What does YouTube Downloader do?

YouTube is undoubtedly the biggest video site on the internet and one of the business success stories of the decade. However, with copyrighted content increasingly being removed, a good way to save your favorite clips is to download them onto your hard drive with YouTube Downloader.

Using YouTube Downloader is incredibly easy - just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok button. It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for iPod, iPhone, PSP, cellphone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3, which is useful for taking your films on the move.

How does YouTube Downloader perform?

The converter in YouTube Downloader is a bit slow but it's a nice add-on to have. One problem you may have is that when you've downloaded the clip, there may be no sound. This is easily remedied by downloading a codec which can be found on the developer's website.

YouTube Downloader's interface may feel a bit confusing at first, and the design could be improved a bit, but in any case the program works fine and does what it says on the tin.

YouTube Downloader is an ultra-easy to use and efficient option to save your favorite YouTube clips forever.

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With aTube Catcher you can not only save online videos on your hard drive, but also convert videos from one format to another, capture streaming videos, record your screen, and even create custom DVDs in a few clicks. It's a simple, no-nonsense application that gets the job done.

aTube Catcher allows you to do everything from within the same interface: a tabbed window with specific areas for each function. The program can read the content of the Windows Clipboard and also supports drag and drop. What's more, aTube Catcher works with all popular video formats.

All in all, aTube Catcher is a brilliant tool for quickly grabbing cool online movies, converting videos, recording the screen and creating DVDs – all hassle-free!

aTube Catcher is a handy, easy-to-use online video downloader and converter.

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Just like other online video downloading tools, YouTube Downloader HD lets you have a copy of that YouTube video you like so much downloaded right on your hard drive. It's as easy as entering the web address of the video you want to get and hit "Download". YouTube Downloader HD can save the video as FLV or MP4, raning from medium quality to full HD 1080p, depending on what's available.

The good thing about YouTube Downloader HD is that it doesn't download HD videos only. You can use it to download regular YouTube FLV videos and convert them to AVI or MP4 straight away, if you want. The downside to it is that it only works with Youtube and not with any other video sharing website.

With YouTube Downloader HD you can download videos from YouTube in high quality AVI or MP4 with just a single click.

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Using Free YouTube Download, you can take your favorite videos with you on your iPod, phone or any other portable device and and watch them while on the move. The app is not only simple in design, but also in functionality. Just enter the URL of the video you want to download, select your preferred format and let Free YouTube Download take care of the rest.

The download process only takes a few minutes and you can then enjoy your YouTube videos locally straight away. Free YouTube Download also supports batch downloading so you can create a queue of files to be converted while you do other things. On the downside, you have to copy and paste the video URL addresses manually – it would be nice to have some kind of browser or clipboard integration.

With Free YouTube Download you can download any YouTube video to your hard drive and save it in several different formats.

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Fastest Free YouTube Downloader to MP3 Converter is a free downloader and converter for saving any YouTube video into popular formats including MP3 for PC, Mac OSX, iPod, iPhone, Android, iPad, Blackberry, Droid X, Samsung Galaxy S and more.

Once opened, select a folder to download to and then enter the URL of the video you'd like to use. Downloading with Fastest Free YouTube Downloader to MP3 Converter is very fast although for some reason, I was unable to access the preferences which were blanked out in the menu. A pop-up alerts you when downloads are complete and it works discreetly in the background while you do other things.

You may suffer a few problems with sound quality on some downloads but overall, Fastest Free YouTube Downloader to MP3 Converter is a well designed and efficient downloader.

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The Easy YouTube Video Downloader instructions are easy: install it and open YouTube. When you watch a video, you'll see the add-on has appeared on the information sheet in the top right hand corner of the video, beneath the embedding options.

Easy YouTube Video Downloader for Firefox lets you download in several formats - FLV, 3GP, MP4, MP3 and also two high-definition varieties: 720p HD and 1080p Full HD.

The videos are downloaded using Firefox's normal downloader. Easy YouTube Video Downloader also works with download accelerators like DAP, but it didn't always recognize the name of the video. Even so, downloading YouTube videos with Easy YouTube Video Downloader couldn't have been simpler.

Easy YouTube Video Downloader makes YouTube downloads as simple and fast as possible.

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These days we've seen plenty of tools to save YouTube videos to your hard drive but what if you only want to save the soundtrack? You can do so very easily with Free YouTube to MP3 Converter. As the name suggests, this program takes YouTube videos and saves them to your hard drive in MP3 format. You can copy and paste links into the Free YouTube to MP3 Converter interface and queue them up for extraction in a few simple clicks.

The extraction process with Free YouTube to MP3 Converter is not the fastest unfortunately, but it does the job well enough if you're patient. Free YouTube to MP3 Converter offers a variety of different presets with which to convert your video, some of which are very high conversion qualities. These would be ideal for users who need to use the clip you've extracted with Free YouTube to MP3 Converter for editing of the highest quality. You can also add tags to your extractions to make them easier to find when you search for them on your desktop.

