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VideoGet is a very useful and efficient tool to download video from over 100 of streaming websites. Some of them are YouTube, MySpace, Google Video, Yahoo Video, VSocial, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, Aol and many others.
Most of these videos are in flv format and VideoGet also offers the opportunity to convert each video in another format such as AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, FLV, MP4, 3GP, MP3 or can directly load Video in an iPod, iPhone, PSP and other mobile devices.In addition, you can also set the quality of audio and video, the frame rate. We can also schedule download and create a list of all videos downloaded. The application has also a plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox that allows, in case of disconnection, to resume downloading a video from where it left off.
If you like this software download VideoGet from here and use the license key -D4CA27A8-5DDE-4517-B6D2 -to unlock 20 day trial (This key is from Giveawayoftheday.com to use without time limits)
The software is tested and found to be working perfectly and you may require an internet connection while installing, just for updating.
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FLV Play is an application based on Adobe AIR that allows us to explore and play You Tube videos without using a browser.FLV Play allows searching for videos on You Tube by keywords or user name. It also gives the ability to sort the video according to their relevance, popularity, date of publication or qualification, etc and includes a function to save the videos on our computer in SWF format.
You can download You Tube video directly by clicking the folder icon in the video Meta details area. To install this player you required installed Adobe AIR on your computer
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You may come across a warning message when you just wanted to see a You Tube video, that the video was removed due to some kind of TOS violation. YouTomb – a research project by MIT Free Culture let you know who, why and when You Tube videos are deleted.YouTomb continually monitors the most popular videos on YouTube for copyright-related takedowns. Any information available in the metadata is retained, including who issued the complaint and how long the video was up before takedown. The goal of the project is to identify how YouTube recognizes potential copyright violations as well as to aggregate mistakes made by the algorithm - more details
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Ashampoo clip finder is a free application for Windows that allows you to search, watch and download videos from sites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Ifilm etc.Features of this application includes

• Finds online videos which fit a search word
• Supports the popular video portals YouTube, VideU, MyVideo, ClipFish, Google Video, sevenload, Dailymotion, MySpace, Metacafe, Veoh, Livevideo.com, blip.tv, Yahoo! Video and iFilm
• Preview of all hit videos directly in the program window
• Shows the length, assessment and name of the videos
• Playing the videos directly in the Ashampoo ClipFinder
• Download of the videos in the FLV format on your own hard drive

• Your own favorite videos will be taken over in a separate favorites file
• Skins change the looks of the Ashampoo ClipFinders

File size: 2.6Mb / Download / Free License key / Home page
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Youtube Viewer is an add-on for Firefox that allows you to watch your favorite YouTube videos directly without going to YouTube site. The working is simple after installation; launch it by going to Tools – YouTube Viewer. Type the search terms in the “Search for” text field and press Search button. The list of matching videos will be populated in the list box on the left. Select a video and press ENTER or double click on it. The video is loaded in the Video panel. Even though this add-on is an experimental one, its working is fine.
Installation:
1. Download and save it on your computer.
2. Start Firefox – select ‘File menu’ – select ‘Open File’ and open the saved Youtube Viewer file
A Software Installation dialog will appear. Select Install Now to start the installation.
3. The Extension Manager will appear, and the extension will be displayed. Restart Firefox to complete the installation. The Firefox Extension has now been installed
(Remember this add-on is experimental one so no guarantees. Use the add-on at your own risk)
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Flash Video Resources Downloader is an extension to Firefox like the old Video Downloader that allows you to download video that you’re watching. This utility Works with YouTube, AOL Video, DailyMotion, FileCabinet, Google Video MetaCafe, MySpaceTV and other 43 video sites.
This extension adds to the status bar of Firefox a small blue icon. When you enter a video site like YouTube and want to download the video you are watching, simply click on the icon. A new tab opens in which you can view the URL of the video and a download button. Click the button "Get Video" to download.(source)
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There are many ways to download videos from YouTube. But there is no direct link at YouTube for downloading video.You required some other third party tool to download.
Here is a simple and very practical method which adds to YouTube what is it lacking - links to download the video in different formats offered, and the ability to copy the direction of the download link video.You just required a simple script called YouTube DL Tool installed on yor Firefox. To do this firstly install Greasemonkey extension from Mozilla add-on site, then install YouTube DL in to Geasemonkey.
After the installation, you can see the direct link to download the video from YouTube, as seen in the image, in different format offered.
Install Geasemonkey from here, then Install YouTube DL Tool from here.
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YouTube is a great place that allows you to watch, upload and share videos on the internet. But it doesn't allow you to download that amazing video that you watched. YouTube Catcher is an online tool that allows you to download videos from YouTube .You can also convert the video in to other format or can be extract only audio from the video. Copy and paste the URL of the YouTube Video and click the 'downlod' button to start. Rename the file with .flv extension.
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Mucelli is another musical search engine based on YouTube. You can find songs by author, title or album and has option to see video in a window by clicking a button.

