YouTube lacks a lot of useful features that are available in other online video sites: a way to download videos, feeds for a user's favorite videos or for the comments of a video. So you can't download your favorite videos, or at least not directly from YouTube.
First you need a feed for your favorite videos and you can obtain one from
this site, which uses YouTube's API. Unfortunately, the feed only includes the most recent 10 videos. Other similar feed generators:
Referd,
Veille Perso.
To download all the videos from your feed, you can use
Miro, an open-source and cross-platform video player formerly known as Democracy Player. After you install Miro, go to Channels > Add Channel and enter the feed. Make sure you select "auto download all" and set the expire interval to "never" in the settings.
You can also download the recent videos from a playlist in a similar way. Although this is not a great solution if you already have a lot of bookmarked videos, at least you can automatically download all the videos you'll add to favorites from now on.
The format of the videos is FLV and you can play them using Miro,
VLC and other players or
convert them to other formats.
Labels: InOut, Tips, YouTube
said on July 23, 2007 10:57 PM PDT:
Or, from
http://www.youtube.com/rssls ...
Tags:
For example, if you wanted to create an RSS feed for the tag "monkey," you would enter: feed://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/monkey.rss
Users:
feed://www.youtube.com/rss/user/[insert username here]/videos.rss
For example, if you wanted to create an RSS feed for the user "YouTube," you would enter: feed://www.youtube.com/rss/user/youtube/videos.rss
(http:// works in place of feed:// for Miro, the user feeds contain more than 10 entries but not necessarily all clips from larger collections)
If you're a Firefox user and have the greasemonkey extension you can also use my greasemonkey script to download videos - which is available here:
Download videos.
The script adds a download link underneath the video description. Simply right click and save as.
YouTube doesn't offer a feed for the list of your favorite videos, just for the uploaded videos. While there are many ways to download individual YouTube videos, Miro lets you download all the videos from the feed.
Nick said on July 24, 2007 5:14 AM PDT:
all this is totally pointless.
just get downloadhelper for firefox.
it lets you
1. download embedded videos
2. download embedded songs
so onto of having all ur favorite songs, you can go to like www.projectplaylist.com and stream the music and download it for free. illegal yes, but who cares?
@{aaron, nick}
Probably the post and my comment weren't clear enough. Anyway, your ideas are not very useful.
Phil13 said on July 24, 2007 6:01 AM PDT:
The firefox add on 'download helper' is a lot quicker and easier to use-you just need to download real player of flv player to play them
Alternatively you could get 'Freez software' that converts them in to avi, wmv and mpeg.
I have write a similar post,
in Italian, about Miro/Youtube. But can I use Miro to see youtube video without download every time?
There's no preview feature in Miro, so you have to download each video before playing it (a YouTube video has around 10-20 MB). It would be nice if Miro played partially-downloaded videos.
said on July 24, 2007 2:40 PM PDT:
You're using a cannon to kill a mouse.
Clear your cache then play the video on youtube. Assuming your using the firefox browser, when the video is done just type "about:cache" in the browser address window. Pick the bottom link on the about cache page (there are only two links there). Look for the large file with the fiename that includes "getvideo" and click on that link to download. Stick .flv at the end of the file named "get video" after downloading is done and play in GOM or videolan or a million other free media players players.
OR...even...easier install the new version of real player (11?) which will automatically download video files for you with one click.
It's extremely difficult to understand that I don't want to download a single video (there are many ways to do that and hundreds of sites, extensions, Greasemonkey scripts, bookmarklets, apps). I want to have an offline version of all the videos
I added to favorites in YouTube. Lets say I have 30 videos in "
My Facorites". I don't want to go to each video and manually download it.
The solution described in this post lets you download the most recent 10 videos from the favorites and all the videos that are added to favorites from now on. If you have a better idea, post it here.
But please note that this post is titled "Download
Your Favorite YouTube Videos" and not "Download YouTube Videos".
Michael said on July 27, 2007 7:54 AM PDT:
I think www.vixy.net is just easier.
Another online FLV to AVI converter is
Flvix, but I think it's more efficient to download the FLV file and convert it to AVI locally (FLV files are much smaller).
Prince said on July 30, 2007 11:54 PM PDT:
Download youtube videos direct to your PC, iPod, PSP, iPhone, Mobile, Mac..etc for free.. Its fast
Check http://vConvert.net
Convert to more popular format like .WMV .MOV, .MP4, .3GP, .MP3 etc
said on August 2, 2007 4:16 AM PDT:
>>>>>>> ZillaTube simply works! <<<
I like "Zillatube". Very quick to download from youtube. It's a breeze to play and also changing them to windows video!
by the way, zillatube can be found at http://www.zillatube.com
Hope this can help you much :)
said on August 15, 2007 6:35 AM PDT:
Hi
We have set up a free to join website called www.booyippee.com.
The site is dedicated to helping people with a genuine talent.
I personally would love you to join and help us make BooYippee the biggest and best place to view and find genuine talent.
We will be introducing lots of new features as the site grows.
Hope to see you there.
