Download YouTube Video With Greasemonkey Script

January 10 by | 69 comments | Lifehack, Technology | Tags: ,

Downloading online video feed is a trend recently. Due to the popular demand of Google Video download, Google has recently added a download links to all free video. You wouldn’t need any script again.

It is a good news that YouTube Videos can be downloaded as well. Joshua Kinberg at sandbox films created a Greasemonkey script which creates a link on the top of the screen for you to save the video locally. If you never get the live player working probably, YouTube Video Download script may be the good option. Here are the instructions:

  • Install Greasemonkey Extension for Firefox
  • Go to here for the YouTube To Me Video Download Script
  • Right click on the script link, and click Install User Script
  • Reload YouTube Video page, you should see the save as link on the top of the page

And of course – if you are not comfortable to install a GreaseMonkey script, you can always use an online YouTube video download service instead for security.

Web Download for YouTube – [VideoDL]
Greasemonkeying with Google Video and YouTube – [sandbox films]

  • PAK

    It makes me download getfile.php… instead of the original video file…

  • jonel

    yea me too cant get video file

  • http://sdfasdasdas.com CHoPPa

    The files are flash video files and you have to rename the getfile.php to [name].flv.

  • Biker Bob

    Very Cool. Getting my Grateful Dead fix….

  • http://birdonthemoon.com jaybird

    For anyone else trying this out, the developer’s site seems to be down.

  • http://www.fileleecher.com silentkiller

    Save the hassle of downloading new softwares/plugins just to download the flash video.

    Save YouTube Videos directly to your PC using http://www.fileleecher.com !

  • sari

    guys i need help…after i install the extension there is no save as in the top but the save is beside the share icon and and i cant save it cuz when i clik it it only show addto pl;aylist????
    what im suppose to do?

  • http://keepvid.com/ david s

    Heres a nice site which lets you download from youTube, Google Video, Putfile, iFilm and heaps more!

    http://keepvid.com/

    Hope this helps!!

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  • http://www.bestube.com downloadvideo

    Download video from youtube, googlevideo and ifilm at http://www.bestube.com, it also features video ranking and personal collections.

  • http://zfreez.com zfreez

    You can download YouTube video at http://zfreez.com
    The downloaded files will be in .flv format you don’t need to rename or anything.

  • ed

    Eh!
    At may 1st this script not works.
    Appears the 500 error and can’t download the video file
    Can anymore help me?

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  • p

    Is it just me or has the grease monkey script stopped working after that last major update on You Tube. It worked fine until the last month or so. When you click the link it takes you to a blank page now and won’t download.

  • camilo

    it’s something to do with the filetypes, Keepvid.com has overcome the problem and now it saves as htm

  • http://www.9wonders.com Darren

    Here’s a sleek-looking site to download YouTube videos – http://www.YouTubeX.com

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  • http://video.soemin.net mark

    Hi
    try http://video.soemin.net
    for video search and download from youtube.

  • melv

    how do i change it to flv file??

    when i choose save as, they only let me choose as All Files or hmt.

    how?

  • http://tna.dedos.net tnarik

    you can also try Ook? Video Ook!, a Firefox extension which finds the titles of the videos and use them (and the appropiate file extension) to generate the file name.

  • fddfdf

    is there any way to download videos from youtube if you have internet explorer?

  • http://tna.dedos.net tnarik

    You can use websites such as videodownloader.net, keepvid.com and others.

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  • mike

    how can i download these directly into avi format cuz ive downloaded like 20 different converters and none have been succesful on my slow pc

  • http://www.YouTubeX.com Tysen

    Download and Save YouTube Videos at YouTubeX.com >> http://www.YouTubeX.com

  • rey

    you should check out http://www.youtubia.com it’s a full youtube clone that let you search and DOWNLOAD the video to your PC

  • Christian

    Check this out:

    http://www.exprofesso.com/itubes/

    It’s a standalone application instead of a script that runs on a remote web site! You can download videos locally and watch them using your browser and flash!

  • Dave

    If using YoutubeX or KeepVid; change GET_VIDEO to the name of the video followed
    by .mpeg instead of .flv and no conversion is needed. Media plyers than cannot play
    Flash videos will these mpegs.

  • http://ripmyvideos.com mario

    rip or download videos from : YouTube.com, PutFile.com, Video Break.com, Google.com, iFilm.com, Myspace Video, and VidiLife.com

    at ripmyvideos.com

  • chris

    clipnabber.com is also a nice site for downloading videos. it’s not on those crappy cookie cutter scripts and it has a nice interface

  • http://donsingleton.blogspot.com Don Singleton

    I downloaded Michelle’s YouTube Goes Dhimmi.flv both with Greasemonkey and with http://www.videodl.org/

    In both cases I got the same length 4,342kb, but clicking on either gives Macromedia Flash Player 8 but it does not play anything

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  • Nils

    Freeware VLC Mdia player will play FLV files.

    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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    Check out http://voyager.commendo.com. It makes downloading easier.

  • Sean

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&item=130040848238&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

    This link will take you to a very easy to use program to download Google, YouTube and XTube video

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  • http://redir.no-ip.org/?youtube [.SV.]

    http://redir.no-ip.org/?youtube
    ——————-
    ——————-

    This is a web interface you can use to download videos. It is being improved very frequently.

