Google Chrome Bookmarklet: Download YouTube Videos in Google Chrome (JavaScript Plug-in)

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#1  TubeZoid Video Downloader posted on Oct 05, 2008 16:58 UTC

wow, cool hack and easy to implement .. thanks

#2  mojo posted on Oct 06, 2008 22:13 UTC

How do you view the file after its downloaded. What viewer or codec do you need?

#3  Nathan posted on Oct 10, 2008 22:51 UTC

You can use this file to download the .flv file off youtube without using chrome.

Quote:
http://www.download.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10801797

However, if you prefer to use chrome then i think you just need a file extension converter.

#4  shatters posted on Oct 16, 2008 05:58 UTC

Very usefull plugin. Guys to view the downloaded files either download an .flv player, or KV media codec to view from your windows media player.

#5  magnum posted on Oct 16, 2008 05:59 UTC

Simple awesome plugin, very simple yet effective.

#6  cold posted on Oct 24, 2008 21:44 UTC

Thanks !

#7  Lawrence.Albert posted on Oct 25, 2008 04:22 UTC

hello kindly include the source of the article. Thanks in Advance!
http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/2008/09/directly-download-youtube-videos-in.html

#8  killingthemonkey posted on Oct 29, 2008 14:40 UTC

I use it and it just goes back to the list of videos. It's like I hit the back button.

#9  poormann117 posted on Oct 30, 2008 03:35 UTC

hey a great place to get .flv plugin for media player is http://www.playflv.com/

#10  DDDDDDDDD posted on Nov 08, 2008 23:43 UTC

une haxorz,

#11  AJ posted on Nov 13, 2008 10:16 UTC

cool! thnx!

#12  Fara Deena posted on Nov 16, 2008 11:57 UTC

yes....TQ guys...

#13  chootrain29 posted on Nov 17, 2008 11:21 UTC

Hi, I can't seem to get the application working.

I copy the text into the URL slot but when i click it there is no response when i am on a youtube video.

this is what i pasted into the URL section...

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id']+ "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&fmt_map' + swfArgs['fmt_map'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];

Am I missing any spaces or what-not.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

#14  chootrain29 posted on Nov 17, 2008 11:55 UTC

Sorry, I got it working now...

#15  Seasickers posted on Dec 14, 2008 11:23 UTC

How to convert youtube saved video to another format like .wmv or else?

#16  vickram posted on Dec 16, 2008 00:05 UTC

hai to convert youtube flv files to another formats you have to download softwares like <TOTAL VIDEO CONVERTER>,<SPEEDBIT VIDEO CONVERTER>,,,,,ETC

#17  zaccck posted on Dec 26, 2008 05:35 UTC

realllly works..thnx mate

#18  rookie23.carlo posted on Jan 30, 2009 11:14 UTC

Wow Thanks it really helped me! nice alternative for the orbit get video bar! ^^

#19  Lex1 posted on Feb 01, 2009 16:04 UTC

Another plugin "Get Flash", what supports many services: youtube.com, video.google.com, metacafe.com, dailymotion.com and any sites with direct links to flash-video ( rutube.ru, break.com, current.com) .
I will try to insert the code ( if it does not work, get it on http://lexi.ucoz.ru/index/0-4#bookmarklets ) :

