Select the folder you'd like to save the video in and click "Save" to start downloading the YouTube video. When the Easy YouTube Downloader appears, click "Download As" and select the format and quality you'd like to download.
Go to YouTube and play the video you want to download.
To use the Firefox addon to download a YouTube video: With that button, you can download a video from YouTube with a format and quality you like. When you download YouTube videos to MP4, you can choose a video quality up to 1080p.Īfter you add the browser extension to Firefox, you will see a "Download" button whenever you play a YouTube video. The YouTube video downloader extension for Firefox - Easy YouTube video downloader works well to download YouTube videos in MP4, 3GP, FLV, or MP3 format. Easy YouTube Video Downloader Express for Firefox
Given that, here are three Firefox extensions that will help you download YouTube videos for offline viewing. Thus, it's a better choice to use one of the Firefox addons. However, Google Chrome has banned many video downloader extensions from getting YouTube videos. Speaking of browser extensions, you generally get them from the Chrome Web Store or Firebox Browser Add-ons. Why? By adding a video downloader extension to your browser, you will be able to get videos on YouTube directly using the "Download" button provided by the extension. Among the three common ways to download YouTube videos online, including using an online video downloader, a browser extension, or changing the URL, using a browser extension is the most convenient. The Greasemonkey script mentioned in above URL doesn't work, however, I'm currently using this firefox add-on which works just fine and adds a pretty download button below the video frame.Compared with downloading YouTube videos with a desktop tool, it's much more straightforward to get videos from YouTube online. And good thing is that the this Greasemonkey script is available for other web browsers as well.
In case of download manager for Ubuntu, I'll recommend DownThemAll add-on for Firefox (default web browser for Ubuntu).Īnd for adding "Download" button in YouTube, first you'll need to install Greasemonkey in the Firefox and then, use this userscript to add that "awesome" button in YouTube. Using something like Greasemonkey script that will add a "Download" button underneath any video you see in YouTube (Preferred for Flash videos, as they'll not have direct links).Using download manager and add video urls (HTML 5 Videos will give you direct URLs).In case you're fond of downloading the video you see, whether on YouTube (Mostly based on Flash) or any other site (in case of HTML5 videos), you have two options, Just right click the video frame that is playing the video, and select "Copy Video URL" (depending on the browser you use) and paste the link in the address bar, and the browser should ask you to save the file. Now go to your home ( ~) directory and pick them up, so you can work with the reference in one hand and the terminal in the other. Youtube-dl -help > "youtube-dl quick help.txt"
Update package without apt: youtube-dl -UĪnd if you want to keep its manual in a text file (recommended), type this: man youtube-dl > "youtube-dl manpage.txt" Sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl Or if you don't want to add a PPA, install latest version: sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl It can be installed from WebUpd8's PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 As I said before, is one of the most powerful CLI tools to download videos from almost anywhere in the web. Its GUI version is also available through a WebUpd8's PPA, but is not that powerful as its backend. Not the easiest way but it's one of the most effective.ĮDIT: Just discovered youtube-dl command. Its up-to-date addon system allows to select available quality and filetype easily (video-audio/audio only). With JDownloader you can download almost every kind of content available on the web.