Download Youtube movies

Video Download Helper is one of the best youtube downloaders I have come across.

It is a free Firefox extension that sits on your Firefox toolbar. When you find a movie that you want to download just click on the Video Download button and choose from the Dropdown list the format you would like to save the movie in. Click on Download and it will download to your Download folder.
If you download as a .flv you will need an flv player.

If you download it as a mp4, you can play in Quicktime player or Media Player.

Be aware when you go to this site that you want to click on the 'Install the extension' this will add the Youtube downloader extension.

WARNING: You might not want to click on 'They are here' link, this leads to a place where you can search for movies but it brings up movie choices that are definitely not educational!

Downloading youtube movies on Macs

I have just come across an easier way to download youtube movies on a Mac. This works only in Safari. As the movie is playing press Option - Command - A and an address window will open.
Click on the arrow next to the Movie File name to view all the files.
Double click on the biggest file and it will start downloading to your Download folder in your folder. The download file will be called get_video. Open your VLC player,
Go to File - Open and open your movie and it will play.

Downloading Youtube movies and inserting into PowerPoint

1. Firstly you need to download 'youtube downloader'. This is the software that you will use to download youtube movies.
2. Second you will need to download a converting software called Pazera.
3. Next you find the youtube movie you want to download, download it in youtube downloader
4. Finally convert the movie from flv to avi
5. Now you can insert the movie into a PowerPoint

1. Download a youtube downloader
Go to youtube downloader . Click on Download Now
Click Download

Click Run , click Run on the next message

The 'youtube downloader wizard will start, click Next, click
I Agree, click Install, click Finish

The 'youtube downloader' will now be on your desktop.

2. Download Converting software Pazera

Go to Pazera and click Download nowClick Save. Choose where to save it.

You will need to extract the file so click on flvtoavi.exe, click Extract and choose where to extract it to. Double click on flvtoavi
The Pazera window will appear.

3. Open a youtube movie and download

Go to youtube, find a movie, click on the Internet address, press Ctrl C to copy the address. Doubleclick the youtube downloader on the desktop to open the downloader. Press Ctrl V in the 'Enter video URL' if it is not already there. Check that it in the Convert to box that it says MPEG4 Codec (AVI), if it doesn't say that then click on Convert video (previously downloaded)from file and select MPEG4 Codec from the dropdown menu. Click back on the Download video from YouTube, click OK. In the next dialogue box choose where you want to save this file, click Save. The movie will download. Click Close

4. Convert the FLV file to Avi

Click on . Find the movie you downloaded, and click Open. Click on the Convert button . The file will now be converted to an AVI

5. Insert into PowerPoint

In PowerPoint go to Insert - Movie and Sounds - Movie from file. Click on the movie file and click OK. Click Automatically or When clicked. To play the movie you will need to view it in slideshow view.