kjg12590 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I would like to put a few YouTube videos in a presentation I am working on. But where it is going to be at doesn't have internet access. So I need to find a good, virus free way to rip and download them. I tried for awhile last night and all Google could come up with were questionable looking sites. The one or two I did try downloaded the audio but no video. Any help/suggestions would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ral Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 The easiest way I know of is to use Firefox plus the Video DownloadHelper add-on found at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I used to have something bookmarked that whenever I was on a YouTube video's page and I wanted to download it, I just clicked on the link in my favorites, and the video automatically began downloading. Unfortunately it stopped working when they started using their shitty new look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Download the newest RealPlayer. It comes with RealPlayer Converter (I think... maybe it's a separate thing?) but it's so easy. Just about any video you can find on the internet outside of copyright protected stuff (ie Daily Show episodes on thedailyshow.com or something like that) is easily downloaded with one click. I used it to make a video for a class. Edit: RealPlayer SP is the version I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 keep-tube.com legit easy no bloatware to download. i use this all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Real Player is a pest and pretty difficult to fully remove from your computer. It doesn't come with any viruses, but it's definitely not recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 if you use safari (on mac, maybe also on pc)... go to the youtube page, start playing the video and pause it (or let it play, doesn't matter). In safari go to Window -> Activity. It helps if youtube is the only window open. find the biggest file (should show how much it has downloaded, so the numbers will be moving). double click and the file will either start downloading or open up in a new window. if it opens in a new window, you probably have to make a link to it, then right click and "save target as". whola! no stupid software needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eriathomas Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 If you use ad-block plus, just play the video and open all the blockable objects. The low quality ones end in .flv, and the high quality ones are .mp4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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