popular free video sharing website
which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. Videos can be rated; the average rating and the number of times a video has been watched are both published.
Simply copy and paste the URL of a video from youtube into the program, press grab OR enter, and the file will be downloaded into the same directory as the program.
Download Youtube Grabber 3.1 | Freeware List
YoutubeX
http://www.youtubex.com/

Free YouTube to iPod Converter
http://www.dirfile.com/free_youtube_to_i...

Youtube Video Downloader - 100% Freeware Last updated: June, 1
Do you usually view videos in YouTube? For sure that you have ever viewed any video from that website, and do you wish to play those favar videos in your cell phone? and maybe you have felt a bit upset because you can’t download them. But now, the 100% FREEWARE Youtube Video Downloader will let you download those videos you viewed and surprised you!
Just install it, surf the web, and when you find the video you want to download, copy & paste the link in the New Download URL textbox and it will be saved in your harddisk, so you may convert it to your cell phone by Mobile Video Converter.
The Version 2.0 Pro can support downloading YouTube videos which need to confirm , and packaged with Mobile Video Converter only, but it's still FREE for you!!
http://www.3gp-cinema.com/youtube-video-...

YouRipper
is a small tool that enables you to download video clips from YouTube and Google Video. It automatically clings itself to the title bar of your browser and all you have to do is copy and paste (or drag and drop) the URL of the YouTube page that contains the video clip and YouRipper will automatically extract the correct file and save it as Flash video (.flv) file in a folder of your choice. You will need a FLV player (available from SnapFiles for free) to play the saved files. YouRipper also contains a handy RSS reader that shows the latest videos on YouTube.
http://www.remlapsoftware.com/

Orbit Downloader - the fastest download manager!
Orbit Downloader is a great speed, super light, easy-to-use free download manager. It is based on p2p and multi-source downloading technology and supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS and RTSP protocols. Using Orbit Downloader, you can almost download everything online with 500% faster speed, like youtube video, rapidshare files, flash and streaming media etc.
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/

YouTube Downloader 2.51
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_2...

GOOGLE SEARCH
http://www.google.com/search?q=freeware+...

Stretch YouTube Videos
YouTube: Stretch YouTube Videos to Fit Your Browser Width
You already know about the Full Screen mode in YouTube video player
that scales the current video to fill the entire desktop screen.
The one big problem with full screen mode in YouTube player is that
you cannot do anything else on the computer while the video is playing
- you have the exit the FullScreen before initiating any other task.
There's however an excellent alternative to FullScreen and that's
about auto resizing the video player to fit the browser window. When
you resize the browser window, the dimensions of YouTube Video player
will change accordingly.
Here's how you fit the YouTube video in the browser window:
Say a YouTube Video URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJd...
To watch this clip in a resizable browser window without switching to
Full Screen, just rewrite the above URL a
http://www.youtube.com/v/vr3x_RRJdd4
In other words, just append the YouTube video ID to this URL
www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID and maximize your browser. You can then
easily switch to other tabs, open new applications or do anything else
while the YouTube clip is still playing in the maximum possible screen
area.
[This is in response to a question posted on the forums - "How can I
send a YouTube Video so that when the person receives it there will
not be any other videos in the sidebars that can be opened." ]

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