Copy Clips from YOu Tube

[Oscarfabricant]

I would like some help in any software that is available free to download to enaable me to copy some clips from You tube to my hard drive or an external drive.

Oscar

[RicheemxX]

FireFox YouTube Downloaders

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...eo-downl-10137

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...downloadhelper

[Taxmancometh]

Video DownloadHelper is a huge hog and way over bloated. I just use unplug https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/unplug/

[Oscarfabricant]

Thanks for your reply- can you give some instructions of how to use this programme once I have downloaded it. I aint very good with computers an that

Oscar

[tony_j15]

I use Keepvid It runs through a website, so you'll only need to bookmark the page. Just find your YT video, copy the link into KeepVid's site, and it will give you a list of versions available. The files can be played using Windows Media Player or Quicktime (or 3rd party media app of your choice).

[ShyguyXPC]

Nice find Tony, Bookmarked that, should be almost handier than the FF plugins, seeing as the latest version of FF 5.0 made many plugins in previous version null and void, at least until their updated finally.

this bypasses that annoyance by not needing a specific compatible plugin to do the same.

Gonna give it a try on some vids and see how it works.

[ShyguyXPC]

Yep, works perfectly, just used the YT video I posted in the Favorite YT, Google etc Thread, downloaded as a 1080p video as well, tested it, looks good on my end.

Finally SOMETHING that actually works for downloading and converting YT videos.

[AW10]

The freeware below is the best YouTube downloader so far. It can download charts, channels, playlists, shows, favorites and lot of other things.

Free YouTube Download: Download Manager - YouTube Downloader

[Taxmancometh]

If you are ever interested in just audio. Convert YouTube to MP3, Get MP3 from YouTube video, FLV to MP3, extract audio from YouTube, YouTube MP3 - ListenToYouTube.com

[ShyguyXPC]

The link Tony provided also can do audio, saves the streams as a MP3 only if so desired.

[Taxmancometh]

I knew about keepvid, but did not know it did audio too.

[Oscarfabricant]

I would like to thank all the colleagues/experts who posted replies to my original query on saving Clips from You tube. I would like to say a specail thank you to Tony for his very helpful straightforward and practical link to Keep Vid. I tried to copy something that I have always wanted to copy and it worked "perfick! !! Thanks again all and of course Tony again.

Oscar

[ShyguyXPC]

Tried the MP3 conversion/download on KeepVid, and seems the Audio conversion is pretty horribly low.

Several clearly 128k or 320k Bit rate videos as far as audio goes, and they downloaded at 8k and 54k Audio.

So might want to try something else for MP3/Audio clips instead of KeepVid for the time being, unless they upgrade the Conversion so its better audio.

[Oscarfabricant]

I tried to download summit- short clip and the Keepvid website said unable to download this you require Freecoder 5. What is this ? How do you use it once it has been downlaoded ?

Oscar

[Taxmancometh]

Well apparently they want you to download their application. Freecorder 5 - Free Video Downloader

[ShyguyXPC]

Are you Sure you clicked the right download button?

You might of clicked the Wrong Download Button. Its not the BIG Green DOWNLOAD button, that is for the advertisement ad thats on the page.

You put the URL of the Video in the box for the URL Address, and then click the Download Button NEXT to the Box (small gray and black text says Download)

[Oscarfabricant]

Well Taxman, what is Freecorder anyway apart from saying it is there application which is quite obvious- and how is it different and how is it used ? see my original post for reference -and thanks Shyguy I did click the right download bar on Keepvid- thanks for the reminder though- useful advice and the two downloads can easily be confused