Extracting videos from Youtube/Google video?

[Tim117]

Does anyone know of any way at all? I really am simply clueless, I wouldn't even know where to begin.

 

[dejo]

http://stinkbot.com/Tubesock/

 

[OwlsAndApples]

Another way is if using safari, just click 'activity' and then double-click the large .flv file in the list. Then use iSquint to get it into a more friendly filetype.

 

[Tim117]

Will these options extract it in quicktime format? And also, it's of google video so does that make a different?

 

[OwlsAndApples]

Will these options extract it in quicktime format? And also, it's of google video so does that make a different?

I'm sorry, i'm not on a mac at the moment, but I think it'll be the same with Google Videos. The videos are usually in .flv (flash video) format, so you'll need software like iSquint to convert them.

 

[Multimedia]

Vixy.Net Web Based Transcoder

My Post On The "FREE .flv to mpeg4 converter" thread. Vixy.net is absolutely amazing. All you do is enter the URL of the web page where the Flash Video appears and choose your conversion path. Converts to QT movie in no time at all.

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[clevin]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2390
videodownloader for firefox can do the job, of course u need to convert .flv to other format if u need.

 

[Zwhaler]

http://stinkbot.com/Tubesock/

I second tubesock (unless it has already been seconded... in that case I third it, and so on) great program, but you have to pay to use it to its full extent.

 

[dogbone]

Here is a txt file that you can use to make a bookmark with in FireFox. Make a new bookmark and in the 'location' field in the 'properties' section, paste the contents of the txt file. Give it a name and stick it on your bookmarks toolbar.

Then when you have a youtube or google video up, just press the toolbar button and you will be able to download the video.

 

[Telp]

Just do it from activity monitor. Although from google you can directly download it. You can also put kiss infront of youtube videos. like if it ww.youtube.com/macsrock and you wanted to download that just put kiss at ww.kissyoutube.com/macsrock. Then just convert it using isquint. Its the easiet way

 

[~Kat~]

I use iSquint but it is very s----------l------------o-------------w and tempermental as hell.

I've used Vixy.net in the past but it degrades the quality so if it's something I want a clip of to watch later, I use iSquint. But, if I want to make an animated avatar out of a clip then I just use vixy.

Thanks for the other recs.

 

[mistyz23]

Check out Greasemonkey for Firefox. It has a script for downloading videos you need to download and install, on top of installing greasemonkey to work with Firefox.

If you don't use firefox... disregard.

 

[Nevrsadie]

Another vote for Activity monitor and iSquint, works well for me.