How To Download Youtube Video

Many users want to save their favorite videos to their computer so they can watch them without being connected to the Internet or so they can watch them on other devices. Below are the steps required for downloading and watching YouTube videos on your computer for free.

Below is a brief description of how to save a video using Savevid. These steps are often very similar with other services used to save YouTube and other flash videos online.

1. Go to the YouTube video page and copy the URL of the video you wish to save. For example, below is a URL to a video on YouTube. 
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ymHMgFAps
2. Once this address has been copied, visit SaveVid and paste that URL into the URL text field, then click the Submit or Download button.
3. If done properly, the page should open a new window or display a link to each of the video formats that can be saved. Savevid will give you the option to save the video as FLV, 3GP, MP4 and WebM format. If you're wanting to watch this video on the computer we recommend saving the video as MP4 format.