The eternal problem of saving videos from YouTube...

[Vokol]

This thing is free, portable and uses youtube-dl https://sourceforge.net/projects/tvideodownloader/files/
Now at version 1.9

[HitLet]

I'm using the latest version of MassTube ( https://www.videohelp.com/software/MassTube ) for saving YouTube videos into my PC without any problem. The installer edition available here in VideoHelp site DOES NOT contains adware/unwanted software if you click the download file from "Download MassTube ... (direct link)". Just try it again. Regards

[Elhombresombra]

This thing is free, portable and uses youtube-dl http://sourceforge.net/projects/tvideodownloader/files/1.8/

I'm using the latest version of MassTube ( https://www.videohelp.com/software/MassTube ) for saving YouTube videos into my PC without any problem. The installer edition available here in VideoHelp site DOES NOT contains adware/unwanted software if you click the download file from "Download MassTube ... (direct link)". Just try it again. Regards

Will try both of them, that's for sure! Thank you very much!

[Anonymous]

Hi folks, here I am with the "usual" problem of saving videos from YouTube...

I searched a lot, really a lot, for some utility that allows me to download and save a video from Youtube.

I am looking for something with the following three features:

1) it must be stand-alonde (not a plugin/add-on for some browser)
2) it must be free from adware/malware/anything-ware
3) if the video is offered in more than one resolution, it must give me the option of choosing the resolution to download, including HD if available.

In order to find something that was really free from adware/greyware, I looked especially at open-source applications, but to my great disappointment, I couldn't find anything that was really reliable. Even utilities like "4k video downloader" or "ClipGrab", for all of them somebody found an "undesirable" presence that needed much work to get rid of.

Apart from the obvious consideration that everybody seems to be eager to plant something in other people's computers I am left with the problem of finding a really safe application, which WORKS...

Do you have any hint?...

Pardon me jumping in but may I ask why you do not want an add on? I have one for Firefox which puts a download button on the youtube page and you can choose what res you want. There is not spyware or adware to my knowledge with https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-youtube/

[1957classic]

I've had good luck with 3D Youtube Downloader.

http://yd.3dyd.com/home/