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Sprytube is a search engine for Youtube. The usage is very simple, using the search engine to locate the video you want and then you can view and download.

This new version uses a new method for the search engine, which uses php to make the search results, in addition has changed the method for downloading videos.

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Miro is a free, open source, application that turns your Computer in to an internet TV and video player. You can play virtually any type of video file-WMV, XVID, AVI, FLV, QuickTime, MPEG and more. Miro allows search, watch internet TV and download video from sites like You Tube. It gives you access to more free HD content than any other video player.

Formerly known as Democracy Player, Miro has the following features

1. Play virtually any video file -WMV, XVID, AVI, FLV, QuickTime, MPEG, etc

2. Download YouTube video - Search, download and save video from You Tube, Google Video, Daily Motion etc

3. Download any Bittorrent file fast and watch that video in the same application.

4. Free Internet TV - Subscribe to any video RSS feed, podcast, or video blog. Explore and subscribe to over 1,500 free channels with the built-in Channel Guide.

5. HD video - Miro gives you access to more HD content than any other video player
License - GPL; File size - 22Mb
Download for Windows, Linux, Mac
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YouPlayer is a Firefox add-on that will let you play YouTube videos in a special sidebar. You can add name and URL of the video link in the play list of YouPlayer by copy-paste from YouTube. When you double-click on it, it will be shown in the video window.

You may drag a link to a browser window or right-click it and open in a new tab. You may also bookmark other links, but only YouTube links will be shown in the video window.

Requirements: Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.

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YouTube Desktop is a web based technology which is able to replace the main page of YouTube. This cool web application allows you searching, watching and downloading videos from the richest online video sharing site YouTube. It bring normal desktop application experience to the browser by supporting drag and drop, large thumbnails, standard menus and other elements.

With YouTube Desktop you can - watch multiple video at the same time, download Videos as avi, mp4 , mov, 3gp , wmv, flv, exe (built in standalone player) , create and save any video to watch later or share it with friends, share videos with friends by sending URL’s and recommending videos to friends through e-mail, and more.

Remember that, to use YouTube Desktop you required invitation from the registered member or invitation from YouTube Desktop as a beta tester. YouTube Desktop works well with latest browsers like Firefox, IE7, Opera and Safari.

For full details and invitation visit YouTube Desktop

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OSkope is a search assistant with a highly intuitive visual interface. OSkope lets you browse quickly through a large number of images and video and preview information with minimal paging. Selected items can be saved by registered users.

This visual search is a free online service developed by oSkope media gmbh in Zurich and Berlin. At present it lets you search on web services like Amazon, Ebay, YouTube or Flickr
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KidVideos is a video sharing site just like YouTube which provides only kids related contents like cartoon and educational videos. KidVideos presented with many features, where kids and parents can watch, create, and share their movies and videos and allows commenting and rating.

The important thing about KidVideos is that it allows only kid-safe, kid-friendly videos to upload.

