How To Download Videos From YouTube To Your PC

YouTube is a video sharing website used for uploading and sharing videos. There are lots of  member uploaded videos present on YouTube. You can watch movie trailers, tutorials, guides, personal videos and much more on YouTube.

YouTube does not officially  provides download link for videos however you can download YouTube videos with the help of some tools available online.

Method 1: For Firefox Browser users

If you are a Firefox user then you can download YouTube videos with the help of a Firefox plugin  called 1 Click Youtube Video Download.

Go to Tools > Add-ons> Get Add-ons. Search for 1 Click Youtube Video Download Firefox Add-on. Click on Add to Firefox button.

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Install the addon and restart Firefox browser. Now go to YouTube and open any video page you want to download. You will see a download link on the bottom right side of the video. Click on any one  of the three available formats FLV, MP4 and 3GP. Your download will start after clicking the icon.

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Features

1. Download YouTube videos in a single click.

2. Download in MP4, 3GP and FLV format.

3. Download HD videos.

4. You can Download YouTube videos directly from the search results of Google, Yahoo and Bing.

Method 2: For Non-Firefox users

There is a tool known as YouTube Downloader HD from which you can download YouTube videos without any plugin.

1) Go to YouTube Video Downloader HD official website.

2) Download Youtube Video Downloader HD software (2 MB) on your PC.

3) Install the software on your computer.

4) Run the software.

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5) Copy any video URL from your web browser and paste to Youtube Downloader HD.

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6) Paste the code in Video URL box given as shown in image below.

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7) Browse the correct location to save the video and click on Start button. Video will start downloading.

Features of YouTube Downloader HD

1) Download video without any browser addon.

2) Download High Definition (HD) videos.

3) Unicode support: Youtube Downloader HD can save movies whose names have non-standard characters (like Chinese, Japanese, Cyrillic, etc.

4) Convert downloaded video to various formats.


Written By and published on Saturday, January 2nd, 2010.


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