A friend of mine accidentally deleted the “sizzle clip” he slaps on the front of every video in iMovie, and he solved the problem by downloading one of his own videos from YouTube and extracting that clip. For example, they may want to download short clips to use in their videos (honoring the doctrine of fair use, of course).

The uploader might pull a video down, YouTube may remove a video in response to a copyright complaint (sometimes legitimate, sometimes not), and a video might disappear if it runs afoul of YouTube’s ever-changing and seemingly haphazard standards for acceptable content.īut preservation isn’t the only reason people download YouTube videos. Like most cloud-based things, YouTube videos are ephemeral-they vanish all the time for all kinds of reasons. There are several reasons you might want to download videos from YouTube. Recent changes in Firefox have broken extensions like DownThemAll, which used to be a handy way to download videos. When I reviewed the video player IINA (see “ Prepare for Apple Dropping Old Media Formats with the IINA Video Player,” ), quite a few TidBITS readers took it as an opportunity to vent their frustrations about downloading videos from YouTube. #1645: AirPlay iPhone to Mac for remote video, Siri learns to restart iPhones, Apple's Q1 2023 financials.1646: Security-focused OS updates, Photos Workbench review, Mastodon client wishlist, Apple-related conferences.1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs.

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But once again, if you're solely after a YouTube downloader, the free version is sufficient. These come with bonuses such as 30x faster conversion speeds, 4K UHD video conversion, and the ability to burn videos directly to DVD. If you want even more features, you could sign up for their paid 'Ultimate' and 'Pro' versions which retail for $39.95 and $49.95, respectively. As for downloading from YouTube itself, simply paste the URL in the 'downloader' and you're ready to go.Īny Video Converter is ideal for those looking to download, convert, and edit YouTube content without the fear of ads or malware. Moreover, the 'merger' tool lets you combine multiple videos into one, removing the need for additional editing tools. At the same time, the 'cropper' can adjust the height and width of a video, essentially resizing it, so as to remove unwanted portions and highlight specific areas. As the name suggests, the 'converter' tool lets you convert any video to MP4, MOV, MKV, M2TS, MPEG, ASF, M4V, WMV, WEBM, OGV, or other formats.

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