Good Luck,
Pete
Leorick said on August 31, 2007 10:22 AM PDT:
You may try this (for firefox). If you have just seen the youtube video, that mean the flv is in you cache. To download it again may take awhile. Try to look the latest large file in "C:\Documents and Settings\WIN_USER\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\8_CHARS_RANDOM.default\Cache"
It should be something like this "1EF4DDD9d01" with some MB of size. Sort it by date descending. Copy it somewhere (desktop maybe) and add an extension to it so it become "1EF4DDD9d01.flv". Now try to run it with your favorite player. I hope this may help.
said on September 12, 2007 3:10 PM PDT:
Here is a nice site where you can search, watch and download any YouTube video.
http://www.ilikeyoutube.com/
Enjoy.
victor said on September 15, 2007 5:16 AM PDT:
Fratilor, ce se intimpla ? Nu mai pot deloc salva clipuri de pe YouTube ! Pina acum vreo doua luni mergea, dar de atunci Video Downloader 2.0 nu mai vrea ! Imi da : "ERRor. URL is not valid", orice clip as vrea sa-l copiez. Ce se intimpla?
chester said on September 30, 2007 11:37 AM PDT:
Try VideoGet. It downloads from YouTube and other 150+ video websites. And convert them into MP3, WMV, AVI, MPG, 3GP, MP4, etc
http://nuclear-coffee.com/php/products.php?id=VideoGet
I used youtube downloader to keep my video what should i use to download videos from - metello.it -
i use mozilla firefox and downloadhelper addons to download video from youtube, veoh, dailymotion, metacafe, its perfectly save, no adware and spyware that could harm your computer and it proves to be the faster beside other website youtube downloader try this tutorial:
http://helpmyinternet.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-download-video-from-youtube.html
j said on October 23, 2007 1:48 PM PDT:
@{nick, anonymous, et al}
"You're using a cannon to kill a mouse."
No, he's using a video-enabled RSS reader to automatically download all of the videos in a feed, whereas the the many point-missers in this thread are suggesting how to download a single video.
It's as if he's described a photocopier and you're all posting about whether you prefer a number two pencil, a pen, or a typewriter.
I used this to point Miro to a Google Video RSS feed of all Google Tech Talks, and now I'm downloading hours of video with a minute's effort. Great tip.
said on November 5, 2007 12:00 PM PDT:
I find this website easier to use.
www.saveit.eu.tt
Jack said on November 5, 2007 10:26 PM PDT:
Yes I use E.M. Youtube video download tool all the time .
and i feel it's really easy to use and download ,convert video fastly and high quality .
download it from
http://www.effectmatrix.com/Youtube_video_download_tool/index.htm
said on November 6, 2007 4:30 AM PDT:
i used to visit vixy for downloading and converting my movies but it doesnt work anymore. http://www.convertmovies.org/ is one of the best tool i have found for youtube video conversion, because it's free..
said on November 25, 2007 5:35 PM PDT:
to save Youtube videos i prefer use
http://www.down-tube.com is most fast and simple
patriceg said on December 16, 2007 12:01 PM PDT:
Here is a site you can search, view and download YouTube video to you PC.
http://www.ilikeyoutube.com/
Enjoy!
patrick said on December 23, 2007 9:44 PM PDT:
You can just use 'flv downloader' - it is very easy to use. It allows you to download, and watch the videos. (and more), just google search it.
said on January 20, 2008 11:33 AM PDT:
Thanks alot for this and people should learn to read THIS IS NOT A SINGLE YOUTUBE VIDEO DOWNLOADER if you need that there are a million ways to do it. This as easy wherever I am on a computer with internet I can browse the youtube site and add a video of my choice to my favorits in youtube. This video will then be automatic downloaded at my home pc. Perfect way to do this.
An Open Letter to the Movie Moguls
It is too bad you movie moguls lose money every time someone illegally downloads a movie. Wow. I realize that it costs you a freakin' fortune, especially considering that millions and millions and MILLIONS of movies are illegaly downloaded every year, and that you are NEVER PAID for these losses. It is also a shame that Tom Cruise will make only $362 million this year instead of $425 million, all because of illegal downloading. (Who will cry for the Scientologists?) Once in awhile when I see one of your commercials, I actually feel bad about it.
Then I think about that incompetent design engineer you hired to design the cases for your DVD movies. This guy wasn't smart enough to devise a way for consumers to slide their fingers under the DVD and pluck it easily from the case (although my seven year old grandaughter could have designed it).
No, we must first get the wrapping off (30 minutes with a sharp instrument). Then we must remove the sealing tape from around three edges of the DVD case. Not one, not two, count 'em --THREE edges! What's the matter, afraid someone's going to steal the Goddamned thing?
Finally, we have to try to pry the disk out of the ridiculous case, bending the entire assembly into shapes for which it was never designed. ("Designed?" Sorry, poor choice of word.) Still, it is almost impossible to get our fingers under the disk to remove it. Great work, lads. (That was sarcasm. You've probably run across it in some old movies.)
Here's a suggestion:
Shouldn't you hide something with razor sharp edges under the DVD to slice up our fingertips as we try to remove the desk from the case? That would be consistent with your design theories, plus it would further punish the people who buy your movies, since you cannot punish the people who steal them.
Once we finally have the thing out of the package and in our players, we are forced to watch many, many minutes of your whining about people taking food off your tables (and Bentleys out of your garages) by illegally downloading movies.
You know, I think about you movie moguls a lot. I think about how many people are ripping you off. Wow. Night and day. Day and night. All day long. Every day of the year. Those losses must REALLY ADD UP!
It's like a horrible vision of some huge money pump relentlessly flushing YOUR dollars (millions and millions of them!) right into the sewer. Like a nightmare, really. So MUCH money! Awww, man!
During these times, I also think about your DVD packaging, and you know what? Fuck off.
T.
---------------------------------
Ted A. Thompson
http://phfft.blogspot.com
James said on February 3, 2008 10:42 PM PDT:
I choose PQ FLV Downloader. It can automatically detecting the url of youtube video played on your browser, and one-click to download.
It's much more convenience. I believe it can help you.
Download from here:
http://www.pqdvd.com/download-youtube-videos-tool.html
said on March 12, 2008 8:56 AM PDT:
I would like to suggest also http://www.tubedownloader.info
It is a free online tool so you don't have to download and install any software on your computer. On the site you can find also detailed instructions and a video-tutorial.
