skeeter_ca

How do you save a YouTube video on a computer? I've been wanted to save some of the videos i see but cannot figure out how to save it to my computer. I'm not talking about saving a link to the video but actually the video itself. That way if the video is taken off the web i still have it.

skeeter

JimBrown

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Try this:

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products...e-Download.htm

Regards,
...jim

Bonified Wingnut

Watch the whole video on youtube with IE Then Click

Tools-Internet Options-Browsing History-Settings-View Files
Then Right Click "Arrange Icons By Last Accessed"
Your video will be called "get_video?vid............."
Copy it to a different folder and rename it "Something".flv

Not sure about Netscape or other browsers

Then you need to find an flv player

eRightSoft Super will convert it to almost anything you want mpeg avi wmv. And its free.

drifter

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If you use Firefox as your browser there is an add in called DownloadHelper. It will save videos from many locations to a folder you select on your hard drive.
Another program called Converthelper then converts the FLV file to AVI automatically.

All of these programs are free.

SAVAGEBANE

do any of them leave huge watermarks that ruin the vid. i used Quivic a while ago and it leaves a watermark so big that the vid is no good

Unsullied_Spy

I use RealPlayer. When you mouse over the video a little box pops up above the video. Click on the button and it will download it. I don't recall what I used to convert it to .WMV or .AVI, but there are some free converters out there that should do the job.

alexbent

i have used this thing called youtube to ipod converter, it download youtube video file and convert to mp4, and u can save it on ur computer.

Ron Olson

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There is a program called You Tube Downloader, do a search for it. I think that it's youtubedownload.altervista.org
I wondered myself how people were snagging videos off You Tube and calling them their own and now I know. I had one of mine taken and had a new sound track laid over it. Some clown in Turkey lifted it and after myself and some others hassling him not to mention reporting him to You Tube did it finally get removed. No telling how many others he copied and called his when they weren't.

hyrulejedi86

I highly recommend this website it is spam free and requires no program download or installation.
I've used it a few times with good results:


http://onlinevideoconverter.com/

reffer101

hmmm... I use Clipnabber.com and "downloadhelper" add-on if you are using Mozilla Firefox for surfing the net. they both are good to download the video.

Rebeccageorge

As Ron Olson said youtube downloader is the best way to download videos from youtube or use real one player you can get download link if you use it . pimp myspace

Bonified Wingnut

Here's a free toolbar. Applian has a couple that do the job for free and an FLV player for files you do not want to convert.-BW

[link]http://www.applian.com/asktoolbar/index.php[/link]

jaav

I use IDM it 99% of all my down load types.