Someone asked me how to do this again, so here you go:
Every video posted in YouTube (www.youtube.com) has its own video identification name.
For example, “LAoRIIKII6U” is for the video titled “Crawling in the dark - CS in the Gas Chamber”.
To watch a video, the URL is shown as:
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=video_id_name
To save the video, first change the URL to:
http://youtube.com/get_video.php?l=165&video_id=video_id_name
* Notice the difference in the URLs. Instead of “watch.php?v=”, it is now “get_video.php?l=165&video_id=”.
Save the webpage. Since most web browsers would automatically default saving the page with .html filename extention; it needs to be changed to .flv (Flash Video) filename extention.
* The best way to save the file is email the modified link to yourself and use the “save link as” function within your email program.
Flash video players like Martijn de Visser’s FLV Player can play .flv files fine.
To convert .flv files into other formats, such as .avi, .mpg, .wmv, .mov, or .rm, use CinemaForge.
It is also important to mention that each time video format is converted; the video’s quality would change.
YouTube/Google/Ifilm/Grinvi Downloader created by Francisco Javier Moya Suarez.
Thursday, 2. March 2006
this doesnt work…
Saturday, 4. March 2006
alternatively you can use a screen capture program, such as camtasia, which allows you to export as a wmv, avi, flash, or quicktime.
Thursday, 9. March 2006
This works you just have to use some patience for the file to download before it will prompt you to save. My best recomendation is to view the view first then it will be in your cache so when you change the URL it goes right to your cache and saves that file.
You might be best to experiment with a small file that you uploaded yourself so you can physically see everything about the file including the quality loss.