Subscribe to our Video Tutorial: Easiest Youtube Download Method
Last Update: Thu, 06/18/2009 - 04:11 — mkbHD
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Here I'll show you how to download any High Definition (HD) Youtube video directly to your computer. This method doesn't require any software except for your web browser, and uses javascript to do so. It'll download in an mp4 format to avoid any conversion issues. Here it is: javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id'] + "&fmt=22" + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t']; Running time: 3:40 Technical level: Intermediate |
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If it doesnt work its because the video isnt available in 720p (1280x720 resolution).
Try changing the &fmt=22 to &fmt=18 before pressing enter on the vid.
Or, alternatively, use Firefox with one of the many (free) plugins that take care of this for you. :)
That does not work.
I tried with Firefox and with IE.
I couldn't get it to work.
It always tells me that the page cannot be found.
Hey I never thought that downloading Youtube videos could be so easy. When I really needed to download something, I finally always got successful by finding some third party apps that would do the job, but I always forgot the name of the app the next time I had to download a video again :) Hopefully I'll just bookmark this code and I'll never forget how to do it... I'm going to try your magickal method right away! Thanks for the tip!
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I still like any video converter because I can use the program for other things also...It converts an avi to dvd, and avi or dvd to Mp4 for ipod touches, and more...Here is a video and article about how to use it. http://www.tips4pc.com/Articles/Dvd%20Movie/download_and_convert_youtube...
This a smart idea. Don't need Download Helper anymore. Many thanks.
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