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How To Download Videos From The Web (Quick Tutorial)

This quick GG tutorial video shows how to download videos from sites like youtube.com to your computer in avi, mpeg 4 and mov formats rather than the usual flv format that sites like videodl.org and savetube offer. This is useful because it means you don't need an flv player, and can put the video on your iPod, PSP, or play it in iTunes. Enlarge

How To Download Videos From The Web (Quick Tutorial)

This quick GG tutorial video shows how to download videos from sites like youtube.com to your computer in avi, mpeg 4 and mov formats rather than the usual flv format that sites like videodl.org and savetube offer. This is useful because it means you don't need an flv player, and can put the video on your iPod, PSP, or play it in iTunes.

Step 1: Get the video URL

Go to the web page of the video
Copy the link from the address bar

Step 2: Convert

Go to www.vixy.net
Paste the web address in the 'URL' field
Select the format you want to download the video as
Click start
Wait

Step 3: Download

Click 'Save to disk'

Wait

Step 4: Watch

The file can now be played in most common players depending on the format you downloaded it as.