How to download videos from YouTube to pc, tablet, smartphone
I recently downloaded a video from YouTube and thought, what if not all of my readers know how to do this!
At the moment, YouTube is the largest and most popular video hosting service in the world. It provides users with the ability to store and display videos on any topic. But at the same time, the terms of use prohibit downloading content from the site. Today we will look at several quick and convenient ways to download a video from YouTube so that the video you like is always on your computer, tablet or smartphone when the Internet is not available.
Simple Methods to Download from YouTube to Computer
Online services
Among the large number of options, the most affordable way, how to simply download a video from YouTube, is provided by the service ... While on a video hosting site, just insert in the address bar after « www. " and before « youtube " 2 letters - « ss ".
By clicking on this link, you will be taken to the page SaveFrom.net with your video. The service provides several options for saving a file. Optimal among the formats offered here - MP4 720 p... It is reproduced by all devices.
If you have a link to a video from YouTube and you do not need to go to the video hosting itself, you can immediately open the page of this service ru.savefrom.ne t, fill in the “Just insert the link” field and download the desired video.
A similar service is SaveDeo... It also allows you to download YouTube videos for free and simply. On the site savedeo.com, copy the link to the video in the required field and click "download". From the extensions available on the download page - MP4, FLV, 3 GP.
Desktop programs.
If you are an active user of YouTube, then special programs for working with this video hosting will be useful to you. In addition to simply downloading videos, they provide advanced functionality and flexible settings. They make it possible to convert video to AVI, WMV, MP4, MP3 (of different quality), form download queues, download in multiple streams, add files to iTunes, etc.
One of the highest quality free software with which you can download videos from YouTube is FreeYoutubeDownload (dvdvideosoft.com/ru/products/dvd/Free-YouTube-Download.htm) from company DVDVideoSoft.
The program interface is convenient and easy to use. Allows you to easily configure both basic and advanced Free YouTube Download options. One of the main advantages of the functionality is the ability to download complete video collections: YouTube playlists, all videos of a YouTube channel or chart. After installing and running the program, you just need to insert as many links to YouTube videos as you plan to download:
In the top menu item "Service" - "Options" you can configure additional functions: the name of the output file, the desired quality, proxy, and much more. At the bottom of the program window there are download and conversion options:
Unlike the previous program, (freemake.com/ru/free_video_downloader) allows you to download from 10,000 sites and video hosting, including YouTube. Differs in an intuitive interface and lightness.
The program provides the ability to autoload in 1 click. To enable this function, you need to press the "Download in one click" button so that it switches to the "ON" position. To the left of the button will appear settings links for downloading the video. Here you can select the quality, conversion parameters and the location where the file will be saved. Now copy the address of the video on YouTube and paste it into the program window using the "Paste URL" button.
It should be noted that for converting video to Freemake Video Downloader, formats for iPhone, iPad, PSP, Android are provided. Google Drive, Yandex.Disk can be selected as the default folder where files will be saved.
An interesting feature of the program is the parental control function. It allows you to set a password to prohibit downloading from sites "18+".
If you want to know what other program you can download videos from YouTube, then you will be interested in the following options:
- YoutubeDownloaderHD;
- VDownloader;
- 4 KVideoDownloader;
- YTD Video Downloader;
- DownloadMaster;
- VideoGet.
YouTube download extensions for popular browsers
Some of the programs described above, upon installation, offer to integrate their browser extensions, with which you can also download videos from YouTube. Extensions, plugins, addons - these are all synonyms for add-ons built into browsers. Their goal is to complement some specific functionality.
The usability of YouTube video download plugins is obvious. During installation, most browser extensions add an additional Download or Download button to the video hosting interface. Then you can download instantly without leaving the video page. This significant plus compensates for some scarcity of the functionality of add-ons in comparison with similar programs. Let's take a look at some of the commonly used plugins. All of them are installed from the official online stores of the respective browser extensions for free.
Opera
YoutubeDownloader- an extension that allows you to download videos from YouTube through the Opera browser.
Provides the ability to select the format and quality of the video when you press the download button.
MozillaFirefox
VideoDownloadHelper Is one of the most popular Firefox extensions. Allows you to download to your computer video, audio files and graphic images from the pages of any sites.
After installing the extension, the Video DownloadHelper add-on icon will appear on the YouTube page to the left of the video address bar. It looks like three colored balls or molecules. By clicking on the arrow button to the right of the icon, you can open the menu. It will sequentially present lists of video sizes and formats, as well as acceptable actions, including conversion.
GoogleChrome
As you can see, it is easy to work with video hosting in other browsers. But the task of how to download a video from YouTube in Chrome is somewhat more difficult. Not so long ago, Google Chrome banned enlargement to download video content from YouTube. But there are several ways to get around these restrictions. This will require the extension SaveFrom.net helper (SaveFrom.nethelper). This is a popular plugin from the service of the same name, which was mentioned at the beginning of the article. The add-on was originally created to download music and videos from the Internet for all common browsers - Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome. But, as already mentioned, the latter is no longer interested in working with such plugins.
- On YouTube, under each video, a download button is added and the ability to choose the format and quality of the video is provided.
Apps to download from YouTube on Android
In order to download YouTube videos to a smartphone or tablet, there are also special applications.
TubeMate(tubemate.net) is another popular program that allows you to download YouTube videos to your tablet or mobile phone. The application interface is similar to the mobile version of the YouTube website. In terms of functionality, it is similar to Videoder, but differs in that it allows you to download videos from other sites.
WatchLater ( watch-later.com ) - the latest utility for downloading videos from YouTube for Android OS today. Like Tube Mate, its interface mimics the mobile version of video hosting.
The video download menu allows you to select the format and quality of the video. Downloading mp3 files is also available. The Watch Later extension has its own built-in player that can be enabled in the settings. There it is also possible to install folders with files and select the add-on language.
Apple owners are a little less fortunate in this regard. Apps for downloading YouTube videos are systematically removed from the App Store. Therefore, how to download from YouTube to iPhone or iPad is a topic for a separate article.
And that's all for today. You have seen the most common methods of downloading YouTube videos - both to your computer and mobile devices. Choose the method you like to watch your favorite videos at any time offline.
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