This is a really sa-weet trick....
1. find a youtube video you like
2. wait for it to load up and start playing
3. click in the url right in between "www." and "youtube" so that the cursor fits in right in front of the "y"
4. type "kick" in that spot so that the url now reads "www.kickyoutube.com/blahblahblah" and press the [ENTER] key on the keyboard
When the page re-loads, you will see a new toolbar across the top of the page that has buttons for a wide array of video formats and a green "GO" button at the far right.
Click on your favorite format, and click "GO" to convert your YouTube clip.
Thhe "Go" button will turn into a blue "Download" button - RIGHT-click on that and choose "save link as" from the pop-up menu. Give it a name, choose where you want to save, and done.
*note* if you google "kick youtube" you'll go to a site that offers a download that will accomplish this same task - you don't need it.
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How 2 Save a YouTube Video as a file
A student actually turned me on to this web conversion tool.
www.mediaconverter.org
This site is very easy to use. All you need is the address of the youtube (or other) site.
1. Click on the icon that says "enter a link".
2. enter the web address in the field that appears and click OK
3. You will return to the original screen, but now there is a green arrow that says "go to the next step" - click that arrow (it's easy to overlook this)
4. Choose the file format you want - you'll notice there is quite a selection :) .wmv will work for most PC applications, .avi is used by QuickTime, and mpeg will work for most everyone.
5. Click OK and then wait for your conversion to happen
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK THE DOWNLOAD LINK before you navigate away from this last screen - and be aware of the daily limit to 5 downloads with the free version of this website. For a subscription fee, you can have unlimited downloads and unlimited file sized, but the free version has sufficed for me so far.
You'll also notice the ability to strip audio from posted videos, and the ability to change almost any audio or video format into almost any other.
It's a sweet site.
www.mediaconverter.org
This site is very easy to use. All you need is the address of the youtube (or other) site.
1. Click on the icon that says "enter a link".
2. enter the web address in the field that appears and click OK
3. You will return to the original screen, but now there is a green arrow that says "go to the next step" - click that arrow (it's easy to overlook this)
4. Choose the file format you want - you'll notice there is quite a selection :) .wmv will work for most PC applications, .avi is used by QuickTime, and mpeg will work for most everyone.
5. Click OK and then wait for your conversion to happen
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK THE DOWNLOAD LINK before you navigate away from this last screen - and be aware of the daily limit to 5 downloads with the free version of this website. For a subscription fee, you can have unlimited downloads and unlimited file sized, but the free version has sufficed for me so far.
You'll also notice the ability to strip audio from posted videos, and the ability to change almost any audio or video format into almost any other.
It's a sweet site.
