Best Ways to Download Online Videos For Windows and MAC Users

There are numbers of websites sharing online videos. The popular websites such as YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, DailyMotion,Veoh, Break are the huge source of videos. But downloading those shared videos are not always so easy. Here we discussed several ways to download videos from video sharing websites. Such as Online download tools and services; Video downloading application; Download managers; Firefox extensions. By the following tools you can download any video from the best video sharing websites to watch movies, documentaries, stand-ups and TV shows.

1. Online Download Tools and Services:

There is a large number of free web services that allow you to download videos from the video-sharing sites. The freely available web applications are the best. No clutters or slow down with these software. Here are few examples:

For windows Users

KeepVid:

KeepVid provides a very useful online video download service. You can download videos from almost any video sharing website through this web application. To make things easier for you with a Top Videos section that allows you to download most watched videos faster. Its working procedure is also quite simple. Just copy the link of any video in given URL section paste then click DOWNLOAD. After that the website will provide you some option (or links) to choose the video quality (like .flv/.mp4). Just select one of your choice. Enjoy quality downloads.

Download Videos:

Now I am going to share one more exciting site which provides video downloading services. Download Videos is an easy-to-use suite that supports downloads from major sites including YouTube and MySpace. This particular site also offers you free download of FLV player which is great to play the YouTube videos. Just like the previous one, you just have to copy and past the URL from the original website (such as YouTube, Metacafe etc), then select the site name and quality option and after all just click “Download”.

VideoDownloader 2.0:

VideoDownloader is also a useful web application. You can paste URL from many sites such as Blip.TV, iFilm, and even social networking sites such as MySpace. Also download a free FLV player from the site to play videos.

Vixy.net:

Vixy.net is a great stuff that not only downloads online videos, but also converts them to AVI, MOV, MP4, 3GP, or MP3 in case you need to extract the audio from the file. No need to download a FLV player when you can convert it to a Windows Video format. Just copy and paste the URL of a particular video you want to download, and select the video format you want it to convert into. Source

ClipNabber:

ClipNabber offers the quickest way to download videos from YouTube, Metacafe etc. Procedure is almost same, i.e  just copy the URL and past it in ClipNabber, you’ll get a link using which you can download the video to your Computer or iPhone, iPod. To play the YouTube video use a FLV player.

KcoolOnline:

In the video downloading web application list another website KcoolOnline claims to support more than 98 video sites including MySpace, iFilm, CollegeHumor etc. After download, rename the files with .FLV extension and enjoy the downloaded video.

Media converter:

Media converter is mostly used to download videos from YouTube. You can also download video from other sites using the video download program, but just 5 sites. To access this application you are required to create an account to log in.

Zamzar:

This free conversion web application allows you to convert videos from Internet to AVI, MPEG, 3GP, MP4, MOV, etc.  You can also use this application to convert audio, images and document formats. So Zamzar will help you to convert your media format on the basis of your demand.

VidDownloader:

VidDownloader supports around 10 sites including all the major ones. Download may be done in DivX AVI format. The special feature is to extract the audio from video by this web application. It’s quite simple, select the “Just Audio” button on the download page and you are done. Further, it allows you to convert the files into Windows supported video format. No need of  FLV player. Enjoy!!

HeyWatch:

Haywatch is also a great video downloading web application which allows online video encoding that encodes video into different formats including HD in a jiffy. The graphical interface is quite impressive and includes some commendable features like transferring a video from the web directly to an FTP server or to online storage. To avail this feature you have to register on the site (But for encoding purpose you have to credit your account).

VideoRonk:

Another best and recommended web tool for video downloading purpose is VideoRonk. It’s a versatile application that lets you searches for the most popular videos across multiple video-sharing websites such as YouTube, MetaCafe, Google Video and DailyMotion. Watch them on VideoRonk, else download them on your computer. You’ll need a FLV player to watch them. So enjoy the power to download videos from VideoRonk.

DownThisVideo:

This is another website you can try for video downloading. It has a user friendly interface and handy tag clouds at top, you can click on it to find videos quickly. Popular videos of the site include Anime etc. Favorite with Japanese. Check out DownThisVideo.

All2CONVERT:

All2CONVERT is another interesting site to Download videos from YouTube, MySpace, Metcafe, Lulu. It allows you to convert the videos for your cell phone, iPhone, iPod, PC.

2. Video downloading application

There is a large number of video downloading application to download videos from the video sharing sites. Here some of best examples are given for your information.

FlashLynx:

This is an easy to use online video downloading program. You can download video files from several online video libraries including YouTube and Myspace.You have to download and install the application software  FlashLynx Video Download Software. After installing run the application and use just like other web application. Copy and paste the link to start your download. You can also preview the video before downloading. Source.

KeepV:

KeepV is another application to download YouTube, MySpace and Google. It offers you to convert either MOV, 3GP, AVI, iPod or PSP format. To get started You have to download the application first. Download KeepV

After downloading the software install it and run it to enjoy the video downloading service. Browse and download videos by this cool application.

3. Download managers:

There are several types of Download Managers  you can use to download  videos from those video sharing websites.You just need to  download those software and install it to your system,so that you can use it for video downloading.You can also download other items except videos through this software.Such applications are Internet Download Maneger,Free Download Maneger,Download Accelator plus etc.

4. Firefox extensions:

Firefox is one of the most popular and fastest web browser available on the internet. A useful side of using Firefox as your internet browser is that you don’t need to have any kind of third party extension for downloading purpose. Firefox provides the facility itself. Some Firefox extension which can help you to download online videos are

• Media Converter – By using this extension you can Download and convert online videos directly from your browser without the need for special software. This is a video downloading converter in one simple extension.
• Fast Video Download – By using it you will be able to Download video files from popular sites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Break.com, Blip.tv, Spike, MyVideo.de, YourFileHost, zippyvideos.com, yikers.com, vimeo.com and more video sharing web sites completely free.
• Flash Video Resources Downloader – Its is a very special extension which keeps up to date on video sites when they make updates to stop from being downloaded and is constantly adding new sites. It just adds a small icon to the status bar of your Firefox browser.
• DownloadHelper – This is a very easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries. Unbelievable list of the supported web sites and services  updated regularly.

For MAC Users

MAC users have also some information in this blog. They can similarly use some online applications to download their favorite videos from internet. Here some examples are given exclusively for the MAC users.

Sothink:

Sothink is a free Web Video Down loader for Firefox can download video, download FLV . It can run in WINDOWS, LINUX, Mac OS X (x86), or Mac OS X (PPC).

iSkysoft:

iSkysoft provides a great service to MAC users in video downloading purpose.

AIIMyTube:

AIIMyTube It is too very useful for downloading online videos in MAC.

[NOTE: For more information mac users are reffered to http://www.moviesmac.com/tutorial/download-youtube-on-mac.html ]