Download Any YouTube Video the Easy Way
When you come across a funny cat video that you “must-have” on YouTube, there are several different services or extensions you can use.
Update: The extensions in this article are no longer available. YouTube video downloading extensions come and go. But if you search the extension store for your browser you can usually find other ones. Some have more options than others but most get the job done and will download the video as an FLV or MP4 file you can play with VLC. You can also use third-party sites like GetVideo.
When you come across a funny cat video that you “must-have” on YouTube, there are several different services or extensions you can use. Today I’ll show you the easiest way I’ve found for Firefox or Google Chrome.
Download and install Easy YouTube Video Downloader for either Firefox or Google Chrome or both if you use them. (Download Links Below)
After installing the Easy YouTube Video Downloader extension, start browsing YouTube. I’m not really into cat videos – but retro gaming videos are cool. On Firefox, you’ll find a download button below each video.
Click the button and select the file type you want. It offers several format choices like MP4, AAC, Flash or MP3 for audio only – which is cool if you’re watching a bootleg concert and just want the audio.
On Google Chrome, while watching the YouTube video, click the arrow icon on the toolbar and select the file type you want to download.
It’s that easy! The Firefox version is my favorite because it puts the download button under every video. But the Chrome version works easy too.
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Chris
Are there few more like these, which one is the Best ;-)
John
Didn’t work for me on Firefox 11/Win7 platform. Too bad. It looks interesting
Brian Burgess
@ Chris: Yes there are hundreds of ways out there to download YouTube videos. I just found this method the easiest.
Our Austin Krause wrote up another utility called Dripy that you might want to try.
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/freeware/how-to-download-any-youtube-song-or-video-with-dirpy-review/
@John: It should work fine. I am running it on my Firefoxx 11 Windows 7 64-bit system. Perhaps there is another FF extension that is conflicting with it?
Before I started using this method. I used another extension called Download Helper. It also has a lot of options. If you’re using IE there are several out there for it as well.
http://www.downloadhelper.net/
G
If you don’t want to install anything, there are sites like keepvid.com where you can paste the URL of the video to download it in the desired format.
Ryan
Cool article and is there a utility for Internet Explorer that can download Youtube videos the easy way?
Paul Hogan
Internet Download Manager works well for any download from anywhere.
Ryan
Thanks for the reply so how do i download a Youtube video using the Internet Download Manager after logging into Youtube?
Paul Hogan
If you open a video on YouTube, IDM automatically shows up just above the video. All you have to do is to select the quality of the video you would like to download. In fact IDM will pop up for you to download a video from any sit that has videos. You can set IDM to work in just the way you want it to. I am not an expert in any of this, and this is why I like it, it is so simple to use.
Ryan
Thanks for the reply now i understand how to download a YT video if you are using Internet Explorer.
THanks!!
Gilberto Medina
Thank you Brian, I installed and enabled the extension in Chrome but the the arrow icon on the toolbar is not showing up. What am I doing wrong?….Thanks, Gilberto Medina
Don Ebberts
I am having the same problem as Gilberto Medina. I installed it and it is showing as enabled in my extension list but it does not show on the toolbar.
froma
i am unable to download flash movies clips from freeones.frankly.
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Yes this is a great extension but only for PC users as there is no option to add any extension in Mobile browser or the add on can help for that but they show lots of ads
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