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How-To: Download FLV videos from YouTube [Google Video]

December 20, 2005 by in AV,Howto,Tech with 123 Comments

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Hat tip to Eazy for requesting a quick tutorial on snagging videos directly from YouTube.

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For the uninitiated, YouTube is the Flickr of online video sharing. If you haven’t had a chance to check the service, do so right now. As requested, the following tutorial will assist in download FLV video files from the YouTube video sharing service. The following tutorial assumes that you currently have the Firefox browser, Greasemonkey extension, and VLC media player installed.

  • In order to keep the process as simple as possible, we’re going to let the Greasemonkey extension do the dirty work. If you have not yet installed the Greasemonkey extension, do so now Firefox 1.5 users must download 0.6.4. You’ll need to install the following Greasemonkey userscript in order to continue: YouTube To Me. You will also find a handy userscript for download videos directly from Google Video.
  • Navigate to YouTube.com and locate a video. For this particular tutorial, I am going to download “the Story about Suzuki and the dog“.
  • Once the page has loaded, you should see a red bar towards the top of the page spanning the full width of the browser. In the center of this bar are the words ‘”Save as” to download Flash video’. Right-click on the link and select “Save as…” from the contextual menu.
  • In the save file prompt, you will notice that the file is titled get_video.php. Title the video accordingly and change the extension from PHP to FLV [essential that step]. Select ‘Save’ and the Flash video file will be downloaded to your desktop.
  • While dedicated FLV video players are available, the VLC media player is capable of FLV playback.

The Google Video Getter script provides a similar ‘Save as’ dialogue for downloading Flash videos directly off of Google Video(s).

For additional story tips or requests, feel free to drop a line at tips@uneasysilence.com.


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  • http://noneyet Akash Ali

    hello if u wanna get any you tube videos without any head akes contact me through my email i:D cash4ak@yahoo.com ill be waiting because this method is so easy that you dont need any kingd of extension either come on come on

  • Sara Moharm

    Hi
    I have a problem, Im quite a computer novice in comparison to you guys but when i try to download videos from youtube, when the download save as box comes up i cannot save as flv. file it comes up as get video and a blank unusable document. Does anybody know why this happens?or even better how to change it?also how can i convert the files to put them on my ipod video.
    Thanks!

  • luna

    this stuff is alot of work. Getting youtube vids u like save is a must because youtbue is starting to censor the bloody internet. KeepV.com seems to be working and is VERY easy. PLUS the RED BAR is gone so this whole site instuctions is useless.

  • Johno

    I use vidgrabber.com to get the flv files. Seems to work.

  • Coleision

    Looking for an easier way? I have been using http://MyVideoDownloader.com

    It downloads from MANY sites and then converts to MANY different formats. Pretty easy to use too.

  • Gideon

    Many Thanks!!!!!

  • prateek

    i use ie 7. whenever i try to open the site http://www.youtubex.com my browser colses giving an error. this does not happen with any other page…..plz help

  • http://www.tviki.com TV

    Thank you very much for this usefull information. Is this also possible with firfox 2.0.0.x ?

  • http://blitzsports.net Paul

    I am trying to download tv shows and am having a heck of a time doing it. The shows are at this site: http://www.tv-links.co.uk/show.do/1/2

    I have installed firefox and video downloader extensions but can not get anything to work. I keep getting “open socket” errors.

    Can somebody try to download a show to their system and if they are successfull PLEASE tell me the steps to do it myself?

    Thank you

  • lee

    dude, for some reason when i right click it doesnt show as a get_video.php it just says get video. and when i right click my mouse on the link save as it saves as an html. what am i doing wrong? i downloaded greasemonkey already and downloaded the lastest firefox. i need help badly.

  • http://no tamang

    how to downlaod youtube videos in hard drive i tried it from 6 month before , i recently use Replay Media Catcher but is doesn’t work…. can somebody help me??????????????

  • http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/12/4843/ doom

    thanks

  • Rashidi

    How to download FLV videos from YouTube?

  • MovieLover

    Rashidi, easy.. use ZillaTube.

    Zillatube is quick and fast in downloading youtube videos. Hope this helps…

    By the way, you can grab it at http://www.zillatube.com

  • abc

    which others site rather than http://www.keepvid.com lets u download flv files.,.. n yes sometimes even keepvid doesnt allow u to download flv’s so pls advice

  • M0CK

    Screw paying for anything! Simply go to kissyoutube.com and download the video you want as an FLV format (when you save it, be sure to type “.flv” after the file name)

    After you have the FLV saved to your hdd, you CAN download VLC media player (google it) and play it…. OR, you can convert the FLV into an MPEG,AVI, or SWF with Replay Converter (find the full version using bit torrent, limewire, or whatever site you get your goodies from)

    M0CK

  • m0ck rules

    m0ck you helped me alot

  • kiko man

    w/c is short for which.

  • Daisy

    Use ‘flv downloader’

    It is very easy to download videos from youtube,Google Video, Myspace, Metacafe, Dailymotion, iFilm, Music, eVideoShare, StreetFire, etc. off to your computer’s hard drive free. , and it downloads fast too..

    It works very well for me… http://www.flvsoft.com/download_flv/

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    Nice ! Thanks for this

  • spyder

    Try out the netvideohunter Firefox addon. It can download from any videosite with two clicks.
    http://netvideohunter.com

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