Download Youtube Videos(The Easiest Way)

[Slasher15987]

Ok, I'm gonna show you how to download youtube videos and have the videos downloaded as mp4, so no converting for your zune *YAY*, with only a firefox bookmark. First copy the this:

javascript:if%20(document.getElementById('download-youtube-video')==null%20&&%20!!(document.location.href.match(/http:\/\/[a-zA-Z\.]*youtube\.com\/watch/)))%20{var%20yt_mp4_path='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_id='+swfArgs['video_id']+'&t='+swfArgs['t'];%20var%20div_embed=document.getElementById('watch-embed-div');if(div_embed){var%20div_download=document.createElement('div');div_download.innerHTML='<br%20/>%20<span%20id=\'download-youtube-video\'><a%20href=\''+yt_mp4_path+'\'>Download%20as%20MP4</a>%20'+%20%20((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari')!=-1)?'(control-click%20and%20select%20<i>Download%20linked%20file%20as</i>)':('(right-click%20and%20select%20<i>Save%20'+%20(navigator.appName=='Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer'?'target':'link')%20+'%20as)</i>'))+'</span>';div_embed.appendChild(div_download);}}void(0);

then right-click on your bookmark toolbar and click "New Bookmark". You can name it what you like, such as, "Download YouTube Video". Then paste the text you copied into the location area. Then go to any youtube video. once on a page with the video, click the bookmark you just made, and you should see some text in the video description box the says "Download Video" or the like. This is what it should look like: See attachment
you can either left-click the link(which will download as "video.mp4") or you can right-click the link and click "save link as" (where you can save it as "blahblah.mp4")
after thats done, hit save, and enjoy the video ^_^

[Pachirisu]

This is absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!

I've tested it with all my browsers (IE7, FF3, Chrome and Opera) and it works very well, and the quality is very very nice too.

Thank You for this knowledge!

+rep most definately

[Ultima]

kick ass! +rep

[Slasher15987]

^_^ thanks guys.

Also, if you have the extension "GreaseMonkey" installed for Firefox, you can install this script to have the link to download the video always be there, without clicking the bookmark.
Download YouTube Videos as MP4 for Greasemonkey

[Heyaaronn]

not to be a jerk and just show a better way but theres a way with 2 steps you go to KeepVid: Download and save any video from Youtube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm and more! then past the youtube link in the bar at the top. then just click download high quality mp4

[Pachirisu]

Originally Posted by Heyaaronn

not to be a jerk and just show a better way but theres a way with 2 steps you go to KeepVid: Download and save any video from Youtube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm and more! then past the youtube link in the bar at the top. then just click download high quality mp4

Yes, and an even better downloader is Orbit Downloader (google it, cbf getting link).

The point of this method is that you don't need to download new software or install toolbars, it's just easy and conveniant, and it works with every browser i have tried it with.