Is there any way to download a video file from YouTube(Vanity)?

February 22, 2010 | Me

[rightwingintelligentsia]

A manager at work wants me to download a YouTube file for them to save and embed in a presentation they're giving.

Such things are a bit above my pay grade, technically speaking. Does anyone here know how to do that without purchasing software or logging on to some dubious third party site?

Thanks so much.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Google “download youtube video”....there are about a dozen different ways.

[Dilbert56]

Find the video you want. Then put “kiss” in front of “youtube” in the address at the top, and press enter. That will take you to a page that has an option to download it as a .FLV file. There are some freeware tools to convert from .FLV to .MP4 or .WMV.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Thanks; I did that, but got sites that made me complete a “survey” and sign up for some kind of membership before they would produce the file. Other suggested sites were blocked by our company firewall.

[DuncanWaring]

I’ve had a fair amount of success with www.savetube.com.

[vicar7]

Download YouTube Downloader it is great!!!

http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html

[capt. norm]

There is a free download "FLV recorder".

Been using it for quite a while now and no problems.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Bingo! That one worked!

Thanks so much.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Thank you all for your help.

[DoctorBulldog]

I use the free SoThink video downloader for Firefox. It’s my number one recommendation.

http://www.sothinkmedia.com/web-video-downloader-firefox/index.htm

Cheers

[TomGuy]

http://keepvid.com/

is a good downloader. It even converts to a preferred format.

[InterceptPoint]

I've tried several schemes and by far the best, if you are using Firefox, is the Firefox Video DownloadHelper. It works like a champ.

Firefox Video DownloadHelper

[ccmay]

Careful of copyright issues. You could end up in hot water, especially if this presentation is intended for viewing outside your organization.

[wildbill]

there are several free or inexpensive software programs to do this.

youtubedownloader is a free one.

Google them.

[libbylu]

Firefox has an add-on, and even I figured out how to do it.

[JusPasenThru]

Bookmarked.

[UB355]

http://clipnabber.com/

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Thanks, but we’re on IE here.

[earlJam]

bump for later

[fightinJAG]

bookmark for some time when I want my head to explode with trying to make my pooter obey my commands

[InterceptPoint]

Thanks, but we’re on IE here.

Big mistake. You should switch to Firefox just to get access to the many valuable add-ons. Firefox is a far, far better browser than IE. I never looked back after making the switch based on strong recommendations from the Freeper Firefox Fans.

[VaRepublican]

ping

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Don’t have much choice. :-) IT Department rules.

[moehoward]

This one records ANYTHING from your desktop, for all platforms iShowU

[Hotmetal]

Bump for later

[fso301]

bump

[Burkean]

That is great, thanks!

[CharlieOK1]

bookmarked

[valkyry1]

Wish I knew about this a few years ago, there were many creative music vids individuals did with songs and their imagery. But it looks like corporate greed in the name of copyright forced them to be deleted. The people were not making any money off the vids as far as I know either.

[Captain Rhino]

Thanks for posting question.

Bump for later.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

I have that add-on also and used it a couple times last night. It works great, is fast and is very easy.

[WHATNEXT?]

O.K. I have this problem. I have Firefox and sometimes it will run You Tube fine and other times it just stays black and clicking on arrows does nothing.

I get notices that I need to download FlashPlayer (I think 6 or something.) But, in the process it asks me questions about Fire Fox I don’t know how to answer. Computer “how tos” are very hard for me unless I have a step 1. Do this, step 2. Do this. Same thing as driving a car...but ask me something mechanical on how it works and I’ll really go dumb on you.

[DoctorBulldog]

Go to:

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Unclick the “free McCaffe scan.” (Unless you really want that added annoyance when installing...)

Click on the yellow “Agree and Install Now” button.

You will probably get a light-yellow bar across the top of the webpage that says, “Firefox prevented this site (get.adobe.com) from asking you to install software on your computer.”

To the right of that message, there is a big, gray button that says, “Allow.”

Click on the “Allow” button.

A Software Install warning window will probably appear, saying something like, “Install add-ons only from authors whom you trust.”

Click on that Software Install warning window and then click on the “Install” button.

That’s pretty much it. The Flashplayer plugin will install and an Add-Ons window will pop up, prompting you to Restart Firefox.

Restart Firefox, and you should have the current version of Flashplayer.

If you have any other problems, don’t hesitate to ask.

Cheers

[WHATNEXT?]

Oh, I love that step by step direction. Big thanks for typing all those details. Here goes...I’ll check back in after using your directions.

[DoctorBulldog]

Standing by.

Cheers

[WHATNEXT?]

I followed step by step, didn’t have any confusion and I think it downloaded without a problem. A sign did come up that said: One new add on has been installed - Adobe DLM, Download, Upload & Installation manager. Norton IPS, Find update, Disable, uninstall.

Didn’t know what to do.

While you think on it. I’m going to a posting that had a Youtube on it that I couldn’t see and give it another try.

[DoctorBulldog]

That’s pretty much just an informational window from Firefox. Just click the [X] to close it out.

Cheers

[WHATNEXT?]

Yippee...you make me all warm and fuzzy. No kidding! I can see the YouTube video. You just don’t know how annoying it has been for the PAST YEAR. I still have a v...e....r...y
s....l....o....w download time. The circle spins and spins 2 seconds of sound, spin,spin,spin, 2 seconds of sound. After it loads it will run fast. You know what I’m talking about. I’m on satellite and maybe that is just the way it is.

[DoctorBulldog]

Yaaay!

Glad to be of help. I’ve been using Firefox since version 1.0, back in 2004, so I’m pretty familiar with it. If you have anymore problems with Firefox, just let me know via the Mail function here at Free Republic.

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/mail-compose?to=DoctorBulldog

Cheers

[WHATNEXT?]

Thank you again so much. I will definitely have you as an expert on my “How To Do,” list.

[plinyelder]

When the video is playing .. put ABC in front of ‘youtube’ in the address url and hit enter.

For instance, here is the address url for a Celine Dion video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYo39ezNzBE&feature=rec-rev-rn-1r-8-HM

Here is the same url with the aforementioned ABC: http://www.abcyoutube.com/watch?v=BYo39ezNzBE&feature=rec-rev-rn-1r-8-HM

Once you hit enter .. you will be sent to a page where you can download the video as FLV, MP4, MP3, 3GP and just about any other way that you want.

[plinyelder]

BTW .. You can click on the ABC link and it will take you to the page that I was speaking of as an example.

[gitmo]

Thanks for the tip.

[rabidralph]

Also, you will need to convert the video to .wmv in order to embed it in a PPT, unless you leave the video on Youtube and just add a link to it in PPT. Search for Any Video Converter. It's a great, free program for converting videos to other formats.

[rabidralph]

download.com, a subsidiary of Cnet has an extensive listing of software downloads and Cnet is totally safe.

[plinyelder]

Glad to help

[call meVeronica]

bump for the record

[patriot08]

I thought you just clicked on ‘imbed’, copy and paste.