Tech Tip of the Week: Effortless Ways to Download Video Content from YouTube and Other Sites

User Comments: 18

1. February 3, 2010 6:06 AM
   Guest said:

   What about VDownloader!

   It's a great program, used it tons of times to download videos

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2. February 3, 2010 11:31 AM
   Guest said:

   or you can put OK in front of the url like this

   http://www.OKyoutube.com/watch?v=fKhBBZ3ECNU

   simple

   Reply
3. February 3, 2010 3:04 PM
   

   KG363 said:

   Can't get it you work with chrome. Can't add it as a bookmark

   Reply
4. February 3, 2010 3:47 PM
   Staff
   

   Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

   KG363, use the following text as the URL for a new bookmark in Chrome (click here to see the code properly if you're looking at the front page news comments):

   [code]java script  function(){if(document.getElementById('download-youtube-vide
   '))return;var%20args=null,video_title=null,video_id=null,v
   deo_hash=null;var%20download_code=new%20Array();var%20fmt_
   abels={'18':'standard%20MP4','22':'HD%20720p','37':'HD%201
   80p'};try{args=yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS');video_title=yt.get
   onfig('VIDEO_TITLE')}catch(e){}if(args){var%20fmt_url_map=
   nescape(args['fmt_url_map']);if(fmt_url_map=='')return;vid
   o_id=args['video_id'];video_hash=args['t'];video_title=vid
   o_title.replace(/[%22\'\?\\\/\:\*%3C%3E]/g,'');var%20fmt=n
   w%20Array();var%20formats=fmt_url_map.split(',');var%20for
   at;for(var%20i=0;i%3Cformats.length;i++){var%20format_elem
   =formats.split('|');fmt[format_elems[0]]=unescape(format_e
   ems[1])}for(format%20in%20fmt_labels){if(fmt[format]!=null
   {download_code.push('%3Ca%20href=\''+(fmt[format]+'&ti
   le='+video_title)+'\'%3E'+fmt_labels[format]+'%3C/a%3E')}e
   se%20if(format=='18'){download_code.push('%3Ca%20href=\'ht
   p://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_id='+video_
   d+'&t='+video_hash+'\'%3E'+fmt_labels[format]+'%3C/a%3
   ')}}}if(video_id==null||video_hash==null)return;var%20div_
   mbed=document.getElementById('watch-embed-div');if(div_emb
   d){var%20div_download=document.createElement('div');div_do
   nload.innerHTML='%3Cbr%20/%3E%3Cspan%20id=\'download-youtu
   e-video\'%3EDownload:%20'+download_code.join('%20|%20')+'%
   C/span%3E';div_embed.appendChild(div_download)}})();void(0
   [/code]

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5. February 3, 2010 4:13 PM
   jgvmx said:

   Firefox users can also use the videodownload helper add-on.

   Reply
6. February 3, 2010 4:36 PM
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   Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

   Firefox users can also use the videodownload helper add-on.

   That was mentioned in the article: A Firefox favorite, Video DownloadHelper works on dozens of sites besides YouTube (MySpace, DailyMotion, Porkolt, iFilm, DreamHost, etc.) and includes a slew of configuration and automatic conversion options.

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7. February 3, 2010 8:16 PM
   

   KG363 said:

   Thanks a bunch

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8. February 4, 2010 6:05 PM
   Guest said:

   Full ac! +1

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9. February 8, 2010 12:37 AM
   BluStang05 said:

   sweet tips

   Reply
10. March 19, 2010 5:21 AM
    Aneesh said:

    For the last few days i am looking for such a trick....now i got it yeahhhhhh

    Reply
11. April 1, 2010 11:21 AM
    Classic Rock said:

    Ok, I've tried going to the page suggeted in this article,

    [link]

    But it appears that the link is no longer active. Can someone please point me in the right direction to get this from another place?

    Reply
12. May 19, 2010 4:31 PM
    

    hellokitty[hk], I'm a TechSpot Evangelist, said:

    Sorry to bring this from the dead, but the URL doesn't seem to work for Chrome on the new Youtube, haven't tried anything else.

    Is there a revision?

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13. May 19, 2010 6:09 PM
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    Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

    HK, placing "OK" in the URL still works as Guest suggested above:

    or you can put OK in front of the url like this

    http://www.OKyoutube.com/watch?v=fKhBBZ3ECNU

    simple

    Reply
14. May 19, 2010 7:15 PM
    

    hellokitty[hk], I'm a TechSpot Evangelist, said:

    HK, placing "OK" in the URL still works a Guest suggested above:

    Oh wow...

    Reply
15. March 5, 2012 2:20 AM
    

    rajevcharudutta said:

    I din't get it. What to do after placing "OK" before youtube, how do we download the video?

    Reply
16. May 30, 2012 9:30 PM
    Guest said:

    I use FreeMake Video Converter (http://www.freemake.com/) to download from YouTube and some other services. I like using this applicaton (which has a browser helper object) because it allows me to save the downloaded video in any format/resolution I desire.

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17. June 1, 2012 6:24 PM
    Guest said:

    The easiest way is for sure YouTubeByClick tool

    thats the best youtube downloader

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18. June 2, 2012 6:14 AM
    

    Benny26, TechSpot Paladin, said:

    I use an add-on for Firefox called "Flash Video Downloader". Recognizes any vids on the page you're on, and gives you options from a drop-down menu for quality and available formats (and sizes). Most formats do come down in "flv" format though which can be annoying if you haven't got a converter.

    There's probably better stuff out there (like above^), but this does come in handy.

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