Download and Keep Youtube Videos

Do you have a favorite youtube video? How about the kids? My three boys love youtube. They are constantly finding new videos to watch and going back and watching their favorites again and again. For Christmas this year all three of my boys received mp3 players. Now they want their favorite videos on the go. So, how do I keep them happy? It took me many hours and countless tries to get it right, so I'm going to share what works.

First you have to find your video. No problem. The kids can usually navigate right to it. Now, to keep it. You need to download a program to do this. There are several out there. There are two that I recommend. You have to go to the websites and download from there. The first is www.keepvid.com . The second is www.youtubedownloaderhd.com. Both of these sites are free! I actually use the second one the most, it's a little easier to use.

Now that you have your program and your video, the rest is easy. First, I want to say that most youtube videos are in .flv format. This works fine on the youtube website, but not so much once you decide to keep the video. The easiest format to keep a video in is .avi. Your program that you downloaded offers the option to keep your video in this format. The youtubedownloaderhd also offers the option to convert your video to .mp4 format which is compatible with ipod. I recommend the .avi format unless you are specifically going to send your video to an ipod. The program also lets you choose the destination folder on your computer so you know where to find the video once you are done. Make sure you choose this before you get started.

Now to keep your video, open your program.

Step 1

Go to the video you want on youtube. Watch the whole video and make sure it's the one you want.

Step 2

Highlight the URL from your web browser.

Step 3

Copy the URL.

Step 4

Go to your program and paste the URL in the box.

Step 5

Click download.

The program downloads the video and converts it to the format you selected. It is stored in the destination folder you chose earlier. Now go to your folder and right click on the video. Make sure it plays in Windows Media Player. If it doesn't delete the video and try again. I have noticed a quirk about all the programs that convert videos. Once you have downloaded and converted your video you have to close the program and reopen it to do another video download. All of them seem to stick and not allow you to download a second video once you have completed the first download. Knowing this when you start can save some frustration when attempting to download several videos in a sitting. Enjoy your videos!