how can we download youtube videos???  

well Vijay, 1. videodownloadx.com doesn’t have a lot of options, but it’s simple, and it works. It also enables you to share the YouTube video with your friends via e-mail. Unfortunately, all the files are called get_video, and you have to add the .flv extension manually.

videodownloadx.co m

2. KeepVid is another simple site. No hassle, works not only for YouTube movies but for a number of other sites, including Google Video, MySpace Video, DailyMotion and others. Again, you have to add the .flv extension by hand.

keepvid.com

3. VideoDownloader is very similar to KeepVid, but supports even more video sharing sites, and it’s also available as a Firefox extension. Just like with KeepVid, all downloads are in .flv format. We recommend MediaCoder for free conversion.

javimoya.com/bl og/youtube_en.php

4. YouTube Downloads takes the cake in the longest domain name contest. It also separates itself by using a proxy for downloading videos, which means that you might be able to get videos even if YouTube access is blocked at your workplace or in the country you live. Just search Google for YouTube videos, and copy/paste the URL into YouTube Downloads.

www.downloadands aveyoutubevideos.info

Answered by Uttam at 8:27 PM on May 22, 2008

Hi there,

1. videodownloadx.com doesn’t have a lot of options, but it’s simple, and it works. It also enables you to share the YouTube video with your friends via e-mail. Unfortunately, all the files are called get_video, and you have to add the .flv extension manually.

videodownloadx.co m

2. KeepVid is another simple site. No hassle, works not only for YouTube movies but for a number of other sites, including Google Video, MySpace Video, DailyMotion and others. Again, you have to add the .flv extension by hand.

keepvid.com

3. VideoDownloader is very similar to KeepVid, but supports even more video sharing sites, and it’s also available as a Firefox extension. Just like with KeepVid, all downloads are in .flv format. We recommend MediaCoder for free conversion.

javimoya.com/bl og/youtube_en.php

4. YouTube Downloads takes the cake in the longest domain name contest. It also separates itself by using a proxy for downloading videos, which means that you might be able to get videos even if YouTube access is blocked at your workplace or in the country you live. Just search Google for YouTube videos, and copy/paste the URL into YouTube Downloads.

www.downloadands aveyoutubevideos.info

5. Zamzar is an online file format conversion site which can do a lot more than just converting YouTube videos to another format and downloading them to your hard drive, but it’s doing a great job so we had to include it here. Thoroughly tested by us and highly recommended. See the video of it in action here.
www.zamzar.com

source :

http://mashable.com/2007/0 5/05/download-youtube-video/

Answered by Reeta K at 5:29 PM on May 22, 2008

hi vijay YouTube uses Flash video to playback movies on their site. In addition to being universally supported on most computers, one of the many benefits of using Flash from a publishers standpoint is making it harder for people to download the movies. It's not impossible and depending on how the Flash movies are played, you can sometimes simply dig in your Temp directory for the file because the server actually downloads the entire movie to your computer during playback.

For YouTube movies, it's easier to let someone else do all the hard work of locating the file. My favorite solution for downloading YouTube movies is a Website called KeepVid, which locates downloads from a handful of Internet sites. It's one of the few sites I bother bookmarking.

If you find a YouTube video you like, copy the URL to the page the video is on, paste it into the KeepVid download look up, choose YouTube from the list of sites and click the Download button.
KeepVid will find the download link and provide instructions on how to download it.



Follow the directions and you're almost done.

YouTube uses the FLV Flash format, which isn't immediately playable. You also need an app to play it back. Windows users will want to grab a copy of FLV Player to watch the files on your computer. A better option is the shareware app SWF.max, which shows thumbnails of the movies and adds a number of features to control playback.


this is taken from source http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_ja ke/20060520_how_to_download_movies_ from_youtube.html

Answered by laks at 3:12 PM on May 22, 2008

you should have Greasemonkey extension install in your Firefox browser

Once your have Firefox and Greasemonkey installed, just one more last step and you can download Youtube Video:-
- restart your Firefox browser
- right click on the link below and choose “Install this user script”

* Youtube to me

- Once you see the script installed successfully message, you now can start download youtube video!

