copy videos from youtube?

**grassi** · 04-21-2009, 11:25 AM

hello, i recently found a video on Youtube, that i wanted to copy. Never done this before, so im not sure where to start. I just built my pc (thanks to Linderman, Grimx and a few others), anyway im not sure what to do. I will go buy a nice program that will allow me to do this, if you can recommend any? But also is there any free programs(no spam) off the internet i can get now? I just want to beable to post it to my facebook and myspace, so i guess if i can get it to my media player, that would work too? Thanks for your help, hope i posted in the right spot? If not - i apologize...

**koala** · 04-21-2009, 03:35 PM

If you're using Firefox, there are a few addons available that let you download videos from YouTube and other video sites.

VideoDownloader

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VideoDownloader adds a small icon on the status bar at the bottom of your firefox window, and a toolbar button. Just click that and download the video you are watching

Video DownloadHelper

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Just surf the Web as you are used to, when DownloadHelper detects it can do something for you, the icon gets animated and a menu allows you to download files by simply clicking an item

Sothink Web Video Downloader

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Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox is a simple and small Firefox extension (add-on) for you to quickly capture and download Web videos and Flash files from Internet. It can work as a YouTube video downloader, Google video downloader, video blog downloader, FLV downloader, SWF downloader... to help you collect fabulous videos from Web with ease.

Standalone programs:
VDownloader

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Search for videos in sites like YouTube, DailyMotion, Yahoo, Megaupload, or Google at the same time. You can watch, download, or save videos with just one click. It can download and save videos in: AVI, MPG, MP4, iPhone-iPod, PSP, 3GP for mobile phones, DVD-VCD, MP3.

YouTube Downloader

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It's software that allows you to download videos from YouTube and many others and convert them to other video formats. The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok! It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3.

**grassi** · 04-21-2009, 05:54 PM

thanks, had to run out real quick... I have internet explorer xp pro. I liked the "you tube downloader" or the v downloader, gonna look at these. I think these might use less resources, dunno. Thx for the recommendation.

04-21-2009, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
grassi TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: upstate, n.y. Posts: 935 OS: xp pro, sp3 My System	copy videos from youtube? hello, i recently found a video on Youtube, that i wanted to copy. Never done this before, so im not sure where to start. I just built my pc (thanks to Linderman, Grimx and a few others), anyway im not sure what to do. I will go buy a nice program that will allow me to do this, if you can recommend any? But also is there any free programs(no spam) off the internet i can get now? I just want to beable to post it to my facebook and myspace, so i guess if i can get it to my media player, that would work too? Thanks for your help, hope i posted in the right spot? If not - i apologize...

04-21-2009, 05:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
grassi TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: upstate, n.y. Posts: 935 OS: xp pro, sp3 My System	Re: copy videos from youtube? thanks, had to run out real quick... I have internet explorer xp pro. I liked the "you tube downloader" or the v downloader, gonna look at these. I think these might use less resources, dunno. Thx for the recommendation.