Is there WinXP freeware to download a utube video to hard disk?

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:22:36 -0800, Melinda Meahan wrote>
> Right-click and select "save as" and save it somewhere
> open the file from within Firefox, and it will install it.

Thanks
It worked like a charm!
Right clicking saved an "xpi" file for the Download extension.
I was able to convert the YouTube videos to a DVD.

- The Firefox extension saved the YouTube videos as FLV files
- Super freeware converted the FLV files to DivX AVI/MP3 files
- DVDFlick freeware converted the AVI files to DVD
- ImgBurn freeware burned the DVD image to a DVD disc

Voila! YouTube-to-DVD in 4 easy steps!
What could be simpler!

Jim Jones

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:45:15 GMT, Jim Jones wrote:
> What do you suggest for flv-to-DVD freeware?

It turned out that Super is a fantastic freeware program for converting
formats! http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

Super easily converted the FLV file to a DivX compliant AVI with MP3 audio
encoding which DVDFlick freeware converted to a DVD image on the hard disk
which ImgBurn freeware burned to a DVD disc.

Step 1: Save YouTube video to FLV on the hard disk
Step 2: Convert FLV to AVI using Super freeware
Step 3: Convert AVI to DVD on the hard disk using DVDFlick freeware
Step 4: Burn DVD image on hard disk to DVD disc using ImgBurn freeware

Four easy steps.
I'll dig a bit to see if I can skip step 2 above and let you know.

Jim

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:09:48 -0600, Allan Higdon wrote:
> http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

Hi Allan Higdon,
This is great if it works!

The FreeDownloadManger freeware program says it converts the YouTube video
directly to AVI without the intermediate FLV step in between. That will
chop out a step.

The freeware tutorial to convert YouTube to DVD would then simply be:

1. Download the YouTube video to AVI on your hard disk
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

2. Convert a set of these AVIs to DVD files on your hard disk:
http://www.dvdflick.net/

3. Burn the resultant DVD image on hard disk to a DVD disc:
http://www.imgburn.com/

This is about as simple as I can get this tutorial.
If anyone knows how to convert the YouTube video directly to DVD VIDEO_TS
VOB & IFO files, please let us know so we can skip step 2 above.

Thanks,
Jim

Thanks to everyone, here is a freeware tutorial to convert YouTube videos
to DVD disc on Windows XP.

YouTube2DVD (please improve)

1. Download any desired YouTube videos to AVI on your hard disk
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products...e-Download.htm

Note: Other suggested YouTube video downloaders are:
http://www.downloadhelper.net/install.php
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm
http://www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-movie/

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products...-Converter.htm
http://www.ultraget.com

2. Convert a set of these AVIs to DVD files on your hard disk:
http://www.dvdflick.net/

Note: If you downloaded the YouTube video to FLV, you can play FLV
using:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...er_Classic.htm
plus http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
Or
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/vi...layers/vlc.cfm

Note: You can convert FLV files to almost any desired format using:
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

3. Burn the resultant DVD image on hard disk to a DVD disc:
http://www.imgburn.com/

Jim Jones wrote on 1/8/2008 :
> What's the best WinXP freeware method for downloading utube videos to disk?

I may be late to the game and perhaps it isn't exactly what you're
looking for but I've been playing with Miro and it will download videos
from literally anywhere I've found them and save them to harddrive. I
don't see where it converts but it does allow you to search for videos
on the net.

It is open source.

Anyway, here's the link:

http://www.getmiro.com/

Drum--

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 22:27:12 -0500, Jim wrote:
> How could anyone find a 250Kb/s 320x240 flv file converted a zillion times
> already, then converted back to mpeg2 for a 720x480 DVD even remotely
> watcheable?

Hi Jim,
I can see your point. If fidelity was what we were looking for, it wouldn't
make sense. But, what we're looking for is "watchability".

My Mom, who is in her late 80s, wanted to see a TV show on her TV.
The show aired in December of last year.
I found the show as a torrent but could not download due to no seeds.
I then found the show, in bits and pieces, on YouTube.
But, my Mom doesn't have Internet access.
She does have a combination DVD player TV we bought her a few years ago.
So ... it should be obvious now ... by converting YouTube to DVD, she can
now watch the TV show on her TV.

Do you know of any other way for her to watch a TV show that is long gone
on her TV?

If you do, please let me know as this method is the best I could come up
with but I'm no genius. I just asked you guys for help, that's all.

Jim

I installed the
http://www.downloadhelper.net/install.php plugin

for Firefox

downloaded and installed

the Super video converter at

http://www.videohelp.com:80/tools/SUPER_1

and found the movement from download of the flv file to mpg4 smooth and
gratifying.

Thanks.

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or
jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
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> On Jan 8, 8:19 pm, Jim Jones <jjone...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> What's the best WinXP freeware method for downloading utube videos to
>> disk?
>
> I notice no one mentioned Unplug
> have been using it for some time and has always worked on youtube
> brilliantly ... it puts an icon next to the search bar in Firefox
> which you click once you have watched the video it then saves the
> cached copy to the location on you HDD of your choice. you can
> download flv player to play the video as well.
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/B...k/UnPlug.shtml