How to download Youtube Videos

i suggest going to http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/
its freeware and fully safe...and it also has an in-built option to convert the downloaded flv file to most popular video formats! i've been using it for a long time and have no problems with it at all.

Dont recall if I mentioned this but if you have like realplayer 12 installed it can download video's from several places includeing there.

Ya you can but I would not recommend installing real player.  Absolute crap software.  Im not even sure if its even software

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VLC ftw!

Can you guys not see this is a 2-month old topic. -_-

Let it rest.

yes just felt like that was good to mention before we let it go finally. 

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Can you guys not see this is a 2-month old topic. -_-

Let it rest.

Sorry, one more.

Just noting that my solution is 100% free. No installation. No downloading (other than the movies you want).

Same here: http://www.pwnyoutube.com/

Much easier in fact.

VLC ftw!

Can you guys not see this is a 2-month old topic. -_-

Let it rest.

So? Can a thread not be contributed to even if it is over 2 months old? If Admin didn't want anyone to post here, he would have locked it.

Oh and er... Youtube Downloader is another good one.

you can use this script

javascript:if(document.location.href.match(/http:\/\/[a-zA-Z\.]*youtube\.com\/watch/)){document.location.href='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt='+(isHDAvailable?'22':'18')+'&video_id='+swfArgs['video_id']+'&t='+swfArgs['t']}

just save it as a bookmark and click on it when on the youtube site

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VLC ftw!

Can you guys not see this is a 2-month old topic. -_-

Let it rest.

 

I've been using this
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm

for quite some time. Really easy to use with no messing about. All you have to do is open the programme go onto youtube and copy the URL link it automatically pastes to the downloader and you just click download. Bingo jobs a gooden!

for firefox users, just get flashgot addon and then get the flashget download manager


Flashgot conveniently integrates flashget into your browser so you can use it only when you feel like it and the flashgot "FlashGot Media" command grabs video and audio clips while they're playing (I've tested on youtube and few other similar video websites and it hasn't yet failed me)

Or use on Firefox 'downloadhelper'

[*Bugmenot user*]

To download Any Videos from YouTube.com simply use freeware program "YouTube Downloader"
Click here to download: YouTubeDownloaderSetup265.exe File_size: 4.35 MB

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Seeing as this topic keeps getting additions, I shall provide my own input.

Firefox Users
Download and install this add-on Video Downloadhelper:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/
Once installed, you can download almost all media from a webpage.
With this add-on, you can navigate to a Youtube page and download the video in various formats and resolutions.

Other Browsers
A service I have been using recently: http://www.flvto.com/
Copy the Youtube link and it would convert it online and allow you to download the result.

I didn't heard of it, but I heard some people that YouTube Downloader Suite is great, how about it?