If you wanted to download videos from sites like Youtube, Metacafe and MySpace, you used to have to be technical saavy. If you knew how to read code, you could go into the websites page source and do a little “messing around”. It’s a very good thing programs have been invented to make it easy to download and save your favorite videos.

Why it might be harder than you think

A little while’s back, some smart programmers realized that they can make it “easier” for the average Joe to download a youtube video. These programmers created sites that would allow you to download the Youtube videos by just putting in the web address that the video was on. Easy enough, right? WRONG! Sure, it was now easy to download the video, but it would download the video in a format called .flv. That doesn’t do the average person any good since NONE of your traditional video players like ITunes or Window Medias Player can play .flv files.

How you can now easy download, save, and convert Youtube videos.

Sorry for all the above explaining. I just want to make sure you don’t fall into the same trap that so many other people do by downloading the .flv Youtube videos.

Here’s what you need to do.
1. Open up your firefox browser (If you don’t have firefox as your browser, I would download it immediately… It’s free and safe)
2. Download an add-on called Media Downloader (It’s a simple one click install)
3. Go to YouTube or ANY of your favorite video sites and copy the web address of the video you want downloaded.
4. Paste the web address into the Media Downloader plugin and hit download.
5. The Firefox downloader will save the video to your computer and convert it so any media player can view the video.

Remember to Download Firefox if you haven’t and install the plugin.