Want to save your favorite Youtube video for later use or maybe some video editing? You’d need a way to download those videos to your PC or Mac. Below are 10 different ways to easily download the video in several output formats like MP4, FLV or MOV for example.
Some are free, some are paid, some are Windows-only, but there are also web-based tools that work on any OS as long as you have a browser. Have a look!
1 SaveTubeVideo
Price: Free
OS: Windows-only
2 Applian Replay Media Catcher 4
Price: €29.95 (free trial available)
OS: Windows-only
3 Free Youtube Downloader
Price: Free
OS: Windows-only
4 VDownloader
Price: Free or paid version ($39)
OS: Windows-only
5 Media Converter
Price: 5 free downloads/conversions
OS: Any, it’s web-based
6 Orbit Downloader
Price: Free
OS: Windows-only
7 My Video Downloader
Price: $29.99
OS: Windows-only
8 Zamzar.com
Price: Free
OS: Any, it’s web-based
9 SV Creation GetTube
Price: Free
OS: Mac OSX-only
10 1-Click Youtube Video Download (Firefox plugin)
Price: Free
OS: any (Firefox browser plugin)




















I have used the “Free Youtube Downloader” and I can verify that its great. To be honest, I havnt tried the others but will give them a shot as I am curious as to how they perform. Thanks for the great post
Thanks for sharing.
It is also recommended to try http://www.wantyoutube.com/
It’s totally free and easy to use.
Or you can just add “want” in youtube URL to get videos!
For example, “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…” change this URL to “http://www.wantyoutube.com/watch?v=…”
i have tried many youtube video downloader. all of them have advantages and drawbacks.
I have settled down to final video downloader because , although it is not the fastest, it has one feature that all the other don’t have: autoresume the download in case of connection failure.
Zamzar is NOT for free.