One of the most desired software out there right now, undoubtedly, are streaming video downloaders. Why? Because of websites like Youtube (duh! =P). In fact, here on dotTech I have covered quite a few of them in the past, including TubeMaster++, WebVideoCap, VideoCacheView, URL Snooper2, and others I can’t remember right now. So, what would you say if I told you forget all these programs; you can use a simple bookmarklet to download Youtube (and videos from other websites depending on which bookmarklet you use) videos? Locutus has already discussed one in his post on Youtubian; I will introduce you to three more. (Read up on bookmarklets on Wikipedia if you don’t know what a bookmarklet is.)
KeepVid.com “Keep It!” Bookmarklet
Hit the 'Download FLV' button. In the dialog box that appears, select a location for the file on your hard drive and change the name in the 'Name' field. Hit the 'Save' button. The file will download to. This video downloader is working awesome with a high resolution downloading facility, it has a great option that provides high resolution of the videos,that is so great,if we can download the youtube videos from other softwares we could not get good resolution as wondershare providing, thank you so much for wonderful software you have made.
KeepVid.com is a website that allows users to download online streaming videos. While the website itself does not specifically define which video streaming websites it supports, rumor has it that KeepVid.com supports most popular video hosting websites. I personally have tested it on Youtube.com and it works fine for it.
Given the popularity of KeepVid.com, the owner(s) of the website have created a simple bookmarklet that can be used whenever a user wants to download a video. Whenever you want to download a video, simply go to the page where the video resides (for example, load the video on Youtube.com) and click on the bookmarklet. Once you click on the bookmarklet, you are redirected to KeepVid.com and given download links to download the video in question:
The one particular advantage of using this KeepVid.com bookmarklet is that not only are you given the choice of downloading Youtube videos in FLV and MP4, but – if available – you can also chose between what quality (360p, 480p, 720p, etc.) you desire. The disadvantage of using this KeepVid.com bookmarklet is that you get redirected to KeepVid.com whenever you want to download a video.
To get the KeepVid.com bookmarklet, either visit the homepage and add it, or drag this to your links/bookmarks toolbar.
All-In-One Video Bookmarklet
The All-In-One Video Bookmarklet is a short script written by 1024k.de that allows users to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe, Myspace, Break.com, Putfile, Dailymotion, Sevenload, MyVideo.de and Clipfish.de. I tested it on Youtube and it works just fine.
Like with the KeepVid.com bookmarklet, whenever you want to download a video, go to the page where the video resides (like Youtube.com), and click on the All-In-One Video Bookmarklet. After you have clicked on the bookmarklet, you will be given links to download the video:
While you are given the ability to download videos from Youtube in FLV or MP4, you are not given the option to select the quality of them. As per my tests, the low quality versions of videos are downloaded. On the brightside, unlike KeepVid.com, you are not redirected to another page with All-In-One Video Bookmarklet; rather, a JavaScript script is called.
Since the name “All-In-One Video Bookmarklet” is really long, keep in mind you can always manually rename the bookmarklet (right click on it, select “Properties”, and change the name).
To get the All-In-One Video Bookmarklet, either visit the homepage and add it, or drag 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Leawo Free YouTube Downloader is a free FLV Downloader which can fast download and convert YouTube videos and other FLV videos from YouTube or many other sites like Google video, Myspace, etc. It is also regarded as a video accelerator to facilitate online video enjoyment with a super-fast video loading function. Besides working as a video download accelerator, this free YouTube downloader also works as an IE browser, FLV player, FLV manager and converter as well. Thus you are capable of searching videos from YouTube and other sites, play online videos smoothly, download videos at accelerated speed, convert and manage the downloaded YouTube videos in line with your needs.
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Step 1Locate source online video
Download and launch Leawo Free YouTube Downloader, enter the target video URL in address bar or type a keyword to search the related videos on Google, YouTube, Yahoo, MySpace, AOL and MegaVideo via the search box besides the address bar.
Step 2Experience the fast video loading and playback
With the help of IE browser, you can navigate to the video playback page easily. Choose a video to play and enjoy the faster video data streaming and playback powered by our unique video acceleration technology.
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1. A monitor message prompts from the right bottom corner of the screen will remind users that a specific video has been found, you can choose 'Save as' to download now or close this prompt dialog.
2. All the videos you have browsed will be recorded in the sidebar located on the very left, check one or all of them to download to category or folder.
Step 3Download and convert FLV videos
Click Save as to download online video or convert online video to other formats as you like. If you just want to download target videos, check Original Format and click the convert button. Otherwise check the option beneath Original Format option and click the frame to choose output format you desire.
More advanced parameter settings are provided, open the 'Settings' interface to make detail settings for output audio and video, such as audio and video codec, quality, bit rate, video frame rate, video size, audio sample rate, etc.
Step 4View the downloading status
After clicking convert button, you’ll be directed to the Convert panel, where you can check the downloading status and perform the after-done actions like Delete, Convert, Burn (Leawo DVD Creator, Leawo Blu-ray Creator will be invoked), Play (play with your default system media player) and Open for the downloaded videos.
Step 5Preview video in the built-in FLV player
Click 'Video' tab to enter into the video manage panel, here you will see the video you watched will be presented on the left list either by time or by category. Select one and watch the selected video in the built-in FLV player on the right part, its info including video title, file size, URL and length are all visible.
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Click 'Settings' icon to have more setting options regarding General, Auto Recording and Connection & Sound. Under General, download max task, interval time, retry count, the previewing FLV volume, home page address, and also Misc options etc are available for modification. Under Auto Recording, you can select the auto downloading folder, rewrite the file name, and specify the thread num etc. Under Connection & Sound, you can set your own proxy for smooth processing.
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