YouTube has billions of videos available for streaming videos. So it doesn’t have any button to download any video. While it’s an option to watch and download videos in its app on mobile, the app can also be viewed offline. Fortunately, you can now download any video from YouTube. You can download videos from YouTube to your computer in these ways.
How to download YouTube videos using VLC Media player
VLC is a free media player app that lets you watch videos and play music on your PC or Mac. Chances are you already have it installed on your computer. This app will take you a few minutes. You can download any video from YouTube.
- Find the video you want to download from YouTube after that you should copy the URL of this video
- After copying the URL, open the VLC if you’re using a pc, click on the media menu at the top and then open network stream.
- In the pop-up that appears, select the Network tab and paste the URL of the YouTube video. In the text box at the top and then click Open or Play at the bottom.
- After some time, the YouTube video will start playing. If you open a long video, it will take more time.
- If you are on PC, click on Tools in the top menu and then Media Information. If you’re using a Mac, click Windows in the top menu, then click media Information.
- The media info pop up will have a location text box on the bottom side. Double-click to select the URL in the text box and then copy it.
- Go to your browser and paste the URL into the text box at the top of the screen Then press Enter on PC or Return on Mac.
- You will only be taken to the video player page. Click on the three dots at the bottom right corner and then click on Download.
The video will be downloaded to your computer, you can download it anywhere or give it any name.
How to download YouTube videos on mobile
The easiest way to watch YouTube videos is to install the YouTube app on your mobile They can download it on their mobile and watch it offline.
- Open the YouTube app on your iOS or Android mobile
- Then find the video you want to watch offline
- Finally, press the download button
How to download YouTube videos using the MacX or WinX YouTube Downloader
MacX and WinX are a whole suite of programs, each designed to download videos from a different source. The MacX and WinX YouTube Downloaders as the name suggests to download various videos from YouTube.
- If you want to download videos from YouTube, go to the WinX website and download the. application. If you’re using a Mac, go to the MacX Download page.
- When the program is installed, open it and paste the URL in the upper left corner and click on it.
- Paste the link to the YouTube video at the top text box and then click on the analysis on the right side.
- The app will then check the quality of the video. You will be offered different types of files to download it.
- Select the video quality you want and then download the selected video at the bottom.
- Then click on download on the next page
Your video will be downloaded in the same quality in which you downloaded it and this video or movie will be saved on your computer.
How can I download music from YouTube?
Sometimes you also want to download just the audio from a video on youtube. Downloading audio files is easy as mentioned above, they can download audio instead of video. Similarly, you can only download audio tracks and not videos. If you download the audio track, you don’t need to open and play YouTube while listening to the audio. If you don’t mind paying, you can do it as part of YouTube Music Premium, which is £8.99/$8.99 per month. You can also download music and videos while using it so it is limited to music only.
YouTube has billions of videos available for streaming videos. So it doesn’t have any button to download any video. While it’s an option to watch and download videos in its app on mobile, the app can also be viewed offline. Fortunately, you can now download any video from YouTube. You can download videos from YouTube to your computer in these ways.