YouTube as we all know is the best video sharing site on the internet presently. The flash videos on YouTube aren’t just for entertainment but can be educational and knowledge resources too. But there is another problem too. An active internet connection isn’t available all the time on all PCs.
In that case the file of the video has to be available offline. Thats where downloading comes into play! Please note that may of the YouTube videos are copyrighted and you should download only the non-copyrighted ons as you’re doing a huge loss to someone if you aren’t doing that. Imagine the loss you cause to your fave singer by downloading his video and not buying the album really! Its just a moral issue for you to think about!
But as we all are aware, YouTube videos aren’t very easy to download as here is no straightforward option on the site for this on the site, even if you decide to pay for this. But why wold you pay, when the option is free. But no I’m not talking about IDM or YouTube downloader. One can do it from the internet itself, using few services that are very handy. Here we are going to discuss five best of them in a countdown fashion.
5. KeepVid - This is a service that enables you to download videos in many formats using its java applet. The service although is slow on slow connections below 256kbps. The look of the site is nice and needs JRE to be present on your PC and the java extension enabled in your browser
4. KeepTube- Quite similar to the previous one, but with a sleeker interface and faster downloads. Also requires the java plugin to run.
3. SaveVid - This is another service like KeepVid that allows you to download videos through its Java applet. The service is faster than the former and the size of videos is also considerably reduced.
2. SaveVideo.Me - This service is also nice with the site support being awesome, but as our area of concern is YouTube, it does well inthat case. The formats available are also nice and the servide would have come in first only if it had a bookmarklet that the winner has!
1. PwnYouTube/Deturl - Well it just pwns YouTube Videos. Well it doesn’t pwn actually but it is definitely the best way to download YouTube videos without leaving the comfortable interiors of your ummm… browser! It is a bookmarklet that allows you to download without even leaving the site. Just go to the video and then click the button in the bookmarks bar. You can add pwn to any video url on youtube to access this service too, as shown in the picture. Bookmarklet Link (Right Click and select Bookmark This Link). Also enable the Bookmarks Bar in the toolbars!
So we conclude by saying that PwnYouTube is the best as it does not require any software installs and is the most convenient to use.
If you are looking for free YouTube Video Downloader software, you can check out YouTube Video Downloader. How to download YouTube videos without any tool may also interest you!
