How to Save and Download YouTube Videos
Signing up for YouTube comes with some responsibility, such as agreeing to follow the rules set out in their terms of service. Most programs you download from the Internet have their own specific terms, to which you have to agree in order to be allowed to use their service. YouTube forbids you from downloading content. If you want to download YouTube videos you have to agree first that you won’t do it and then do it anyhow.
How many people actually read the lengthy terms of service anyway? Not many, for sure. Yes, clicking the agree box says you’ve read and understood the terms, but no one is looking over your shoulder to make sure you’ve done what you said. It’s become an accepted white lie, kind of like the old 55 mile-per-hour speed limit that was a law that just about every motorist broke.
The old, “rules were made to be broken, ” axiom fits well here. Or, “what they don’t know won’t hurt them.” But the fact remains, if you decide to copy something from YouTube you’re doing it at your own risk and it’s, essentially, illegal.
There is one exception. If you’re the one who uploaded the video in the first place, YouTube gives you the option to download it yourself as an MP4. But apparently they’ll only allow you to do this a couple of times before the option goes away, a least for a while. It’s easy to do and it’s not against the rules but it’s no solution to grabbing something that someone else posted. There are lots of ways to do that, however.
If you Google the keywords found in this article’s title you’ll find numerous sites which make it possible to download from YT. Some are free but a few have a fee you must pay to use their service. Some are easy to use, requiring that you only put in the URL for the content you wish to download and then pressing the download button. All that’s left to do is to save it and play it.
Others are a little more involved, necessitating that you change the title and add an extension, such as . FLV. Some of these sites are clean and hassle-free. Others are chock full of pop-ups and ads which can be distracting and sometimes fake you out into clicking a wrong button.
After testing several of these download sites, the one that was easiest and most hassle free (no pop-ups, etc.)seemed to work best. Just type in (or copy and paste) the URL, click download, save and play your new vid. No problems were encountered and the copy was just a good as the original.
If you want to download YouTube videos it’s easy and there are lots of options available. It’s a great way to fill an MP4 with your favorite content. If you do it for your own enjoyment it shouldn’t be a problem. YouTube was meant for sharing. If you’re doing it for some other purpose, such as financial gain, that’s different. It’s all about intent.
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