YouTube Downloader

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• CNET editors' rating:4.0stars
• Average user rating:3.5starsout of 2577 votes
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• VERSION: 2.7.2
• DATE ADDED: April 08, 2011
• PRICE: Free
• OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
• TOTAL DOWNLOADS: 70,074,952
• DOWNLOADS LAST WEEK: 653,878
• PRODUCT RANKING: #1 in Download Managers
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CNET EDITORS' REVIEW

Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 07, 2008

This simple freeware application works pretty well, given how basic the interface is. It has two main features: to download FLV files from YouTube, and to convert them to most major formats. If there's a YouTube URL in your clipboard, it will automatically paste it for you when you click on the dialog box. From there, just hit OK and the downloading will commence. One more left-click is all it takes to load the file in the converter, which supports iPhone, iPod, PSP, cell phone, AVI, MP3, WMV, and Xvid. Surprisingly, there's also a basic video editor for cropping videos by time stamp. You can also cut out the sound when converting.

This is one of the lightest editors around, but the simplistic interface belies its functionality and it performs exactly as advertised. We'd like to see support in future editions for hunting down missing codecs, and version 2.1.5 and earlier won't work because of embed code changes on YouTube itself. Still, the YouTube Downloader is proof that not only is video-making accessible to everyone, so is video downloading and editing.

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PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION

From Biennesoft:

It's software that allows you to download videos from YouTube, including HD and HQ videos, Facebook, Vevo, and many other sites and convert them to other video formats. The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok. It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3. Allows you to access YouTube videos for which you need to be 18+ years of age. Now, plays videos downloaded.

What's new in this version: Version 2.7.2 allows for downloads from youtu.be links. Also it fixes the conversion problem involving setting an end time for the video. You can also resume downloading from college humor, pornhub and gaytube.