Mr. Boxy
|
Currently, Youtube videos are in FLV (Flash Video) format.
Users of Firefox and other Mozilla-based browsers (Konqueror, Epiphany, etc.) have a wide range of add-ons that will download FLVs, but the most popular is Video DownloadHelper. This add-on will ad an icon to your toolbar, with a pull-down list of options that will let you download video from a variety of sites. There is also the Unplug add-on, which will automatically convert and save the video file in different formats, as long as you have the encoders installed.
Internet Explorer users can download Free YouTube Video Downloader, and Opera users can add the Flash Video Downloader widget, both of which which work the same way as Video DownloadHelper. Chrome users can add the YouTube Downloader extension, which adds a simple "download" button below the page's "subscribe" button.
Safari users can download FLVs using the Activities menu. Press "Command-Option-A" to bring up the menu, and look for the largest file underneath the Youtube page listing. This is the video file. Double-click on it, and Safari will save the file to your hard drive.
You may need to add FLV support to your video player. If you are using an older version of Windows, FLVs can be viewed with Media Player Classic or VLC, both of which are available for free. OSX users can download the "SWF and FLV Player" from Apple's Downloads page. Most Linux video players support FLV natively, although if you are still unable to play FLV files you may need to install the LAME video encoder. That's "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder," not an encoder that performs poorly.
Except for the Google extension, all of these options should work with embedded videos, like this one:
 Posted 5396 day ago
|