With its cut and paste format, Free YouTube to MP3 Converter is simple to use for users of any ability level. A directory path is also listed beneath the conversion queue to make finding the files you've converted quite easy. Just open the folder where the converted files have been stored, double click on them and listen to them in any standard audio player.

Free YouTube to MP3 Converter is a useful application for those who need high quality MP3 extractions from YouTube clips.

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Under any video posted on YouTube there are options to share with friends, to favorite or like it, as well as add a comment. To download though, you need to use an external program.

Not anymore though. With YouTube Downloader, you can integrate a video downloading feature directly with the YouTube web interface. Once installed, a download option appears between other already existing options as if it were part of the normal page options. Just click, choose where to save the file and you're ready to go.

Best yet, YouTube Downloader downloads your chosen videos lightning fast. You can even choose whether to download it as an MP3 audio file, a high-definition MP4 video file or FLV. It's just a shame the YouTube Downloader plugin only works on YouTube and not other sites.

YouTube Downloader is a great addition to Firefox that lets you download your favorite videos directly from YouTube.

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Speedbit Video Accelerator works with dozens of video sites, including the most popular ones like YouTube, MySpace, DailyMotion, Vimeo and Metacafe, and also sites that are not devoted to video sharing but usually display embedded videos – such as Facebook or Amazon. It accelerates both standard and HD videos, though you'll need to upgrade to the Premium version for the HD ones. Besides speeding up videos, Speedbit Video Accelerator also lets you share them on Twitter straight away from a small desktop pop-up.

Though the program took a while to work during our tests, I have to say that in the end results were pretty impressive, both on Internet Explorer and Firefox. Videos took much less to load and playback was seamless. So if the program takes a while to 'wake up', just be patient: it's worth the wait.

Speedbit Video Accelerator reduces loading times and buffering of online videos to ensure a smooth, continuous playback.

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Among the pages Power Video Downloader can download are from YouTube, Metacafe, Myspace and Google Video, but there are many more making this a powerful video downloding application. Simply copy the URL link of the video you want, select the format in which you want to download (AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, etc..), and you're ready to go.

A flexible and powerful downloader that should fit all your video needs from any site.

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Users have to register, which is just a case of giving an email and user name, then you're off. Graboid claims not to infringe any copyright laws, although it's worth noting that as it lets you download full and recent movies for free, users should be careful what they are using Graboid for.

The range of shows and films available is impressive, and the streaming is good, although it tends to make the program lag a little. Downloading video is extremely fast, basically as fast as your connection will allow.

The video player in the browser is slow in general, but any downloaded content can be played in outside Graboid, so that's not a huge problem. The free account is limited to 30 days and 4 gigabytes of downloads. After this it's necessary to sign up for paid account to continue usage.

The program is easy to use, but suffers from slowdown a lot, which can result in accidental downloads, if you're impatiently clicking while Graboid catches up with what you're doing. Downloads we tried were about 90% successful - occasionally some failed to open after completion.

Graboid is an interesting service which is mostly let down by the application's slow speed and the issue of whether users are acting legally by downloading content from it, although the downloads are impressively fast.

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There are already a ton of similar apps, but Free YouTube Downloader stands out for its minimalist design and simplicity of use. All you need to do is paste the URL of any YouTube video and the program will download and convert it for you in a snap. The program works with local files in your hard drive as well.

There are a few formats in Free YouTube Downloader to choose from: AVI, MOV, H.264, MP4, AVI, WMV and 3GP. You can also choose to save only the sound to MP3, or even not to convert the video at all – just download it. Free YouTube Downloader also lets you choose between different quality standards, with support for HD video 1080p.

Free YouTube Downloader is probably the easiest, simplest YouTube download tool you can find. On the downside, it doesn’t let you download multiple videos at the same time, nor is it integrated with the browser – meaning you’ll have to copy and paste the video URL manually.

With Free YouTube Downloader you get a tool to download videos from YouTube without the bells and whistles of other similar tools.

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First, it enables you to download not only single videos, but also multiple videos at the same time. You can actually download all the videos grouped under the same author, channel or group with a single click.

Second, the program can save videos in a variety of formats, namely AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4 and special formats for iPod and Zune. No conversion process, no waiting time.
The video is downloaded, converted and saved, all in one!
Finally, you can join these downloaded videos into one single file, so that they're easier to watch, especially if they are similar in topic.

The only downside to Youtube Batch Downloader is that you'll probably need to check the documentation if you want to learn how to use, because it's not as easy as it seems.
In any case, documentation is a Youtube video itself, so it's not that hard.
A Youtube video downloading tool that also converts formats and join several clips in one.

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