NO CLIP - How can I download youtube clips?

[tkl-pen]

There are several clips on you tube that I would like to download - does anyone know how I can do that - I've tried without success - thanks.

 

[HisFlyinFingers]

Part of YouTube's policy is that you may not save any of their files, only stream them from the site. They also specifically make it difficult to try to get around that.

I've read that it is possible to save the video using a fairly complicated bit of a hack, but I'm not sure that that's entirely legal. It's definately not worth it, if you ask me.

 

[Gothika]

get link of video go to http://keepvid.com/ then paste the link and choose youtube from the list of sites

 

[Cynthia_Massol]

There are several clips on you tube that I would like to download - does anyone know how I can do that - I've tried without success - thanks.

You can check my own forum here : http://lftb2004.proboards53.com/index.cgi

Check especially the "LFTB Custom Movies Service" thread in the "Video Tools" section.

 

[Dário F]

There's another way to save Youtube Clips... If you're using Mozilla Firefox you can simply download one of their extensions from their site, the "video downloader", after you've done this i believe you'll get a confirmation telling you that you've installed the new extension sucessfully or so, if not, there's no big deal cause he probably installed it anyway... 🙂 A new icon should now be visible on the lower right corner of your screen, that's a shortcut to "video downloader", this means that when you're on a specific website who has mainstreams clips such as Youtube, you can click on it, in the window that just popped up, you need to right-click on "download link" and select "save link as", then name the video. The video must be named as flv format, in other others words, the name of the video has to end in ".flv"
For example: "Tickling Viviana.flv"
After the video finishs downloading to your hard drive, the only thing that you need to do is to convert the file you just downloaded using an apropriate software that can convert flv into wmv, avi, or another format of your preference... I use the "Total Video Converter", it can convert various types of formats into divx, xvid, and even Sony PSP format! The only bad thing in using this method is that this software isn't freeware... I hope you understood my english, and i can only hope that this was of any help at all to anyone.

 

[ticklevids]

thanks for proving my point

There's another way to save Youtube Clips... If you're using Mozilla Firefox you can simply download one of their extensions from their site, the "video downloader", after you've done this i believe you'll get a confirmation telling you that you've installed the new extension sucessfully or so, if not, there's no big deal cause he probably installed it anyway... 🙂 A new icon should now be visible on the lower right corner of your screen, that's a shortcut to "video downloader", this means that when you're on a specific website who has mainstreams clips such as Youtube, you can click on it, in the window that just popped up, you need to right-click on "download link" and select "save link as", then name the video. The video must be named as flv format, in other others words, the name of the video has to end in ".flv"
For example: "Tickling Viviana.flv"
After the video finishs downloading to your hard drive, the only thing that you need to do is to convert the file you just downloaded using an apropriate software that can convert flv into wmv, avi, or another format of your preference... I use the "Total Video Converter", it can convert various types of formats into divx, xvid, and even Sony PSP format! The only bad thing in using this method is that this software isn't freeware... I hope you understood my english, and i can only hope that this was of any help at all to anyone.

great info!

 

[datickler]

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try using Video Downloader http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php

copy and paste the URL (ex: http:/...) from the youtube clip u want to covert from the youtube site (after it has finished playing) into the space provided on the Video Downloader site

select youtube from the drop down menu on the Video Downloader site

click download

voila

 

[datickler]

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PS - it converts them to Flash (.flv) format so u also have to add the extension (.flv)