Quote:
javascript:( function( ) { var getVideo=function( flashvars,src) { var getLink=function( s) { var rez=s.match( /[^\s\x22=&?]+\.[^\s\x22=&?\/]*( flv|mp4) /i) ; return rez?rez[0]:''} ; var getQuery=function( s,q) { var rez=s.match( new RegExp( '[&?]'+q+'=( [^&]+) ') ) ; return rez?rez[1]:''} ; var flv=decodeURIComponent( flashvars) ; var url=location.href; var q=''; if( url.indexOf( 'youtube.com/watch?') !=-1&&( q=getQuery( flv,' video_id' ) ) ) return' http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id='+q+'&t='+getQuery( flv,'t') +'&fmt=18'; if( url.indexOf( 'video.google.com/videoplay?') !=-1&&( q=getQuery( src,'videoUrl') ) ) return decodeURIComponent( q) ;if( url.indexOf( 'metacafe.com/watch/') !=-1&&( q=getQuery( flv,'mediaURL') ) ) return q+'?__gda__='+getQuery( flv,'gdaKey') ;if( url.indexOf( 'dailymotion.com/') !=-1&&( q=getQuery( flv,'video') ) ) return q.match( /[^@]+/) ;return getLink( flv) ||decodeURIComponent( getLink( src) ) } ;var createLink=function( l,t) { var oLnk=document.createElement( 'a') ;oLnk.setAttribute( 'href',l) ;oLnk.appendChild( document.createTextNode( t) ) ;oLnk.setAttribute( 'style','display:inline;font:14px Times New Roman;text-decoration:underline;text-transform:none;') ;return oLnk} ;var showLink=function( oEle,oSrc,oFlv) { if( !oEle||!oSrc) return;var cName='ujs_downlink';var p=oEle.previousSibling;if( p&&p.className==cName) { oEle.parentNode.removeChild( p) ;return} ;var oDiv=document.createElement( 'div') ;oDiv.setAttribute( 'style','display:block;position:static;float:none;margin:0;padding:0;z-index:999;') ;oDiv.className=cName;oDiv.appendChild( createLink( oSrc,'Download') ) ;var v=getVideo( oFlv,oSrc) ;if( v) { oDiv.appendChild( document.createTextNode( ' ( ') ) ;oDiv.appendChild( createLink( v,'Video') ) ;oDiv.appendChild( document.createTextNode( ') ') ) } ;oEle.parentNode.insertBefore( oDiv,oEle) } ;var getParam=function( e,n) { var v='';var r=new RegExp( '^( '+n+') $','i') ;var param=e.getElementsByTagName( 'param') ;for( var i=0,p;p=param[i];i++) { if( p.getAttribute( 'name') .match( r) ) { v=p.getAttribute( 'value') ;break} } return v} ;var searchEmbed=function( w) { if( !w) return;var obj=w.document.getElementsByTagName( 'object') ;for( var i=0,oi;oi=obj[i];i++) { showLink( oi,oi.getAttribute( 'data') ||oi.getAttribute( 'src') ||getParam( oi,'movie|data|src|code|filename|url') ||( oi.getElementsByTagName( 'embed') .length&&oi.getElementsByTagName( 'embed') [0].getAttribute( 'src') ) ,getParam( oi,'flashvars') ) } ;var em=w.document.getElementsByTagName( 'embed') ;for( var i=0,ei;ei=em[i];i++) { if( ei.parentNode.tagName.toLowerCase( ) !='object') showLink( ei,ei.getAttribute( 'src') ,ei.getAttribute( 'flashvars') ) } ;for( var j=0,f;f=w.frames[j];j++) { try{ arguments.callee( f) } catch( e) { } } } ;searchEmbed( window.top) } ) ( )

#20  elver garcia posted on Feb 28, 2009 19:20 UTC

muy chingon y sencillo de usar...increible

#21  rusdiono m posted on Mar 19, 2009 08:50 UTC

nice, simple and cool plug in.. thanks.

#22  JJuoo posted on Mar 24, 2009 23:56 UTC

coooollll!!!

#23  NumisNati posted on Mar 31, 2009 14:29 UTC

Gracias!

#24  youtube video downloader posted on Apr 03, 2009 16:25 UTC

thanxz a very much for thiz
use full publication

thtz help me to find out easy way how to download a video from yt

CHEERS!!!

love
AKHTAR

#25  wendra posted on Apr 05, 2009 07:26 UTC

Nice, also try this one http://arinegara.wordpress.com/

#26  Ferry posted on Apr 08, 2009 03:09 UTC

thanx u so much...
cool & very easy..

2 thumbs up..

