How to Download Videos from Youtube

Here is the most easiest way to download videos from Youtube and convert it into other formats.Most of the sites give you some confusing way to download videos from Youtube, but here is an easy way.Here is step-by-step guide to download videos from Youtube.

 

STEP-1. DOWNLOADING THE VIDEO FROM YOUTUBE

Basically the video that you want to download from Youtube will be in the .flv format. So first, when you download videos from Youtube, it will be saved in .flv format. 

Once you get the video URL,  you can use any one of the following sites/plugins to download Youtube videos .

• Download Youtube Videos - Download Youtube Videos is one of the most widely site to download videos from Youtube in the .flv format. Here you’ll see a box to enter the download URL. Just enter the URL here and click on download to save the video.
• KissYouTube - KissYouTube offers an easiest way to download videos from Youtube. Just visit the site and you’ll find a box to enter the video URL. In this box enter the URL of the video you want to download and click on GO. Next you will see a Download Button. Click on the download button and save the Youtube video with the extension as .flv .
•  Download Helper - Download Helper is an excellent firefox plugin to download videos from Youtube.
• My Video Downloader - MyVideo Downloader will Download and convert videos from many sites, not just YouTube.

 

STEP-2. CONVERTING THE YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM .FLV TO OTHER FORMATS

Once you download the video ,you can use any of the freely available/commercial video conversion softwares. But here in this tutorial I prefer SUPER Video Converter to convert the downloaded Youtube video. SUPER is a freeware and supports a variety of formats. The speciality of this video converter is that it supports almost all the formats. Once you convert the Youtube downloaded video to MPEG format you’ll be able to play it withWindows Media Player.