Answered by Ashish Yadav at 1:55 PM on May 22, 2008

well;
it's strange that none of the video sharing sites provide a simple one-click button to download videos. So we will have to take the help of easy workarounds to download the videos. Here are three different ways to download any video from the internet though internally, they employ the same hack (Right-click -> "Save Target As" OR copy the link into your download manager. but change the file extension to .flv)

Approach 1: The easiest way is to copy your video URL and paste it on KeepVid Lite. When you click submit, you will be provided with a link to save the video as an FLV file.

Approach 2: Bookmark this Link or drag it your browser links toolbar. When you want to download a certain video, open the link in your browser and click the KeepVid button.

Approach 3: For Firefox Users - Install the VideoDownloader Extension from Mozilla Addons website - It downloads all embedded objects on a webpage including the video clips.

Answered by kishore at 7:31 AM on May 22, 2008

To download YouTube videos directly to your computer, refer these sites:

javimoya.com/blog/youtube _en.php

www.kissyoutube.com

Y ou just have to copy the address of the YouTube video you're watching or like to download, and paste it in the provided box in these sites and click Go/Download. That's it. Remember the downloaded video will be in *.flv (Flash Video) format which requires FLV media players such as Applian's one. Refer here to download: www.applian.com/flvplayer/

That' s it! In case, if you're using FireFox browser, there is a add-on available to download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion,... and other 60+ video sites! And even all the embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc) can be downloaded Directly with the click of a button. Get it from here:

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/f irefox/addon/2390

Answered by A.R.Karthick at 5:38 PM on May 21, 2008

there are literally dozens of tools for downloading videos from YouTube and/or converting those YouTube videos to some format other than .flv. It’s hard to pick the best one, as they all have pluses and minuses. Thus, we’ve chosen 23 YouTube downloader tools we’ve found to be actually working. Here they are, categorized according to the platform they work on:
Web based

KeepVid is another simple site. No hassle, works not only for YouTube movies but for a number of other sites, including Google Video, MySpace Video, DailyMotion and others. Again, you have to add the .flv extension by hand.

keepvid.com

YouTub e Downloads takes the cake in the longest domain name contest. It also separates itself by using a proxy for downloading videos, which means that you might be able to get videos even if YouTube access is blocked at your workplace or in the country you live. Just search Google for YouTube videos, and copy/paste the URL into YouTube Downloads.

www.downloadands aveyoutubevideos.info

Zamza r is an online file format conversion site which can do a lot more than just converting YouTube videos to another format and downloading them to your hard drive, but it’s doing a great job so we had to include it here. Thoroughly tested by us and highly recommended. See the video of it in action here.
www.zamzar.com

The best one is "YouTube Downloader Version 2.1.6".

It's software that allows you to download videos from YouTube and many others and convert them to other video formats.
The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok button!

Answered by Sharad Singh at 5:32 PM on May 21, 2008

Hi Vijay, YouTube Downloader is a free application that will download videos from YouTube and save them as Avi or Mpeg files to your computer. YouTube Downloader allows you to easily grab and save desired youtube video. Simply paste the URL of a video into the program.

Answered by Deepak at 5:30 PM on May 21, 2008

To download a video to your computer, enter the YouTube URL for the video in the box of this site.The site address is http://www.techcrunch.com/get- youtube-movie/
It will be downloaded in flv format - use VLC or another compatible player to view it.

Answered by Nagendra at 5:24 PM on May 21, 2008

hi vijay :-

if you have real player 11 beta version you will get download option in youtube.this is the easy way to download youtube videos.


just download real player 11 beta version.

Answered by shepherd at 5:15 PM on May 21, 2008