Thread: download youtube videos in mp4(HQ) format

ok guys this is my first tutorial!!!!
its so easy to download youtube videos in .mp4 format!!!!
note: the method works with firefox only!!!
OK here u go....
the things u need:
(1) wget:
its a command line based download manager which is so small in size and u dont even have to install it in ur pc....... just download it adn put it in ur c:\wget folder
windows version
linux version
mac version
(2) now u need an mozilla addon "firebug"
download firebug



procedure:
go to the youtube page and right click the firebug icon at the bottom right corner of ur firefox page and click enable all panels. Now left click it once and it will open the firebug. Now click on the "NET" tab in the firebug page that appears in front of u!!!!Now play the video u wish to download(dont close the firebug). The NET tab will start to show u something with different sizes, u have to select that one object with the biggest size because it will be the one containing the whole video.Just right click that GET url (the one with the biggest size) and select "copy selection"......Now open ur command prompt and type :
cd c:\wget
c:\wget> wget "paste the url u copied and add fmt=18 at the end of that url" -O x.mp4
press enter
note: do include the double quotes in the above command and put no space while typing &fmt=18 at the end of url....where "x" is the name u want to save the video as...
thats it the video will save in ur c:\wget folder.....
wget also supports the "continue downloading" mechanism if ur downloading got disrupted somehow!!!!Just use this command if ur downloading got disrupted:
c:\wget> wget -c "paste the same url and add &fmt=18 at the end" -O x.mp4
where "x" is the same name as above!!!!

note: the tutorial doesnt belong to me !!!! I just remodified it for the .mp4(HQ) format from the normal (low quality ) format......

you can download a video in her format and convert it whit youtube downloader...

I use KeepVid which gives you a choice to download either the SD or HD version.

yep dudes i know there are other methods but since i tried this one and it really gives some extraordinary results !!!! so i decided to share it with u guys!!!!!

The firefox addon downloadhelper lets you choose which download quality of the vid you want to download, I find it useful because any video you download in "HQ18" format is ready to sync with your ipod without any conversion software. If I remember right, HQ35 is the highest quality you can download.