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Today a friend of mine asked me how she can download YouTube videos. Well, I am using Firefox and for me it was not problem as I had installed Fast Video Download add-on. But the problem was when she told me she used some older version of IE and I didn’t have any idea in that. So, then as usual I tried to Google it out where I got this link http://www.downloader9.com that gets you a normal download link of YouTube videos. I have pasted the screenshot of the page and as you can see there is no any hard work you have to do.

Here is how you can download YouTube videos using this site:

1. Enter the YouTube video URL, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPUJIbXN0WY
2. Click on “Get YouTube Video” and a download window will appear - save it to your PC.
3. Rename the downloaded video with a .flv extension, e.g. from get_video to transformers.flv
4. Lastly you need to have flv player installed in your computer to watch the video or you can also use some converter software to convert the .flv extension video files into any other preferable format.

Some geeks would think that since this process gets you the download link  of YouTube videos, it might as well get flash video’s links from other site too but I have tried this already and it just works for YouTube only. I know it would have been better if we could download from other sites too.

Well, there are other softwares too which you can use to download YouTube videos and convert into other playable formats. But in case you don’t want to install anything then the above process is probably the best way.

written by rajit \\ tags: Video Download, YouTube, YouTube Video Download

Have you heard about YouTube? It’s the world’s largest video sharing website that holds together more than 60 million videos. Recently it has announced its intention to extend its coverage to a larger range of mobile device, in order to allow more than 100 million users to browse the website via their mobile phones. Now onwards YouTube will be accessible from select handsets made by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG, besides the phones that already have YouTube capabilities. All phones must be 3G enabled ones and, in order to avoid high charges, it’s better for users to have unlimited data plans. Note that as stated on the site’s homepage: “YouTube Mobile is a data intensive application”, so high amounts of data are transferred when browsing from a mobile phone.
In addition to expanding the range of mobile phones that can access the site, YouTube is also preparing software that will be embedded into phones like Nokia and Sony Ericsson to enable an easier and direct video upload, in order to rapidly increase the site’s content. The improved Mobile YouTube also brings new stuff, mostly related to personalization features and new community options. YouTube’s mobile-product will have the full YouTube desktop experience on our mobile phones. Of course, limited by the handsets’ screens, which are quite small when compared to a desktop PC display.
However, having access to the most popular video library while on the go is definitely a great thing for most mobile users, and YouTube expects its mobile traffic to increase substantially. Most probably, after the traffic increases, we will see Google ads on the Mobile YouTube site. The YouTube Mobile site with extended phones compatibility will be available in 17 countries and 11 languages, bringing its huge base of videos to more and more mobile users.

written by rajit \\ tags: Internet, Mobile, mobile website, YouTube