    Just paste the YouTube address and either wait or click the screenshot of the video that will appear. When you have downloaded the video file, look for it where you have just saved it and if it is named something like “get_file” just rename it to “myVideo.flv” (note the .flv at the end — Very Important!!!).

    ALSO (and very important) the explanation of how it exactly works is being updated sometimes each 2 or 3 days.

    If somebody wants to buy the actual script (PHP) it costs $25. Anyway, the explanation of the logic could be far enough to get it manually done.

    You can also use it in an IFRAME or frame, or as a link, in this way:

    ——————-
    ——————-
    [STEP_1]http://redir.no-ip.org/videodownload/?
    [STEP_2]http://redir.no-ip.org/videodownload/?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDvQknD8hno

    ——————-
    ——————-

    You can contact me at [email protected]

  • Laura

    How can I change a VLC video file to a format my Windows movie maker can use??

    I there a way of doing that?

  • http://www.larrylim.net Larry

    I’ve been using this YouTube downloader script and it hasn’t failed me yet – Save YouTube Videos

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  • http://none justin

    Wow thanks for the great info. I checked out http://www.YouTubeX.com and Im greatful i did. Easiest way to save videos without installing any software by far.

    justin

  • Stephanie

    Is YouTubeX down or is it just my computer?

  • crazy man

    You can also use http://www.clipnabber.com to download videos from youtube, google video, break, etc. It has a nice GUI also.

  • tuber

    you can add promote your YouTube videos on http://www.youtubeclips.org for quick search YouTube your clips

  • http://www.keepv.com/ James Ortis

    KeepV.com rocks!!!!

    http://www.keepv.com/

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    is there any tool to download google video as well ?

  • Crazy Downloader

    Guyz, you can download YouTube Videos by using standalone simple software (program) named “iTube” with 2,11 MB file size. (http://www.benjaminstrahs.com/itube.php) And after downloading video, the program will automatically convert it into (extension) .mp4 file that prepared for your iPod and iTunes. A little simple program but COOL..!!!

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    For those who are not sure how to download and save the youtubevideos, there is a step-by-step guide on the above link

  • rohan

    thanx a lot

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    This article was a great help. I needed to capture some video from YouTube and VideoDL did just what I needed. Thanks!

    I’ve written about VideoDL on my site: http://www.coolwebfinds.com/capture-youtube-video-with-videodl/

  • Brian

    omg theres a zillion of you guys saying which one is best i have no idea what to choose. i use internet explorer, i have dial up and i just want to take the movies i whach on youtube and save them on my computer.. can anyone help? maybe theres something with that lets you use the cookies i already have saved on my computer…?

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  • Fox green

    I found a tool named TubeHunter at http://www.neoretix.com which downloads videos from YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Pornotube, Dailymotion, Break.com, VSocial, Grouper, iFilm, Flurl, Bebo and Photobucket, and saves them on your computer or directly to your iPOD.

    All downloaded videos can be converted by TubeHunter to other video formats including MPEG, MPEG4 AVI, iPOD MP4, MOV, Flash SWF, M4A, PSP, MP3, WAV, OGG, 3GP and 3G2.

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    it is a great information, by for those who use internet explorer, is that any script that add on in to browser and download it ?

  • http://thedarkman.altervista.org/indexen.html TheDarkman

    Those scripts are good if you want to download a couple of videos, but if you are on someone favorites page, with 20 thumbnails, if you want to download the 20 videos you would open each page manually and then click on the download link added by your current mozilla script. This is time consuming and boring. This new script named Thumbs2Links will add a link on the top of the favorites/playlist/uservideos page called “Get direct links” (replacing the old “Upload” link).If you click on it you will get 20 direct links on the bottom of the thumbails page so you can download all the 20 vids without opening each page, this saves a lot of time. Get it here http://thedarkman.altervista.org/indexen.html

  • *MiZzTurQuoiZe*

    I use Internet Explorer and didn’t want to have to download any programs to get YouTube videos. So, I vivited the different websites (YouTubeX.com) and others but none of them seemed to work for me. I gave up on that idea, and decided to just try several programs, downloaded them on my computer, and they still wouldn’t function properly. Finally, iTube was the only one from the bunch that worked and its the simplest. It really does do all the work for you!

  • http://www.kissyoutube.com Darren

    Hi, you can try out this fast and easy alternative too to download youtube video for free. Just add a word ‘kiss’ to the video url you are watching at youtube. Check out http://www.kissyoutube.com. I think you will like it.

  • missMatrix

    ok…here is my suggestion…it’s easy and I really mean EASY as all the job is done for you in just one step…THIS can help you save your favourite clips from more than 20 video servers…try this out –>

    1. download this app (is called VideoGet)
    http://www.zdnet.com.au/downloads/0,139024485,10582200s,00.htm?idl=n
    - if the download doesn’t start immediately click on the link(dw.com.com)
    2. and install….NOW you only have trial version…so here we go downloading again:
    http://rapidshare.com/files/14741985/VideoGet.exe
    3. use downloaded file from rapidshare to replace VideoGet.exe in the folder where you installed the trial… voila…it’s done!…now launch the program and enjoy!(to upload video URL click the large plus, choose the type of conversion and to start downloading click the down arrow…ain’t it neat?

    if you have questions…ask

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