#27  Krish posted on Apr 08, 2009 10:24 UTC

Sooper Cool - Thx :)

#28  kunal posted on Apr 11, 2009 17:48 UTC

awesome dude thanx a lot

#29  shahrie posted on Apr 19, 2009 14:28 UTC

that works so great..
plus, you can download it faster with your download accelerator (ie. mass downloader, etc.) this way: when google chrome dowloading video, press setting and press downloads or just simply press ctrl+j. cancel the downloading, right click the downloading, choose copy link address. then paste it to your download accelerator. but dont forget to rename the downloaded file to .flv to play it.

#30  sam posted on Apr 24, 2009 10:33 UTC

It work great.. Thanks

#31  Asim posted on May 01, 2009 15:38 UTC

it works. really good plug in. Google Chrome Rockxxx

#32  Cameron posted on May 07, 2009 20:56 UTC

Can it download it in a different format, like avi?

#33  Vanz posted on May 09, 2009 04:22 UTC

Um... can i download videos from myspace with the same method? or do really need a special program for that?

#34  jonathan posted on May 16, 2009 16:35 UTC

ohh . very effective and efficient Google done ! congratulation.

#35  Arsenal News posted on May 22, 2009 13:08 UTC

thanks, really cool!

#36  p posted on May 30, 2009 07:38 UTC

thx

#37  doesnt work posted on Jun 01, 2009 07:42 UTC

it doesnt work my version is 2.0.172.28

#38  PV posted on Jun 06, 2009 10:43 UTC

Hi, Please help, after using this script, the downloaded video has text showing the bit rate and other details covering half of the frame. How can I get rid of the text
"audio track
input....
output...
etc

Please help
thanks in advance

#39  SubSonic posted on Jun 07, 2009 20:12 UTC

Thanks so much!

Was using VideoCacheView but it stopped working after Chrome v2.

(#37: Working for me on v2.0.172.30)

#40  Phil posted on Jun 15, 2009 17:25 UTC

i can't seem to get it to download high quality and high definition videos. is there any way i could do this?

#41  Chris posted on Jun 30, 2009 16:51 UTC

Thank you.............

But i found "Zillatube" program download video quickly, and also easy to play those videos too.

found it at http://www.zillatube.com
====================================== :)

#42  karim posted on Jul 20, 2009 12:00 UTC

that was very helpful thanx

#43  sakito posted on Jul 27, 2009 23:24 UTC

ROCKS

#44  rahul posted on Aug 06, 2009 01:20 UTC

hi............

#45  alexius posted on Aug 10, 2009 05:32 UTC

hi the plug is damn good and innovative... is there a way to download the video from youtube in mp4 format as you get in keepvid.com?

#46  Ali posted on Sep 04, 2009 20:35 UTC

but there are many simple sites to download youtube like downloadvid.

#47  shin posted on Sep 05, 2009 20:05 UTC

does it work in other streaming sites?

#48  FullDeTo posted on Sep 06, 2009 05:52 UTC

Good Job...

#49  Samarth posted on Sep 11, 2009 09:37 UTC

Thanks for this trick. I confirm that it works exactly the way it should!!

The only thing is that you should close the youtube video window, once download starts, because internet downloads and buffers at the same time..

So, a 2 MB video will invite 4 MB traffic. So, better close the youtube window and open downloads page...

#50  HomeRunSamus8 posted on Sep 17, 2009 01:25 UTC

How cool was this? Simple, easy, and effective. Love it!

#51  prismatico posted on Sep 18, 2009 19:16 UTC

Muchas gracias sencillo y funcional, Danke!!

#52  Q posted on Sep 19, 2009 20:56 UTC

Thanks so much!

#53  AA posted on Sep 26, 2009 12:11 UTC

Great stuff!

#54  kylerul posted on Sep 28, 2009 09:26 UTC

excellent.....i can donload youtube video easily....thanks a lot..........

