If you’ve used YouTube for any time at all you might have run into a problem where you wanted to capture youtube videos. Why? Because by having the video captured to your computer you can listen to music or make YouTube dvds and you can even watch the videos when you are not connected to the Internet.
but still more reasons might be that you just can’t usually get a fast enough connection to youtube to watch the YouTube Videos without them clipping to buffer the video.
The good news is there are ways to save the videos so you can use them.
Using desktop programs – One way is to just download low cost software that will download the video. This works well but many of these applications on the market only download the video to flv video format. If this is the case you only need to install a flv player on your computer and can watch your saved videos. The downside is that if you need to watch the videos in a powerpoint presentation or make your own dvd you need them in a different video file format – usually the mpeg or mp4 format.
Using Online Services – There are also online downloading services that will download the youtube videos. Like the software you have to check with these services and see if they can also convert the videos into a another video format. Just Like the software versions most will save the flv files and sell you more software to convert those files into a video format more usable like the mpeg or mp4 file formats above. A good service to try is http://www.captureyoutube.net. They will save the videos and convert them into all the popular formats you want: WMV, AVI, MP3 you name it.
Downloading Videos off YouTube doesn’t have to be hard if you know where to go for the right service. You need to make sure that they will also do the video conversion or you will usually need to buy additional software to do that step for you. Try finding a service that does everything in one step. Then you can listen or watch to your YouTube videos no whereever you are.