Download and save youtube video to your G1

meltyblood913 · 11-06-2008, 06:47 AM

Here is a cool trick to save videos to your G1.
If you use firefox web browser you will need to download a plugin called download helper.
Now you go to youtube and find a video you like.
then wait for it to load.
then when you select download helper in the top right corner you select from dropdown menu the file name of video followed by .flv.
when you download the .flv file then i use xvidforpsp and convert the .flv to mp4 ot h.264 and then copy it to the G1 memory card and tada you just saved the youtube video for playback to your G1 to play at anytime and save without having to find it again.

**Phases** · 11-06-2008, 12:46 PM

Nice

pestilence · 11-06-2008, 04:03 PM

Porn!

cNo7 · 11-06-2008, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pestilence

Porn!

that got a hefty "lol" outta me. haha

androidtapp · 12-14-2008, 12:35 PM

Here's a way to do it from your G1... No PC required:

http://www.androidtapp.com/how-to-save-youtube-videos-on-your-g1/

dancemaster345 · 12-14-2008, 01:09 PM

thanks androidtapp, great video tutorial

meltyblood913 · 12-15-2008, 11:04 PM

Wow thats a great one i will remember that hack
i will have to bookmark that one saves me time from converting the video on a pc.

PhantomTrace · 12-15-2008, 11:55 PM

Awesome!!!! cant wait for the capabilities when flash and SD storage is fixed!!!

wzz8l2x2 · 12-16-2008, 06:24 PM

oh wow.. thanks.
now i gotta get a bigger micro sd card.. lol

sylo88 · 12-23-2008, 01:45 PM

1) Use the Youtube Broswer find and vid and click share.
2) Copy and paste the location, go to www.keepvid.com
3) Download in .mp4 format, use "Video Player" to play it.

Enjoy.

blambu56 · 01-02-2009, 02:47 PM

Great help guys -

TopDNBass · 01-30-2009, 08:14 PM

I've got a better way to do this..
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f7/official-youtube-video-downloading-thread-ftw-11539/

CheskaD · 02-05-2009, 02:53 AM

I do use Grabthat video. I tried it myself and it really works. Simple and fast.

All you have to do is log on to YouTube. Select the video you want to download. Copy the url on the Address bar. Go to Grabthatvideo.com and paste the YouTube url to the box. Press the download button to start downloading your video. Save the video to your desktop and you can change the filename. In order for you to transfer video files into your computer, you need to download flash player software at Grabthatvideo.com, and take note it is for FREE.

It is simple and fast. Besides, those softwares are FREE.

Goodluck!

kevstv · 02-26-2009, 03:08 AM

there is a great app on the market that does this for you. It's called YouTube Downloader. Once installed, simply find the vid you want on the youtube website, click the link and you will be asked what you want to open the link with, select the downloader and it will download the vid straight to your sdcard.

N3TWORK BURN3R · 02-26-2009, 12:39 PM

Im about to make all of your lives 10 times easier. In order to download youtube vids without the need of apps on your PC or G1, simply type in "pwn" in the front of youtube. So in example,

justjimjpc · 03-29-2009, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N3TWORK BURN3R

Im about to make all of your lives 10 times easier. In order to download youtube vids without the need of apps on your PC or G1, simply type in "pwn" in the front of youtube. So in example,

This worked great on the pc ... but could not get it to work with default browser or Steel ... Any suggestions ?

kizer · 03-30-2009, 06:04 PM

Worked on my default browser. Un-rooted RC33.

justjimjpc · 03-30-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kizer

Worked on my default browser. Un-rooted RC33.

LOL ... that was a great suggestion !!!

.... Well I got it to work after several attemps and pasting the url into the download box, and after several site failures/problems... ???

kevstv · 04-01-2009, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justjimjpc

This worked great on the pc ... but could not get it to work with default browser or Steel ... Any suggestions ?

YouTube Downloader!! So simple and easy to use!!

justjimjpc · 04-01-2009, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevstv

YouTube Downloader!! So simple and easy to use!!

Use that APP as well, but the issue here was to use a simple easy to remember method for use on your PC & G1 .

It was simple for me to start because of a couple of network errors ... I believe ..

corymey · 04-18-2009, 01:02 PM

i have downloaded some videos from my phone and now it wont let me down load anymore it keeps force closing everytime i click on the "High Quality Mp4" link can anyone help me?

Tazjin · 04-23-2009, 11:45 PM

The best way of downloading a Youtube vid to your computer is creating a bookmark pointing at

Code:

javascript:if (document.getElementById('download-youtube-video')==null && !!(document.location.href.match(/http:\/\/[a-zA-Z\.]*youtube\.com\/watch/))) {var yt_mp4_path='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_id='+swfArgs['video_id']+'&t='+swfArgs['t']; var div_embed=document.getElementById('watch-embed-div');div_embed.innerHTML=div_embed.innerHTML+'<br /> <span id=\'download-youtube-video\'><a href=\''+yt_mp4_path+'\'>Download as MP4</a> (click and save)</span>';}void(0);

That will add a download link at the bottom of the description box, if clicked while you're on the video site.

justmore · 05-12-2009, 02:58 AM

hi you can just use a free youtube downloader,
and then converter downloaded flv video to MP4 with this free flv converter.

sobo715 · 06-11-2009, 09:27 AM

i dont have no dropdown bar when the video loads

Buffman · 06-12-2009, 12:41 PM

Shweet.

waldroid · 06-12-2009, 04:56 PM

Find YouTube downloader here

YouTube Downloader

deathmonkey · 06-23-2009, 01:03 AM

If your using firefox just download "Download Helper" from there Add-ons page. After that your all set. Download all allows you to download the mp4. version of the you tube video you are watching (if it has one).

to do so:

Look on your address bar, there should be an icon with three colored circles on it. click on the tiny little arrow next to it. A drop down menu will appear with the options to download the flv. or mp4 versions.

example..

tiestoliveatWMC.flv is the flv version.
tiestoliveatWMC [18] is the mp4 high quality version at 420x320 res.
tiestoliveatWMC [22] is the mp4 high quality version at 720x??? res. and so forth.

I usually download the [18] version. Best quality for the phone and the sizes are roughly around 15 to 30 megs.

woo woo!!! =)

lewy · 07-19-2009, 12:08 AM

Great info folks.......all of this info needs to be palced on a sticky.

MovieDownloadLinks · 07-28-2009, 11:40 AM

i use
http://www.keepvid.com/
&
http://www.keephd.com/

to download youtube videos,
i prefer http://www.keephd.com/ because its alot easier to use,
hope this helps

nirudyogi · 09-27-2009, 03:40 AM

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Richw350 · 10-02-2009, 08:00 AM

Is there a media player that will play the .flv files directly? Since the .flv is a smaller file than and mp4, would be nice to just download the video without the need for conversion.

dkaufman1 · 10-02-2009, 08:37 AM

.flv is flash video...and right now that's not an option.

waldroid · 10-13-2009, 04:35 PM

The official YouTube Downloader is available on the devs site here:

YouTube Downloader