How To Download Videos from YouTube

How To Download Videos from YouTube

As we all know Youtube has a very large database of videos that we watch online. Once I was asked by a friend of mine whether we can download the youtube videos for viewing it offline. There are many softwares out there using which you can easily download youtube videos.
In this post I am going to cover most of the methods to download free youtube videos.




The Best and Easiest Trick to Download Videos from YouTube is Using firefox add-on/Extensions.

You can try some firefox add-on/Extensions like

Download YouTube Videos +
Keep Tube Downloader
Video Download helper
Easy YouTube Video Downloader

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If you want to Download YouTube Videos in Bulk, you can try the BYTubeD add-on for firefox.
As the name suggests, it let you download YouTube videos in bulk. So, if you want to download many similar videos, then downloading it in bulk can be a better option for you rather than downloading them individually. You can even set the filters and constraints for the bulk download. Bulk download comes handy in lots of situation, say for example, to Download all the Episodes of your favourite serial or Programe. After you install the add-on, you will see a BYVD option in the Tools Menu (as shown below) of thee browser,

just click on that and you will get the video links of all the videos on the page, similar to what is shown in the image below.

And thereafter, you can start downloading multiple Videos.
to select multiple videos select the videos pressing ctrl key.

BYTubeD - Bulk YouTube video Downloader


There are also some Other Tricks to download videos from YouTube, Which i have mentioned below.


Trick 1:
Here is a simple trick to download youtube videos in any quality instantly by running a Java Script.

Download Regular Quality Youtube Video Direct Links [RQ]

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['video_id'] + "&l=" + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['l'] + "&sk=" + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['sk'] + '&t=' + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['t'];

Download High Quality Youtube Video Direct Links [HQ]

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['video_id'] + "&fmt=18&l=" + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['l'] + "&sk=" + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['sk'] + '&t=' + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['t'];

Download High Definition Youtube Videos Direct Links [HD]

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['video_id'] + "&fmt=22&l=" + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['l'] + "&sk=" + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['sk'] + '&t=' + yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')['t'];

How to use the script or where to paste this java script?

Open any Youtube Video which you want to download.

Just copy the whole script (according to Quality Needed) and paste it on the address bar of the browser where the video is open.

Now Press Enter Key and Download of that yotube video will start instantly.

Note: If you watch many videos and want to download each of those videos, than you don’t need to always copy the above script. Just Drag them to your Bookmarks Toolbar or right click on the link and save as Bookmark.





Trick 2:

This method shows a secret way of download youtube videos. Mostly when you watch videos online, these are stored in the Temporary folder.

You just need to find out what this folder is, where its located and you can copy that file onto any other location.

For Firefox browser:
Look at for files with big size usually in xxxxkbs
C:\Documents and Settings\ User_name \ Local Settings\ Application Data\ Mozilla\ Firefox\ Profiles\ xxxxx.default\ Cache


For Internet Explorer:
Look at for files with big size usually in xxxxkbs
C:\Documents and Settings\User_name\Local Settings\Temp


Trick 3:
Download Youtube Videos Using third party softwares

1. Install this best Firefox Plugin/extention Download Helper to download almost any videos like Youtube, Google videos, zshare, veoh, dailymotion, MySpace, Porkolt, iFilm and many others

Download Download Helper

2. Using the new latest version of Internet Download Manager(IDM), you can download videos automatically from any websites. Check below screen

3. Download Youtube Downloader Software that is available for free. using this application you can also convert the downloaded youtube videos format from .flv to any other file format.

Download Youtube Downloader

If you have any other trick to download youtube videos, use the comments box below to add to this post, and make it the one stop search for downloading youtube videos.