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by game masta on October 28th, 2006

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Can I download a video from youtube?

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  • by   on August 4th, 2007

     

    You could try to download it off of Limewire, but I'm not sure if that's entirely legal.

    There is another way to do it too though.

    1) Go to http://www.keepvid.com/ and type in the URL of the video you want to download.

    2) Hit download.

    3) A new page will come up. It will give you the option to download the video. When it asks you for a file name, add .flv to it.

    4) It'll download in .flv, which isn't compatible with a lot of computers. So, you won't be able to watch it just yet.

    5) Go to http://www.download.com/FLV-Player/3000-2139_4-10505954.html and download the .flv player. Now, you'll be able to watch those videos on your computer!! If you want to convert those videos to .avi or .wmv or something, download the demo version of the replay converter when the option comes up.

    6) Now you can convert your video to .wmv and other types of files. Since it's a demo, it only converts the first 90 seconds of a video though.

    So, I did some research and found this site.

    http://vixy.net/

    It's like Keepvid. Put your URL in the box, but instead of just being able to download it, this one will convert it too. So select what you want it to convert to, and it'll convert it for you, saving all the hassle of downloading the .flv player and replay converter. Depending on what you're trying to convert, it may take a while, but it will convert. It also may take a while to download the video. The only reason I didn't mention this one first is it's still beta and everything...

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  • by ericool on February 9th, 2008

    ericool

    save youtube video, simple and easy. use www.idesktop.tv

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  • by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on July 12th, 2007

    Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience

    Yes, use Youtube downloader

    http://video.qooqle.jp/dl/

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  • by davoomac on October 28th, 2006

    davoomac

    Not directly from Youtube, but you can using another online tool:

    1. Go to www.keepvid.com

    2. Paste the youtube URL of the video you want to download into the box and hit download.

    3. The file downloads as an .FLV file.

    4. Use an FLV video viewer to watch your downloaded youtube video!

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  • by Basha on April 24th, 2008

    Basha

    yes you can .
    either you have the newest realplayer then on the higher right side it will ask download?
    or if maybe you don't you can use videoget program .
    i hope i gave you what you asked for.
    good luck

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  • by Oddjob on February 3rd, 2008

    Oddjob

    No its standard to save all files at flv because they are converted when uploaded to flash file format. You can use a nice program to convert them its called SUPER.
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    http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html

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  • by labeeb xaman on January 22nd, 2008

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    this may be wrong but there's a software known as tubehunter that can do it for you. Also sites like keepvid and javimoya help too.

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  • by lightfly on October 28th, 2006

    lightfly

    No, I think you can only do that on Google Video. The one way that you can is through http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php

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  • by user deleted on October 19th, 2008

    user deleted

    There are like many many sites for downloading videos.
    Yet another one...
    http://downthisvideo.com/

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  • by Kurt Yates on May 2nd, 2008

    Kurt Yates

    or you can just download youtube downloader and u can convert it to whatever you want

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  • by rockie on July 12th, 2007

    rockie

    It is a pity that one can't download YouTube videos to computer. YouTube's video player is designed to be used within your browser as an Internet experience.

    I use xilisoft youtube video converter to download youtube video. The software also allow me to convert youtube video to ipod, iphone.

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  • by sada on December 26th, 2008

    sada

    You can download video from youtube by this link: http://www.downloadyoutubevideos.com/

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  • by ChrisDG on November 27th, 2008

    ChrisDG

    There are several ways to do this. One of which is the use of a program to specifically download the video from youtube, for example Youtube Downloader or the Keepvid program mentioned in another answer.

    What I do however, is look in my Temporary Internet Files and get the video from there. If you watch a Youtube video, it gets downloaded to your computer into this folder. Unfortunately, for Windows Vista, it's a bit harder to access than in previous Windows versions.

    Make sure you can view hidden files and folders. To do this, go to the Tools menu when in a folder, such as My Computer. In the Tools menu, choose Folder Options. Click on the View tab and Select Show hidden files and folders.

    My Computer-> (your hard drive, usually C:)-> USers -> (your name, e.g. my name is Chris) -> Appdata -> Local -> Microsoft -> Windows -> Temporary Internet Files. Now, for security reasons, windows doesn't show the whole contents. So in the bar at the top that says which folder you are in (it should say
    C:UsersChrisAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet Files), click and get your cursor to the end of the text, then type low (so the whole line now reads C:UsersChrisAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet Fileslow

    Then press Enter. A new set of folders should appear, one of which is called Content.IE5. Open this one and there will be a load of folders (depending on how long it has been since you cleaned out your temporary files) with daft names like QVG61T1G. The videos are stored in these folders, and from Youtube are called getvideo[1] or similar. This is the file you want. Copy and Paste it to whereever you want to save it, then rename it to whatever, but make sure it ends in .flv since it is an FLV file. You can play FLV files with VLC media player, a wonderful free player that also lets you play DVDs region free as well as most other media files. You can download it for free here http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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  • by Anonymous on January 3rd, 2009

    Anonymous

    sorry i think i have enter the many times the enter button

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  • by Raj on March 19th, 2009

    Raj

    if you installed Real player in your laptop,
    when you see a video in YT ..it will ask for download this vidoe option.you can download it.

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  • by drewjohnson on April 8th, 2010

    drewjohnson

    video2mp3.net

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  • by Galeanda on February 13th, 2009

    Galeanda

    I Use YouTube Downloader

    http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/

    Works well, and converts them easily.

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