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10 September 2007

Stupid AskMeCha question re YouTube. I am sure there is a way to save videos from YouTube to your HDD, or did I imaginate that?→[More:] Please respond using the following form:

A. Don't be an idiot, you can't do that.
2. You can do that, but I don't know how.
iii. You can do that and here's how: [include details of how, using words of no more than two syllables].
d. What was the question again?

post by: dg at: 00:33 | 10 comments

I use unplug to download then play with media player classic. flv videos work with VLC too, i think.

posted by puke & cry 10 September | 00:41

I should clarify that flv is the extension that flash videos (youtube) save as. There are also websites that let you download youtube stuff, just google "download youtube videos".

posted by puke & cry 10 September | 00:43

If this is about that Britney Spears video . . !

posted by shane 10 September | 00:45

Ha!

No, I am asking on behalf of a work colleague. She is not very technical, so it needs to be something fairly simple. This one seems to fit the bill, but I wonder if anyone has tried anything like it that works easily? She wants to download videos from YouTube for use on an iPod.

posted by dg 10 September | 00:50

If you use Opera just use the VideoDownloader widget.

posted by arse_hat 10 September | 00:51

No Opera - she doesn't have broadband at home, so is doing this via a locked-down PC with IE6 at work.

posted by dg 10 September | 01:01

There's a how to on Wired. The easiest way seems to be with savetube, but I don't know if the FLV files it saves will play directly on an Ipod.

posted by TheophileEscargot 10 September | 01:14

vixy.net is pretty simple.

posted by jessamyn 10 September | 09:23

Sorry, here are instructions

1. GOTO vixy.net
2. PASTE URL in box
3. CHOOSE Win or Mac from pulldown menu
4. CLICK Start button
5. WAIT (and it does take a while)
6. DOWNLOAD [may start automagically, may need to click "Download the converted video"] link

I have had this work most of the time, but when I was just trying it to write these instructions the download worked automatically but when I clicked the link to try it that way I got a weird error.

posted by jessamyn 10 September | 09:30

Thanks everyone - vixy.net looks perfect for her. The hive mind comes to the rescue again!

posted by dg 10 September | 17:26

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