How to download videos from youtube?

2008-11-13T23:34:00.000-08:00

Since there are many people asking this question: how to download videos from youtube on Yahoo, I am glad to share the information here. I am going to list 15 websites which can download youtube videos just by pasting the URL of the video. They are totally free and easy-to-use.
1, http://www.downflv.com/index.php
Interview:
Among all of these online download websites, I prefer this one as its download speed is fast and usually I can get the videos downloaded successfully. This website supports 11 languages and 3 themes. It supports 124 websites which you can download from. Although most of the supported websites are Chinese, there are also several global video web such as Youtube, Google, Metacafe.
Steps:
Open Youtube to find your favorite video→ paste the url of the Youtube video into the first field→click "Fetch It" → click the link of the result after the result appearing.
Then it will download the video with your browser Mozilla Firefox or the download software on your PC such as orbit, Bitcomet. After downloading, the name of the video is "get_video", and it will be placed on your desktop. You can rename it and add its extension as "flv".

2, http://www.videodl.org/
Interview:
This website's interface is very simple and directviewing. It supports top 3 video sites - YouTube, Google Video, and Break.com. What's more, it supports downloading and viewing, which means after successfully downloading the video, you can click"View Now" to view it directly.
Steps:
Ppaste the URL of the video and paste it into the textbox→Click "Get it"→Click "Download Link" after it shows.
Then it will download the video with your browser Mozilla Firefox directly. After downloading, its name is "get_video" and it will be placed on your desktop. When you rename it, please make sure add the extension of the file as "flv".

3, http://keepvid.com/
Interview:
This website is also simple to use. There lists some videos on the main page. The differece from the above two websites is that it can download videos in two formats: flv and mp4. Its download speed is also fast and many people are using it.
Steps:
Paste the URL of the video you want to download to the white place and click "download", after the result appearing, there will be two formats: flv and mp4 to choose. Click one of the link and the video will be downloaded with your Mozilla Firefox.

There are many other similar websites, such as:
http://www.kissyoutube.com/
http://www.youtubia.com/
http://www.vidgrab.com/
http://www.kcoolonline.com/
http://www.youtubecatcher.com/
http://www.googleneedle.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-movie/
http://www.grabme.in/
http://download.ilikeyoutube.com/
http://www.downloadyoutubevideo.org/
http://www.savevid.com/
http://www.videodl.org/
However, at present, I haven't analyzed these websites. I just know they can download youtube videos. I am not sure about which is better and which websites' download speed is slow. I will make an assay of them as soon as possible.
After downloading youtube videos successfully, you can use RealPlayer or an FLV Player to view them. I suggest you choose an FLV Player as it's designed especially to open FLV files. There are many free flv players and you can just google one. To me, I am using this program: Aunsoft FLV Player. I prefer it as when viewing the downloaded videos they get clearer. With it, you can enjoy them with no audio distortion or video stuck. You can free download here: http://www.aunsoft.com/flv-player/