Hi,
I'm not very good with computer and I was just wondering how do I download videos from youtube to my computer so I can play them in something like windows media player?
Cheers
2006-12-04 17:34:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
To download videos from YouTube and any other site :
Get Firefox from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
And then install the Download Helper extension from https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3006/ or this one Video Downloader https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390
It works great for me.
Since the videos are in the .flv format you need to get a flv player. You can get a very good one (and completely free ) here http://www.download.com/FLV-Player/3000-2139_4-10505954.html?tag=tab_pub
If you want to convert them into another format ( mobile phone, iPods,psp,wmv, mp4...and anything else) use this awesome free program called Super http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
Also you can use this site http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php and copy/paste the url's from the page with the video there but personally I'd recommend using Firefox
Firefox is the best !!!
And for movies and anything else use http://www.torrentportal.com/ and http://www.bittorrent.com/ and http://www.torrentspy.com/
To download from this site you need a torrent program like these :
BitComet http://www.bitcomet.com/ or
Azureus http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
2006-12-05 09:27:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but you need to have Firefox installed as your browser:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-us/firefox/...
Then, open it and click tools > add-ons > get extensions.
When you get to the site, you'll be looking for an extension called Video Downloader. Click on Install Extension and then restart firefox. When you visit youtube the next time, you should be able to click on the video downloader icon in the lower-right corner of the browser window and you'll be given a direct link to the file which you can then save to your computer.
2006-12-04 17:39:07 · answer #2 · answered by Chris S 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
youtube does not allow its user to download videos
if you want to download videos go to yahoo or google
2006-12-04 17:46:04 · answer #3 · answered by DX 4 · 3⤊ 7⤋
Just right click and 'save target as'. Thats how i do it...!
2006-12-04 17:41:55 · answer #4 · answered by whoeverhasbestanswergetsdaBA!! 1 · 1⤊ 12⤋
You don't. They are to watch onsite, and are protected onsite as copyrighted material. Even if you could add them to your own computer files, you'd be breaking copyright law to do so.
2006-12-04 17:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by Jaded 5 · 0⤊ 18⤋