Get YouTube Videos (for Mac)

This article is inspired by Tetranitrate's YouTube Instructable. Unike theirs, this one shows you how to download a video for Mac and covert it using freeware! What's better than free!

Links to freeware needed:

Safari
iSquint

PS: I am not liable for what you download. The movie I show is made available by the artist on his website (if he is offended and wants me to take this down, I will). If you download something your not supposed to and you get caught, it is not my fault. Your the one that did it, not I. Follow the rules of copyright.

Step 1: Find Your Favorite Video

This step is pretty self explanatory. Be sure to use Safari and search for your favorite YouTube Video. It's as easy as that!

Comments

[mccannip]

PLEASE READ THIS!!!! there is an easier way to download youtube videos! just go to www.savevid.com and copy the youtube URL and paste it to the website! and select what video format you want (.flv, .mp4, 1080pHD, 720pHD, 480p,360p,240p) or whatever video file you mac supports! on my macbook white it supports 1080p, 720p, .mp4 .flv and all other options the sites offers! PLWASE BELIEVE ME THIS WORKS ON COMPUTERS OTHER THAN MACS! I TESTED THIS MYSELF! THIS IS NOT BULL!

[ATImaster005]

I found an application ONLY for mac that has a web browser built in and can download the videos from youtube or any other site that has flash videos. It is called TubeTV. It is ALOT easier to use.

[daiatlus79]

well i will do you one better! go to any youtube address and insert this in the address bar: pwn
between the www. & youtube.com
so it will look like this before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDkP2WaEYFE
and this after
http://www.pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=MDkP2WaEYFE
you can select FLV or MP4 format. works right out of the browser!

[brokenjack]

isquint and it's big brother visualhub were the best programs for the mac for video encoding in my humble opinion. Unfortunately they have been discontinued. Fortunately they also have gone open source in the form of filmredux. We'll have to wait though for a stable release.

[=SMART=]

i use iSquint all the time, personally i think its the best video/audio file converter out there

[The magical duct tape kid]

This rocks so Easy!!

[nikkirosety]

I use iSquint. It is pretty quick for what is doing and I like how you can change the settngs,.. PLUS it is free.

[cartman_go]

or you could just go to http://www.vixy.net , you can choose the format(mov, mp4, avi, psp etc) + its free

[nikkirosety]

Yeah I have used vixy.net, it is pretty good, can take awhile. You can also extract audio from YouTube videos on vixy.net.

[bubba77]

theres a browser called tubetv thats completely free and converts them when its done :) but i like this alot

[KevinRez]

Thanks its awesome. I ended up teaching my dad how to do this. :)

[LasVegas]

Good job neilium! Very easy to follow and quite useful!

[caseyrebecca]

this is great - thank you so much! now i can show the whole world the robotchicken "chicken law and order" scene. thanks!

[j626no]

yes, thank you. this is AMAZING. its so easy. post more mac hacks :-P

[joshc0311]

Thank You!! ive been lookin for a good way to do this and my usual way, vixy.net (online converter), hasnt been working