{"id":56,"date":"2014-10-02T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/how-to-download-youtube-and-other-web-videos\/"},"modified":"2019-01-22T10:04:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:04:35","slug":"how-to-download-youtube-and-other-web-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mtanews\/how-to-download-youtube-and-other-web-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Download YouTube  and other web Videos!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Please be aware that most videos online are protected by copyright.<\/b><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For more details about copyright, please visit the library&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.mtholyoke.edu\/c.php?g=102157&amp;p=662992\">copyright guide for multimedia projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Firefox:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">These instructions use a Firefox add-on,\u00a0<b>YouTube Video and Audio Downloader,<\/b> which is installed on the computers in the MEWS teaching area. If you would like to have this tool on your computer, open your Firefox browser. Type\u00a0<b>about:addons <\/b>in the browser window. Search for the addon above and install it.<\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li>Once on the page with the desired video, select &#8220;download&#8221;, located here:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Youtubetut1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Youtubetut1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Select the format you wish to download from the list:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B3.53.20-2BPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B3.53.20-2BPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"253\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Once you select, you will find your video on your desktop or in the downloads folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Keepvid:\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<ul>\n<li>Find your video on the web and copy the URL for sharing or the one you are using to view the video<\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/keepvid.com\/\">keepvid.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On the home page, paste the link of the YouTube video you wish to download into the bar at the top of the page and select &#8220;Download&#8221;:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Untitlekjd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Untitlekjd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Select the format you wish to download from the list that appears, as shown below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Untitledfasfd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Untitledfasfd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Upon selecting a format, your video will download and appear on your desktop, or in your downloads folder or \u00a0whichever folder you have chosen in your computer settings .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: large\">Video Grabber<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Find your video on the web and copy the URL<\/li>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.videograbber.net\/\">http:\/\/www.videograbber.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>On the home page, paste the link of the video you wish to download into the bar at the top of the page and select &#8220;Grab it&#8221;:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Untitled-2B2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Untitled-2B2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Select the format you wish to download from the list that appears, as shown below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Untitlasdfased.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Untitlasdfased.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"257\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li>Upon selecting a format, your video will download and appear on your desktop, or in your downloads folder or another folder depending on your settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Chrome<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">These instructions use Video Downloader Professional, a Chrome extension that is loaded on the Macs in the MEWS teaching area. To get this extension on your own computer, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/category\/extensions\" target=\"_blank\">Chrome Extension Store<\/a>\u00a0and add <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/video-downloader-professi\/elicpjhcidhpjomhibiffojpinpmmpil?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Video Downloader professional<\/a> to the extensions in your Chrome browser.<br \/>\nWarning: Google updates to Chrome have disabled this extension in the past and may do so again.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li>First, log in with your google account and\u00a0go to the video page on YouTube which you want to download<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.15\">Click &#8220;+add to&#8221;, so that this video will go to your playlist<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.13.14-2BPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.13.14-2BPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.15\">Click the green download button on the top right corner, you will go to video downloader professional<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.13.34-2BPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.13.34-2BPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.15\">Play the video and the green download button will show up again<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.34.16-2BPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.34.16-2BPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"291\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li>Click the green download button again and you can select the format of video you want to download<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.19.12-2BPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.19.12-2BPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">You can find it here!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.39.03-2BPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/10\/Screen-2BShot-2B2014-10-01-2Bat-2B7.39.03-2BPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"303\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please be aware that most videos online are protected by copyright. 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