# Downloading YouTube videos?

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**Category:** Unrelated Discussion\
**Created:** [April 25, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860 "2011-04-25T23:40:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtman562](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jtman562/32/285_2.png) [@jtman562](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jtman562)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/1 "2011-04-25T23:40:35Z")

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So I want to download a video off YouTube and get a file on my computer. Help?

I’ve tried MPEG Stream Clip, but to no avail.  
I really need help on this.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/2 "2011-04-26T00:51:04Z")

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There’s a couple of add-ons to firefox for that. If you’re using IE, I know nothing…

For firefox:  
[http://www.downloadhelper.net/](http://www.downloadhelper.net/)

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**Author:** ![xaix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xaix/32/766_2.png) [@xaix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xaix)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/3 "2011-04-26T03:33:47Z")

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try download youtube downloader, I use that to download youtube video

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**Author:** ![jtman562](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jtman562/32/285_2.png) [@jtman562](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jtman562)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/4 "2011-04-26T10:56:54Z")

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> [@xaix](#):
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> try download youtube downloader, I use that to download youtube video

And how would I go about doing that?

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/5 "2011-04-26T13:58:11Z")

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google youtube downloader…

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**Author:** ![yoyofoot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyofoot/32/602_2.png) [@yoyofoot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofoot)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/6 "2011-04-26T21:31:56Z")

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Let me google that for you.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/7 "2011-04-26T22:58:08Z")

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Why, do you think he’s incompetent?

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**Author:** ![yoyofoot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyofoot/32/602_2.png) [@yoyofoot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofoot)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/8 "2011-04-26T23:43:28Z")

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> [@jhb8426](#):
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> Why, do you think he’s incompetent?

No, it was a joke.

Have you heard of… [http://tinyurl.com/632hcv](http://tinyurl.com/632hcv)

I’m sure he’s competent.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/downloading-youtube-videos/25860/9 "2011-04-27T04:48:19Z")

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Yes I have, but you didn’t do that there.

Besides, it’s so trivial, why go thru that effort when you can just tell them to go search themselves?  
It’s sorta like giving a man a fish or teaching him how to fish…