How To Download YouTube / Embedded Video Easily

Download Videos Using Browser Extensions 

Browser extensions are one of the most straightforward plans for downloading a video. By installing a browser extension, you can normally download embedded videos with the touch of a button.

Let’s take a glance at three of our favorite extensions for downloading and saving content. Video Download Helper, Flash Video Downloader, and Free Video Downloader. Note that Flash is no longer supported and is considered insecure, so it’s best to avoid sites that still use Flash.

These extensions work on a massive variety of embedded video sites. Unfortunately, they don’t run on YouTube, so we’ll also look at Fastest Tube and YouTube Video Downloader, extensions that were created specifically to work on YouTube.

Flash Video Downloader 

While Adobe Flash is no great supported by Adobe and is considered outdated and insecure, the Flash Video Downloader works for most video formats and is an excellent option for Firefox or Chrome. You can download the Chrome version by searching for it. There’s additionally a Safari version for Apple users and a version for Mozilla Firefox.

With an average rating of 4.1 stars from over 5,500 reviews, this is a trusted source if you’re attempting to download content to your device from a whole range of sites and sources online.

The extension makes it easy to tell when an embedded video can be downloaded and saved to your device. When installed within Firefox, a small arrow in your browser’s taskbar turns blue, allowing you to click on the extension and save the video. The Flash Video Downloader won’t run on each site, but it is generally a reliable tool.

Video Download Helper (Chrome/Firefox)

Video Download Helper was formed as an addon for Firefox in 2007, with a Chrome extension made available in 2015.

There’s a Mac version as well for Safari. Both platforms have been regularly prepared and updated to ensure continued capability between the two platforms. In addition, video Download Helper has a full list of sites it works on, ranging from well-known sources like YouTube and Vimeo to the lesser-known video hosting sites that contain a variety of content.

With the Video Download Helper, you can save your favorite clips to your hard drive in any format you choose. The download and conversion method is quick and straightforward.

Free Video Downloader

Free Video Downloader is an extension for Chrome that runs on nearly every video site, other than those that block extension-based downloads such as YouTube.

The Free Video Downloader supports WEBM, ASF, MP4, MOV, FLV, AVI, MPG file types, and many more.

The extension also supports downloading many videos at once and is compatible with 99%+ video hosting websites. As well as downloading video, Free Video Downloader also recommends video playlists.

Fastest Tube YouTube Downloader Tool

Both Fastest Tube and YouTube Video Downloader need a bit more installation and finesse than the higher-referenced extensions because they aren’t supported in the Chrome Store.

YouTube makes it very hard to download videos directly from the website, so you’ll manually install these extensions.

Fortunately, it’s not hard, and there are complete instructions provided on the website itself. Fastest Tube runs on Chrome or any Chromium-based browser and is also available for Mac and Linux.

YouTube Video Downloader

YouTube Video Downloader is ready for Firefox, Chrome, and Linux ( Mac). YouTube Video Downloader has more bells and whistles than FastestTube, but either extension is a reliable way to grab YouTube videos. So how Do I Download an Embedded Video on Android?

If you use an Android phone, you’re apparently looking for video downloading and embedding solutions specific to Android.

One way many users often don’t consider is deploying an Android-based app like Advanced Download Manager to download embedded videos.

These applications are ideal for the user who does most of their video watching straight from the phone screen – downloading a solution for your PC is just extra steps.

Downloading with a Computer

Next, let’s take a look at what software you can utilize to download videos directly to your PC or Mac.

VLC Media Player

If you have a PC or a Mac system, take a look at the popular VLC Media Player. Of course, most computers already have this great software, but you can download it for free right here if you don’t.

We have an article that goes into detail using VLC to grab embedded videos from YouTube (it will work in other places, too), but I’m going to give you a quick tutorial because it’s pretty simple.

• Navigate to Media -> Open Network Stream (or just hit Ctrl-N).
• Then in the Network tab of the resulting dialog, enter the URL of the video you need to download and hit Play.
• Now to hit View -> Playlist (or just hit Ctrl-L) to bring up the play your playlist.
• In the playlist, right-click on the video you need and choose Save.

Another dialog will seem, asking what format to save the video in and asking you to choose a location for your file; enter that information and hit Start, and within seconds, or maybe a few minutes if it’s a lengthy video, your video will be on your hard drive.

YouTube DL

YouTube DL is a lot less user-friendly than most of the other approaches in this article; rather than a graphic user interface or a browser extension, it’s an old-fashioned command-line program, meaning you have to type your commands.

This isn’t the easy way to do things, but it is very flexible and mighty, and it’s Free and Open Source (FOSS). So for techies who like FOSS software and the power of the command line, YouTube DL is worth a look.

YouTube DL is actively under development and gets regular updates, so it’s likely to continue working on YouTube even as the video site releases security “fixes” to stop these downloading programs from working.

Install YouTube DL as detailed on the install page; you can either run the program from the command line or use the optional YouTube DL GUI interface.

The interface for YouTube DL is easily mastered, enabling you to add URLs to your download list and view your downloaded files. When downloads end, they are added to your hard drive.