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Download YouTube video
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Option commond A will bring up a activity window and double click the one that holds the video and it will downlownload it. Nut
You still need to convert the video if you do it that way. Google it there are tons of sites that will show you how it is done.
I prefer "TubeTV" which does all of the converting itself and it's imported in iTunes automatically. It's pretty fast on my iMac and I recommend it to most people that ask. Plus it's free.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/tubetv.html
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/tubetv.html
you can also go to a website like www.downloadyoutubevideos.com or www.keepvid.com
just google 'download youtube videos', and you should get plenty of links.
they download the videos as a .flv, and then download iSquint to convert them.
but if youre looking for a single application then just ignore this and look at the posts above.
just google 'download youtube videos', and you should get plenty of links.
they download the videos as a .flv, and then download iSquint to convert them.
but if youre looking for a single application then just ignore this and look at the posts above.
If you were prepared to use firefox...then you could use a great little extention called download helper
http://www.downloadhelper.net/
http://www.downloadhelper.net/
I use savetube.com. Just copy and paste the Youtube addy into it and it will download the file - only problem is its still a flash file; you'll need a player. I use the free SWF & FLV Player (it was recommended by Apple). As for conversion, I've still yet to find anything I really really like...
You have probably already tried handbrake? If not, then you may want to consider it- handbrake converts youtube videos into suitable formats so they can be played on your ipod.
http://handbrake.fr/
Most videos (that I've downloaded) have MP4 versions, whether 320*xxx or 480*xxx. Although Keepvid has the MP4 option, I use this bookmark for quick and easy downloading.
Make a bookmark with this as the URL:
javascript:window.location.href%20=%20'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id='%20+%20swfArgs['video_id']%20+%20"&l="%20+%20swfArgs['l']%20+%20"&sk="%20+%20swfArgs['sk']%20+%20'&t='%20+%20swfArgs['t'];
Then put that bookmark in the bookmark bar. Click it when your watching a movie on YouTube and it will download it!
javascript:window.location.href%20=%20'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id='%20+%20swfArgs['video_id']%20+%20"&l="%20+%20swfArgs['l']%20+%20"&sk="%20+%20swfArgs['sk']%20+%20'&t='%20+%20swfArgs['t'];
Then put that bookmark in the bookmark bar. Click it when your watching a movie on YouTube and it will download it!
Guys, the easiest way to download YouTube vids without ANY third party software is this:
In Safari, click on 'Window' and select 'Activity'.
Click on the triangle next to the URL of the YouTube you want to download.
Navigate towards the bottom of the list, there will be a file that is obviously larger than the rest (as in most will be several KB, this one will be in MBs)
Double click on the large file and your video will start downloading.
In Safari, click on 'Window' and select 'Activity'.
Click on the triangle next to the URL of the YouTube you want to download.
Navigate towards the bottom of the list, there will be a file that is obviously larger than the rest (as in most will be several KB, this one will be in MBs)
Double click on the large file and your video will start downloading.
You can also download using Firefox with the download manager plugin. Save the Flv file to whereever.
Either play it in VLC, or convert it to a Mpg4 in handbrake or other formats with MPEG-streamclip.
MPEG- streamclip can also download the flv if you know the url address, the firefox method just needs a rightclick and chose save.
Either play it in VLC, or convert it to a Mpg4 in handbrake or other formats with MPEG-streamclip.
MPEG- streamclip can also download the flv if you know the url address, the firefox method just needs a rightclick and chose save.
True, but this (see below) is so much easier. It's just one click of a bookmark.
To your downloads folder, exactly where any other downloads would go. Once you click the video in the Activity window, it opens the standard Safari downloads window.
Got to http://keepvid.com past in the YouTube URL, download the .mp4
Easy
[Edit: I see it's already been suggested. Plus, awesome link iMacmatician. Cheers]
Easy
[Edit: I see it's already been suggested. Plus, awesome link iMacmatician. Cheers]
Downloading videos from YouTube?
Anyone know of any good software that lets you download videos to your computer from youtube?
Anyone know of any good software that lets you download videos to your computer from youtube?
Safari.
go to Window>Activity, and double click on the file that is MB in size, not KB. It should be the video.