Most of us love watching videos on Youtube and other video sharing websites. Are there ways to download these videos and save them to your hard disk so that you can view them offline? Yes there are!
Using these software, you can download videos from flash-based video-sharing sites, convert them to other formats and even copy them to your mobile phone or iPod for viewing when you are on the move.
Here is a list of 4 cool tools to download streaming videos to your computer:
Free Download Manager:
Free download manager is an awesome tool that comes with download manager, upload manager, flash downloader and bittorrent support. As its name suggests, FDM is absolutely free and is licensed under GNU GPL. The flash downloader allows you to download videos from youtube. In addition it also allows you to convert to other formats such as avi, mpeg, etc.
To put it in simple terms, FDM is a one stop solution to all of your downloading needs.
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For instructions on downloading videos from youtube using FDM check this link.
Video Downloadhelper for Firefox:
This is another cool tool. This not only works on videos, but also on all other types of media such as images, audio and others.
To download streaming videos using this tool, install it in Firefox and click the arrow next to Download Helper button. You will be displayed with a number of options and so can select the one of your choice.
This extension can be used to download videos and other media from any webpage. If the toolbar button is greyed out, it indicates that there is no media on the web page that be downloaded. If the three buttons are colored, it means there is media that be downloaded.
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Orbit Downloader
Orbit Downloader: is an excellent download manager that has the unique ability to download streaming media (audio and video, as well as flash SWF) from video sharing and other sites. Orbit Downloader allows you to download from a number of websites and also supports other protocols such as RTSP, RTMP, and MMS streaming.
To download media using Orbit Downloader, hover over the media and click on Grab++. It will download the files you need.