


There are a number of download “helper” websites that can grab video and download it to your computer One of the more popular sites that can download video from YouTube and many other video sites is. There are two steps to achieving your objective: downloading the video and choosing a method to view the video. The reason you can’t just right-click on the video and save it to your hard drive is because YouTube videos are in the Flash Video (.flv) format

That’s not the same as downloading it, but it will allow you to keep track of your favorites. Their method of saving your favorite videos is to sign up for a free account and save it to your Favorites which is only available when you log in.

The folks at YouTube really don’t want you to download the videos, because they make their money from visitor’s “page views”, so they designed their videos to only play from your browser. Most of us have gotten an e-mail with a link to a YouTube video that was funny or interesting and thought “I’d like to download that video”. The extraordinary popularity of YouTube for both aspiring videographers and viewers has made online video one of the most consumed types of content on the Internet. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting. The "official" tutorial is here, which has links to a subtutorial on how to find the correct sound output device on Win, Mac, or Linux: Tutorial - Recording audio playing on the computer.This question was answered on February 8, 2008. when the song is over I just trim the captured wave, maybe normalize it, then export it as MP3 or whatever. The song plays the audio through my TV, audacity records the audio. I go to YouTube and get the track queued up. So in Audacity I have the tv (listed as its model number 55r615) set as the recording device. This is the trickiest part: you'll probably have to fiddle around a bit with the devices in Audacity to figure out which one is actually making the sound come out. It's connected through HDMI, so the Windows audio system picks it up as a audio output device. For me, my PC audio is my big TV with the external speakers. It will vary based on your particular setup. In Audacity, set your recording device to whatever your normal sound output is.
