4 ways to download YouTube videos

Good time everyone!

There is such a need that you need to download some video (or an excerpt of it) from YouTube (original name: YouTube (note: one of the most popular video hosting)) to your hard drive.

For example, to create GIF-animations, your own video, or in cases where the online video slows down, but you want to watch the video without jerking and stuttering.

In general, there are a lot of options for how you can save online video to your PC: you can simply capture the desired frame (i.e., individual moments) from the browser screen using specials. programs, you can unload the entire video (and only then cut it), you can "rummage" in the browser cache, etc.

In this article, I will suggest several relevant and working methods to help you accomplish this task. The methods are relevant at the date of publication of the article (since the Internet is a very dynamically developing environment что - which was relevant yesterday, today - may no longer work).

So...

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Working Ways to Download YouTube Videos

Method number 1: remove the window from the video when watching the video in the browser

Benefits :

you can shoot only those moments that exactly you need; you can immediately crop the "black" edges (or even remove only part of the screen);
in this way, you can get video from any video hosting (where other options may be powerless);
if your video downloads for a long time, then this option can speed up the work: after all, we will record only the part that we need! 👌

Disadvantages: if you need to get a large piece of video (for example, half an hour or an hour), you will spend about the same ...

Movavi Screen Recorder features are quite suitable for these purposes. The program allows you to easily capture video from any other application, it is convenient to configure the capture area, and, as a rule, there are no problems with codecs, crashes, and other "delights" that are familiar to many who have been involved in video processing ...

Movavi Screen Recorder

Official website: //www.movavi.ru/

A powerful enough and functional program for capturing video (short clips, excerpts from films, fairy tales, etc.) from the Internet.

Allows you to customize the capture area, trim the edges, record sound from speakers and a microphone at the same time (useful for creating a training video), set up a recording timer, and much more ...

In addition, it is completely in Russian, and works in all popular Windows 7/8/10 operating systems.

And so, now, in order, how to shoot some frame from the video in it. I'll take an old Soviet movie as an example:

first open the video you like in the browser;
launch the Movavi Screen Recorder program (a small "frame" will appear on the screen, with the size of the capture resolution: width and height). Adjust its size so that it matches the part of the video that you want to shoot (see the screenshot below);
Movavi Screen Recorder - select the capture area
then press the record button in Movavi Screen Recorder (orange REC) and start playback of the moment you need (the program gives 3 seconds so that you have time to start playback). Then the recording went (see the screen below 👇).
Along the way you can pause, take screenshots from the screen, turn on / off the microphone (or webcam), watch how much the video has already taken up space on the HDD and how much you have left;
Screen Recorder - video is being recorded (basic tools)
after you stop recording, a window for viewing the captured video will automatically open.
Now you can see what happened (if you have a Movavi video editor, you can immediately add the video there and continue editing). If you have captured what you need - press the button "Save as" .
after capturing - the video opens automatically for viewing
and the last point: you need to choose the format of the video, and the place on the disk where to save it.
You can choose from all the most popular: MP4 and AVI (if you plan to watch video on a PC), GIF - if you need animation, MOV - you can even watch such a video on video players, MP3 - if you only need the sound from the video.
Screen Recorder - different formats for saving

In general, in such a relatively simple and easy way, you can quickly get the desired video on your HDD. Perhaps the only drawback worth emphasizing is that this program is paid (in the trial version - there will be a small text inscription on the video).

Learn more about how to save YouTube videos with Movavi Screen Recorder (available on the program's official website - check it out if there are any unclear points!).

Method number 2: shoot the entire desktop screen (including the running video)

In order not to "fool around" with separate windows (as in method 1), you can record at once everything that happens on the screen and sounds from the speakers with a microphone (i.e. you can, along the way, watching and recording some video, also comment on it)!

I will note that in some cases - this option may become the only working one.

For solving the current task (ie recording "everything and everything") - I would recommend one small program 👉 "Screen camera".

It is good because it has a minimum of settings (👇) - you just need to specify the recording mode, put a tick in front of the speakers with a microphone and click "Record". It's all!

Recording Mode - Full Screen (Screen Camera)

Upon completion of the recording process, the player will automatically open, and you can see what you ended up with. If everything is "OK" - the recording with one click of the mouse can be saved to the hard disk of the PC. Conveniently! 👌

Editor window - save recording (Screen camera)

However, if you are not satisfied with this application, you can choose something else. I already had a blog post on this topic, the link below is for help.

👉 Selection!

10 best programs to record video from your computer screen.

Method number 3: download the entire video to your computer using online services

Benefits : you don't need to additionally install anything and clog Windows - just go to the site and paste the link; we get the whole video in the required quality.

disadvantages : if the video is large, but only a part of it is needed - waste time downloading (especially if there is no fast dedicated channel to the network); services are not always able to correctly process the request and provide the desired link; none of the video hosting services have similar services.

In general, there are a lot of services of this kind. I would like to highlight a couple of them:

//ru.savefrom.net/ - one of the most popular online services, you can insert a link to a page with a video to get a link to download this video (if the video is available in different qualities, you can download any of them, for example: MP4 360p , 480p, etc.).
By the way, the service supports more than 40 of the most popular sites: VK, OK, YouTube, etc .;
//getvideo.org/ - works on a similar principle, is also quite popular (the only thing, it can be used so far only for VK and YouTube).

In principle, you can use either of the two. You just need to copy the link to the video from the address bar of the browser (if anyone does not know: select the URL and press Ctrl + C, or right-click / copy), and then paste this link on the service website (the combination of Ctrl + V, or right-click / insert).

savefrom.net - insert link

In general, I think this question (on online services) can be closed ?! The only thing left to do is to select the quality and start downloading.

Download video (select quality)

Method number 4: download using browser add-ons, applications in Windows

Benefits : if you need to download videos often, this is the only and fastest way; we get the whole video in 1-2 mouse clicks.

disadvantages : you need to download and install the add-on (program); among such applications - a lot of adware (so choose only proven ones); again - the video will have to be downloaded in its entirety, which is not always necessary ...

What can you choose, what add-ons / programs:

//ru.savefrom.net/ - this popular online service has a special assistant that is conveniently and discreetly embedded in the browser: you just have to click 1 mouse click.
The add-on works in all popular browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc. An example of how such an add-on works - see the screenshot below;
An example of how the SaveFrom add-on works
//youtubedownloader.anoniamto.com/?Down - another interesting addition from foreign developers.
It is very delicate to embed, one more button will appear under the video itself (a choice of quality and a download button). Supported browsers: Opera, Chrome, Firefox.
YouTube Downloader - how it works
//www.atube.me/ is a fairly popular program for Windows (mostly abroad). With it, you can quickly download the desired video, and then, for example, convert it to the format you need (or even create a full DVD).
It is also worth noting that the program supports downloading in several streams, and therefore, downloading a video using it is much faster. In general, it makes sense to try ...
aTube Catcher app for Windows