Download YouTube videos with jDownloader
With the "jDownloader" you can do a lot of things, you can even download YouTube videos with the free tool. You can find out how to do this in this practical tip.
jDownloader: Download videos from YouTube
With the "jDownloader" you not only have access to hosting sites like Rapidshare but also to YouTube. This way, videos can be conveniently saved on your computer.
- Download the "jDownloader" here and install it.
- Open the "jDownloader". Open the video you want to download in a browser and copy the link from the address bar.
- Click on the "Linkgrabber" button in "jDownloader". There, click on "Add URL (s)" in the lower area.
- Paste the copied link of the YouTube video here and click on "Parse URL (s)"
- You will now see a folder. Here you can decide in which quality you would like to download the video. The label is at the end of the name of each file. For high quality you should download the video at 720p or 1080p.
- Now right click on the file you want to download and select "Continue with selected link (s)".
- Your video will now be downloaded. To find out where it is saved, click on the "Download" tab, then right-click on the file to be downloaded and then select "Open directory" (see screenshot).
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