youtube downloads

[captainkirk]

how do you download a video off youtube via google chrome

[Buenchico]

With Firefox, saving a Youtube video to your hard drive is an absolute doddle. You simply install the appropriate 'add-on' and a couple of clicks will do the job.

So I looked for a suitable add-on for Chrome (via that browser's website) but I was surprised that I couldn't find one. Then it occurred to me that it's (technically) illegal to save Youtube videos to your hard drive, which is why Youtube keeps changing things around to try to block the actions of software which save the videos.

Given that Google own Youtube, and that Chrome is Google's own browser, it's not difficult to work out why there will never be an official add-on for Chrome enabling you to save Youtube videos.

Either change to Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
and install this add-on
https://addons.mozill...be-video-downl-10137/
or use some software which is independent of your choice of browser, such as this:
http://download.cnet....9434.html?tag=mncol;2

Chris

[AlBags]

Download Helper 4.9.5 is the kiddy ; )
http://www.downloadhelper.net/

Not only Youtube .. but lots more.

[AlBags]

Thats for Firefox of course.

[captainkirk]

thank you for that . i did not know that . thank you

[hibeeslass]

I too would love to be able to convert a video as my mate uploaded a video taken at a recent surprise birthday party in my honour of me on you tube from her phone then got the dam phone stolen. I have tried dowloading all the addons one by one direct from the addon website only to be told an error occurred...i then clicked the link below put up by Albags 'added' to fire fox and it is saying problems with connection to mozilla.org any ideas whats stopping this?

TIA

[bibblebub]

An alternative to add-ons for Firefox or IE is VideoCacheViewer http://www.nirsoft.ne...video_cache_view.html

Once the video has been fully buffered in the browser - so you don't necessarily have to watch it all - then just run this program and you can immediately copy the video to a folder of your choice.