Is it possible to save a youtube video as a file on your computer?

Question

I want to make an avatar that has a youtube clip in it. Ever tutorial says you need to use a video thats on your computer, not on the internet

So is it possible to like, downlaod a youtube video and make it appear as a desktop file or do you have to do something else? Is so, can someone tell me how they make avatars out of youtube videos??

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible, but you probably have to download a free youtube downloader/converter, such as this one.

http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/

How you do it depends on the software you have

Answer 2

Yep, goto  http://www.tubefish.net/

Answer 3

yup, just head on over to extractvideo.com and copy and paste your YouTube URL into the main page. Or go to their search page and find and download your video directly.

It also has a Free Video Player to play the movie(s) once you download them.

Answer 4

You do not have to download a program. Install the Download Helper extension in Firefox. It can take audio and video from any site that streams.

Answer 5

iDesktop.tv, you can watch and download YouTube videos to your favorite format.

Answer 6

this will help you.... Use 'zillatube'. This is the easiest (and also the fastest) way.

Zillatube produces mpg/mp3 video or sound formats from youtube that are compatible with windows movie maker(or media player), and more.

Just get those clips you want , save & convert them, and then mix/match with pix/sound/etc using windows movie maker(included in your windows machine) to create new masterpieces..

It is very easy to download and convert videos. Then edit those converted mpg videos with windows movie maker.

It works very well -   http://www.zillatube.com

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Answer 7

Here is a free solution so that you can watch YouTube videos on your computer.

This tool also has a player.

http://www.free-download-youtube.com/dow...  

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Answer 8

The way I do it is go to keepvid.com, type in the url there, download the file, convert the intension to .flv, download this http://www.download.com/Free-FLV-Convert... and convert the .flv file to .avi or whatever video format you want.  

Answer 9

yes, you can, here is a step by step guide about downloading free videos from youtube step by step,

http://www.flash-video-soft.com/download...

It is easy-to-use and the downloading speed is fast.

it will be downloaded as flv file on your computer,

Answer 10

Yes just use this

http://youtubevideosdownload.com/downloa...

Answer 11

first of all you can save you-tube files by using Real player to download the video content.  It will be saved as a flv file.   As far as setting it as your avatar, you would have to some how convert it to a .gif format

Answer 12

download real player

then, go to the video, youll see a download video link above it.

click it and enjoy. =]