Wednesday, March 14, 2007

How to rip videos from YouTube

Hurrah! I don't have to install all these unnecessary apps anymore! Now I can watch YouTube videos all the time without surfing to their site.

Thanks to the VIXY Project and Kiss YouTube it is now so easy to download videos from YouTube or Google Video. On the website of VIXY all you have to do is to enter the URL* of the YouTube video you want to download and choose the video format like AVI (DivX) or MP4 (iPod, PSP) or 3GP (mobile phones). So copy and paste the URL*, it will download and convert to the video format. Then you can download the converted file. Easy!

Also easy to use is KissYouTube, the whole thing is also web based and all you have to do is just enter the word "kiss" before any video hosted on YouTube to download it.
For example, to download the video of one my favourite Sellaband artists Kane Sole, simply go to YouTube, find the page with your, oops my favourite video and enter "kiss" before the words "YouTube" as in (http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=A-EyFPsa860). It will lead you then to the website of KissYouTube where you can download the file. That's it.
The only downside of KissYouTube is that it does not convert the FLV file to other video formats, so you will need an application like VLC that can play any video format to watch the YouTube video. Daimn, I still have to install another media player... Still, KissYouTube is sweeeeeeeet!

Shiny Shiny via Red Ferret


* for you know who you are: URL is the address bar at the top of your browser

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There are many programs or even online pages that helps you download, convert, play and manage your favorite YouTube videos... and they are very easy to use. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love them!
Have a look here http://downloadyoutubevideos.weebly.com/