How to save youtube videos (and upload them elsewhere)

[ChesireKat]

How to save youtube videos (and upload them elsewhere)

After David Zucker's political ad was flagged on youtube.com, some of you asked how to download youtube videos to watch elsewhere. These are instructions for doing so. If you know an easier or more direct method, please post.

1) Copy the url from the youtube page. (I searched for freerepublic to find a worthy sample)

2) Go to http://keepvid.com and paste the youtube url in the space provided

3) Save file by clicking download (part A), then clicking "download link" (part B). Save it

as an .flv extension

4) Download cinemaforge (It's free software you can find online) or similar software.

5) With cinemaforge, convert .flv file to something playable for video sharing websites (wmv, mpeg, etc)

6) Click encode. Your new video is now the proper format for video sharing sites.

7) Upload to another website. (zippyvideos, tinypic, mediamax)

[NonValueAdded]

Reference bump

[Interesting Times]

Bookmarked. Thanks...

[AmericanInTokyo]

Aha! That'll show them.

It is so stupid to censor something on the internet, it only calls even more attention to it.

You Tube thinks they are being 'clever' by placing the Zucker add off limits as an item with 'questionable content'. Well, we'll just GO AROUND THEM, just like we did the MSM. Liberals cannot stop it. They should know better.

[Lando Lincoln]

Thank You

[perfect stranger]

ping

[onyx]

Bookmarked --- and thanks!

[zook]

bump

[be4everfree]

Bookmarked

Thanks

[BigSkyFreeper]

Bookmarked. Thanks! This will be cool as I've wondered how to download YouTube videos.

[KoRn]

Awesome reference! I have always went through a tedious, elaborate process to get flash format videos saved for later viewing. This is very easy!

[MarMema]

Thanks very much. On my FR profile is my favorite You Tube video - Georgian Legend. Come and see it!

[rockrr]

Likewise bookmarked.

BTW: I searched around and found a little freeware player for FLV files. It can be D/L'ed here: http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/article/flv-player-updated

Let's you play the stuff you've "liberated" from you tube!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Useful information. Much appreciated.

[swmobuffalo]

Firefox has an extension to do this with. I've found that it doesn't always work.

[highball]

Thanks!

[Sloth]

Helpful post!

[One-Four-Five]

I'd love to be wrong on this, but it seems to me that most people (if not most Freepers) will use this in ways that may very well constitute copyright infringement.

Then again, since GoogTube apparently just cut deals with major content owners...maybe not. But it looks like the sort of file-sharing to me that most would consider to be illegal.

[BlessedBeGod]

Thank you! Great instructions and screen shots.

Bookmarked!

[jdontom]

bump...and Thanks