Download from YouTube
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Most people don't know about this but videos can be actually downloaded from YouTube and other similar video sharing services seamlessly. The option is built-in there although those services decided not to feature it for obvious reasons.
I've been using YouTube to download some song clips, technology showcases and game trailers lately. YouTube has more videos than you can find anywhere else, and is one of the fastest growing web sites on the Internet. With these simple steps you'll be able to download whatever video(s) you like to your computer. Here is what you'll need:
The Video Encoder: FLV_File_Encoder.zip (1.46 MB)
Download this file and extract its contents to a new folder.
Instructions:
1. Copy the link of the page showing the video you want to download.
For example :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MJDdJoBTwYE
2. Go to this web site or this one.
3. Paste the link in the text field and click Download.
5. A Download Link will appear in the Download section little below, right-click this link and click Save-As.
6. Name the file “Some Video.flv” including the double quotations. You can replace Some Video with whatever name you want, just make sure you include the .flv extension and the double quotes.
7. Click Save and wait till the download completes.
8. Move the FLV file(s) you downloaded to the encoder directory and double-click Encode All.
9. The encoder will encode every FLV file in the directory and produce equivalent AVI files which can be played by most media players. You can delete the FLV files afterwards.
Let me know if you had any trouble :)
I've been using YouTube to download some song clips, technology showcases and game trailers lately. YouTube has more videos than you can find anywhere else, and is one of the fastest growing web sites on the Internet. With these simple steps you'll be able to download whatever video(s) you like to your computer. Here is what you'll need:
The Video Encoder: FLV_File_Encoder.zip (1.46 MB)
Download this file and extract its contents to a new folder.
Instructions:
1. Copy the link of the page showing the video you want to download.
For example :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MJDdJoBTwYE
2. Go to this web site or this one.
3. Paste the link in the text field and click Download.
5. A Download Link will appear in the Download section little below, right-click this link and click Save-As.
6. Name the file “Some Video.flv” including the double quotations. You can replace Some Video with whatever name you want, just make sure you include the .flv extension and the double quotes.
7. Click Save and wait till the download completes.
8. Move the FLV file(s) you downloaded to the encoder directory and double-click Encode All.
9. The encoder will encode every FLV file in the directory and produce equivalent AVI files which can be played by most media players. You can delete the FLV files afterwards.
Let me know if you had any trouble :)
10 Response(s) to "Download from YouTube"
Abed. Hamdan said:
3araasi inta,
I didn't know this before, thx :)
Ghaith said:
You're most welcome Abed :)
Lubna said:
Ghaith... you should charge people ;) ma3aday 6ab3an
but hey remember me? I don't like to download things:S thanks anyways... i should need it someday
Devil's Mind said:
Better yet, use "Ook Video Ook" firefox extention, or "VideoDownloader" which can even download videos directly from blogs - ie. you dont have to go to the youtube site (among many supported websites) to download the video
Ghaith said:
Lubna
Good idea. I'll start with charging people per blog visit. I'll spare you the download charges since you don't download much :P
Devil's Mind
Yeah I've been using VideoDownloader actually but I wanted to make it simple for others. Those extensions do exactly what the linked sites in step 2 do; they extract the proper download link from the video page source and present it to the user to download the FLV file. "Ook Video Ook" even initiates the download immediately.
VideoDownloader and Ook Video Ook are very handy tools if you're looking to download videos frequently.
Anonymous said:
thank u man
i read that there is someway to make youtube vidoes downloadable just like pictures, i mean that a "save as" icon appears for the video.
you have to download some extension for firefox, i tired it but it did not work :(
do u have any idea abt it ??
anyways this method is not bad, thanks...
Ghaith said:
Anonymous, that is exactly what the extensions Devil's Mind mentioned do. Use the links in my comment (right above yours) to download one of those extensions and let me know what happens.
If you got any errors, fill me in with the details so that I can help :)
omar said:
This is great
I had the Firefox plugin of the video downloader a while ago,
but after asking Amer for an encoder the only one available
was for money!
Thanks tonnes for this tool
now I'm gonna watch Nip/Tuck properly! hehe
omar
omar said:
Sorry for the double comments
bass how do you know when it's done?
Ghaith said:
Hey Omar,
The console window shows the progress of encoding and will close automatically once the process is completed :)
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