The extension adds a download button to the browser when on YouTube that you just need to select to download. The extension is free but if you want HD downloads you will need to pay a premium. TIP: this can be hard to see because this windows will not resize, so just right click over the ‘Location’ and choose copy, it should get the right link.Easy Youtube Video Downloader Express – FirefoxĮasy Youtube Video Downloader Express is a decent Firefox browser extension that plays nicely with YouTube and can convert files with ease.Check your Downloads for a new videoplayback.mp4 Window.
Simply click on the Save or Download button to grab the video. 
The video should start playing – from this screen there should be a download option. Open your favorite web browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc) and paste the copied download link in the address bar and hit Enter. It’s basically the download link and you need to copy it. It’ll open the Current Media Information window that’ll show codec information. You can now watch the video just like in youtube, only NO ADS!. 
The video should start playing in VLC now (if it does NOT play, update your VLC client – see note above). Open VLC > Media > Open Network Stream…. Copy the URL of the video you want to watch in VLC (right-click on the video > copy video URL). Download the latest version of VLC (or open VLC > Help > Check for Updates…). How to download and convert youtube videos to. So, if the following guide does not work – update your VLC client to the latest version. So far VLC is always updating their app to address these changes. NOTE: YouTube (i.e., Google) doesn’t like anyone accessing their content outside of their purview so they periodically make changes that break VLCs offline streaming capabilities. One of those cool features is the ability to watch youtube videos without commercials, plus you can convert & download that video for your private library. Most of us use it to simply watch videos or stream audio files, but actually the VLC media player packs a wide range of features. # 2) VLC on the other hand is one of the most popular and trusted media players in the world and has been around for many years and it’s free and open source. If you do use one of these HTML based converters – do it on a Linux based device or on a Windows based virtual machine (so you can use snapshot to roll back to a clean state). # 1) Although these are easy when they work, unfortunately the browser based converters should probably be avoided as they have been repeatedly flagged as infected with Malware (i.e. Use a HTML based converter like, , video.download. There are two ways to download youtube videos: In order to download a youtube video it has to be converted first from a streaming format into an offline (.mp4) format. I like to download video’s off youtube that I think are important, for posterity.
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