Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Learn to Download Online Videos From Popular Video Sharing Sites - Youtube, AOL, CNN, All Streamed Media

How to record streamed music and videos and to your computer?

[DnldAndRcrdMngr-744163.JPG]Today I will to teach you something new to most of you.  Ok, wait, maybe it is only new to some of you because this is being around for sometime.  But it is still relatively new and that's why those of us who are not Internet savvy or a techie did not figure it out yet.  I am talking about getting the Music and the other Media on the web copied to your computer.  So lets set the objective of this article straight.  After going through this reading, you will know how to save any video from Youtube.  You will also understand the technologies behind the media you will be dealing with.  If you get anything out of this article, let it be that you can save those favorite videos of yours from Youtube and other similar web sites into your computer so you can either store them in a CD or just keep them for any other purpose.

Introduction to Youtube.

I will concentrate on the Youtube example, but I will try to show you other examples later if possible, to make it easier for beginners because Youtube is probably the most famous web sites ever, of course after Google web site.  Don't argue on that statement, and of course it is not an important point of the lesson here.  Any ways, the background on Youtube is that it is a video sharing web site.  This means if I upload a video and you get to see that video as well as other millions of users can watch the same video at the same time.  So, it is simply a storage for virtually unlimited number of videos. 

Until recently, Youtube users only either uploaded videos on Youtube or watched what others had uploaded.  But nowadays, there are numerous ways to also download videos from Youtube with the help of computer programs.

Using Programs to download Videos

The best method I discovered so far is to use RealPlayer, which is one of the most popular media players out there in the market.   If you haven't heard the name, then you probably spent the last decade or so in a deserted Island where there is no Internet connection.  No pun intended!

If you are familiar with RealPlayer, go and download the latest version at the Real Networks web site.  The version I use, which is the only one that will allow streaming media downloading, is v11.03, apparently the latest one.  This is a free program unless you want to buy it for more additional commercial features.

Once you have downloaded Real Player, you need to install it, then you can start downloading.  Of course I will walk you through the necessary steps to perform the task I mentioned here.  So, sit back and read more.  Now look, I know this article can get lengthy and you may not have time to read it all at once, so I recommend you Add to Favorites,

  1. Click on Favorites
  2. Click on Add to Favorites
  3. Click on Ok

How to download Real Player

The steps of downloading RealPlayer 11.03 involves visiting the download web site and then registering with Real Networks (Free Registration) and then when provided with the download link opening the link and saving the download file into your computer.

  1. Go to Real Player Download Link

  2. Under Basic Player heading click on Get Your Player --> button
  3. Once the File Download box shows up on your screen click on Save button
  4. Select the desired folder you want to save the RealPlayer Installation program
  5. Click on Open button again.  Internet Explorer will start the download.

Installing RealPlayer v11.03

Once the download finishes, Internet Explorer will prompt you whether or not you want to run the program or open the folder containing it.  Click on Run button to start installing it.  Some time during the Installation, RealPlayer program will ask you if you want to activate the option to download Streaming Media from the Internet so you need to check the box that says Yes.

That is it.

How to Download the Videos On Youtube

You now have RealPlayer v11.03  installed and ready to download any video.  Whenever you start[DownloadVideoBtn_RPlr-743617.JPG] watching a video, RealPlayer media recording function will start and ask you if you want to download the video.

  1. Click on Download This Vidoe Button
  2. Allow the RP Download Manager to finish downloading[DnldAndRcrdMngr-744163.JPG]

Now to Find the vidoe,

  1. Start Real Player
  2. Click on My Library
  3. Select Downloaded Recordings

You should then see a list of the videos you have downloaded onto Real Player.  Please remember that all Youtube videos are in .flv format which is the standard Flash Player format.

From here on, what you do with the videos you have downloaded is up to you!  However, I will try to explain how you can move it your mobile phone or burn it into a CD to watch it on your VCD/DVD/Vidx player.  But all that in due time.

 


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