Youtube has never had a download option on their website for people to download videos, however, there are ways to download any video you like. Some people tend to use sites like keepvid.com, which allow you to download videos in FLV format. However, this method can be quite annoying because you need a special player to play them and the FLV format is not compatible with a lot of other programs.
Downloading videos is easily done with a program called vDownloader. Once you download this tiny program, all you have to do is type in the youtube URL of the video you want, and it will start downloading in AVI format. This is a very popular format and is widely used for videos.
vDownloader is completely free. I recommend you to share this with your friends because no one wants to screw around downloading foreign formats that are hardly used. Plus the fact some people are tricked into paying for FLV to AVI converters. This is purely a waste of money, so spread the word; vDownloader!
June 9th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Watch YouTube HD - higher definition, and in couple of clicks download MP4 videos, check this site:
Really good !
June 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Nice tool.
Here is another:
Apowersoft YouTube downloader can help you download videos from YouTube, MySpace, Break, Google and other popular video websites. It’s very easy to use, you only need to specify the URL for the video you want to download and click start, everything will be done automatically.
This application also support converting videos to specific video formats like MP4, AVI, MP3,MOV, AAC, WMA, 3GP, 3G2, DV, AAC, M4A , DVD etc, So you can enjoy your online videos On The Go (iPod, iPhone, PSP, Cell Phone, MP3 Player).
June 10th, 2008 at 3:03 am
And here is another guide that shows two ways to download and convert youtube video for free: