Download Video From YouTube

Nothing is worse than having a great video from YouTube identified to start a class discussion and then finding out your network connection is down. You can avoid this unpleasant experience by installing a free product called YouTube Downloader from Biennesoft.

This freeware (no cost to use it) enables you to download videos from YouTube (and other sites) and save them to FLV (Flash video) files. Now FLV files are pretty useless since it is difficult to find players to play them back. Fortunately, the program allows you to convert the FLV files to more useful formats for display on devices such as iPods, iPhones, PSPs, cell phones, and Windows Media Player. You can even export just the sound to an MP3 file.

The software is dead simple to use. Just paste in the URL of the video and click OK to save it as an FLV file.



To convert to another format, browse to where the FLV file was stored and select it. Then choose the appropriate conversion format and click OK to convert. It couldn't be easier!



By downloading the video and converting it into an appropriate format you won't have to worry about losing your Internet connection. This also makes it handy for distributing the file via e-mail or in a course management system.