The site describes “KidVideos is an online video streaming platform, devoted to providing a kid-safe, kid-friendly, and kid-unique environment, where kids and parents can watch, create, and share their movies and videos. We are able to ensure such an environment by following the FTC's COPPA guidelines, reviewing all uploaded material with the intentions of filtering out all potentially harmful and unsuitable content, monitoring the website's activity, which includes reviewing posted comments, and continuing to make the functions and features of the site fun and easy to use”.

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Online videos are very popular with the emergence of YouTube, Google Video, or many others. May be we are all likes to download these videos and takes different method to download.
Here is a lists online video downloader

YouTubeX - YouTubeX.com allows you to save and download YouTube videos easily using only your IE or Firefox browser. It also supports Myspace Video, Ifilm, and Metacafe etc.

Flvix - You can convert and download videos from You Tube, Google Video or directly from .FLV file.

VideoDL –It is a quick AJAX application that allows you to download online video into your computer

Video Downloader – Available as a Firefox and IE extension

Kcoolonline – From this site you can download videos from more than 98 sites

Vconverter - allows you convert and download online video like YouTube to more popular formats like wmv, mov, mp4, mp3, 3gp etc.

MediaConverter – Allows converting videos from YouTube.

KissYouTube - A service that provides an effective ways to download videos from YouTube. Download speed and response rate is quick.

KeepVid - Download and convert videos from YouTube, Google Video, MySpace, DailyMotion, Blip.tv, etc.

Vixy – Convert and download videos from YouTube and other popular video sharing site.

DownThisVideo - lets you download videos from YouTube, GoogleVideo, MetaCafe, and others.

YouTubeDownloads – Download and save movies from YouTube

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YouTubeX.com allows you to save and download YouTube videos easily using only your IE or Firefox browser. It also supports Myspace Video, Ifilm, and Metacafe etc.

Browse for the videos at YouTube.com. Copy and Paste the URL of the YouTube video into the form above. Click "DOWNLOAD" to save the YouTube file to your PC. Rename the YouTube file with .flv extension if necessary.

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Vconverter allows you convert an Online Video like 'YouTube videos' to more popular formats like wmv, mov, mp4, mp3, 3gp etc. When you submit a url, it will download the file to server and convert to the video format. Then you can download the converted file.

The service is similar to Vixy.net and Flvix.

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Flvix is a free online flash video converter. You can convert and download videos from You Tube, Google Video or directly from .FLV file.

Copy the link of the page with the video on it and paste it in the textbox. Choose desired format like AVI, MOV, MP4, 3GP and MP3, click on convert button. After conversion you can download the converted file from there.

The site is just like Vixy.net which is also an online flv converter. Conversion is relatively fast and simple, especially with small files and is suitable for mobile video conversion – MP4 or 3GP.

Have a try at Flvix

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>>Before downloading a video configure avi codec to your choice - WMV2 or MPEG4 for conversion from the menu Option – Preferences.

>>The specialty about this software is that, no other video conversion software is required for converting flash video. So you can view the video from windows default player.

>>You can search for video from the search bar provided in the program. Alternatively, browse the sites themselves by selecting the site of your choice from the drop-down menu. If you’re select latter option, enter the site and copy the URL and paste it to ‘Video URL’ box, and click ‘Download’.

Installation:

>>Just unzip all the files to a folder in your hard disk. No installation required. Both ‘vdownloader.exe’ and ‘ffmpeg.exe’ must be in the same directory. Otherwise, videos won't be properly converted. Double click on ‘Vdownloader exe’ to open the app.

>>However, Vdownloader doesn't do quite as much as it perhaps could. For example, some times it shows an error message while double clicking on video link instead of downloading. And also downloading from some site provided in the drop down menu doesn’t work properly.

>>Above all, this is a lightweight, free application that doesn't consume your system resources and provides an extremely quick and easy way to download and convert ‘YouTube’ videos to your system.

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