#55  EP posted on Oct 06, 2009 21:18 UTC

Wicked..!!Thanks for sharing..it helped a LOT

#56  Noman Ahmed Khan posted on Oct 07, 2009 11:10 UTC

Grrrrreaaaaaaaaaaat. Thank u very very very much.

#57  iddjdij posted on Oct 08, 2009 06:52 UTC

I wanna download videos from ANY website, including Dailymotion. How do I do it?

#58  Maral posted on Oct 12, 2009 08:18 UTC

cooooollllllll !!!!! well done!!! very easy and useful ! tnxxxx

#59  pablosu8 posted on Oct 13, 2009 00:31 UTC

how can i do to download a video from http://vimeo.com???
tnx

#60  bobbert posted on Oct 17, 2009 04:06 UTC

a quick tip, you can just edit the .flv file extension to .avi and it should work with any media player. happy downloading

#61  Sujan posted on Oct 22, 2009 09:52 UTC

I've followed all mentioned steps but these code doesnot work.when i click on 'Download YouTube Video' bookmark,nothing happened.
Plz. help me.

#62  deturl posted on Oct 23, 2009 14:06 UTC

This bookmarklet is broken by recent changes on Google.

However there is a much more simple way. When you are on Google, insert 'pwn' into the URL to change the url from something like youtube.com to pwnyoutube.com. You will then automatically get download links for the video.

If you are not sure what I mean, there is a very simple picture explaining it, and also video tutorials at deturl.com. However, once you understand, you will see that it is absolutely the most simple way to download the videos.

#63  Vanzzy posted on Oct 25, 2009 21:48 UTC

Why isn't my Chrome responding to the bookmark thing to download youtube videos anymore?? it use to... but not now :S

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:05 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#64  mehatzri posted on Oct 26, 2009 21:05 UTC

woow #63 this "pwn" thing is awsom!!!
thanks deturl !!

#65  Jahanzaib Shaikh posted on Oct 27, 2009 10:26 UTC

Dear but not working on my chrome browser help me

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:05 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#66  fzcs88 posted on Oct 27, 2009 17:12 UTC

i cannot use the plugins after i install google chrome. have any software
can automatic setup the plugins

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:05 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#67  victoria posted on Oct 28, 2009 20:48 UTC

and by me this feature doesn't work.... even both features... just don't react at click... :(

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:06 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#68  Snotnose posted on Nov 02, 2009 04:28 UTC

Hey it's not working for me :(
this is what i put in:
http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id']+ "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&fmt_map' + swfArgs['fmt_map'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];

Please help!

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:06 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#69  chingy_kz posted on Nov 08, 2009 11:29 UTC

to open a flv videos just need to download VLC player.. its free and reads a lot of video stuf

#70  mccq12 posted on Nov 09, 2009 18:46 UTC

Hey, Thanks dude, the pwn thing works like a charm, thanks again

#71  Phil D posted on Nov 15, 2009 10:20 UTC

Worked back when this hack first came out -
But now looks like Google has stopped
this hack and have fixed chrome to ignore
the script - no longer working for me either.

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:06 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#72  katma136 posted on Nov 15, 2009 18:39 UTC

does this still work?

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:06 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#73  Gutierrez posted on Nov 18, 2009 20:35 UTC

It doesn't work. I'm using on Chrome 4.0.

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:06 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#74  anissa posted on Nov 19, 2009 17:37 UTC

I've already paste the javascript thing to URL bar but i couldnt download youtube videos at all, it seems like it does nothing. Before this it was fine, so please, anyone tell me what's wrong?

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:07 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#75  Mikhail posted on Nov 21, 2009 12:11 UTC

I didn't manage to make it work either...is there any incompatibility with the latest Chrome version or...?

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 15:07 UTC :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#76  Mikhail posted on Nov 24, 2009 20:48 UTC

Fantastic, thx Andrew. Tested OK.
Cheers, Mikhail

#77  Phil D posted on Nov 24, 2009 21:28 UTC

Thank you Andrew

Nice - Working once again with
Chrome version 3.0.195.33

(:

#78  victoria posted on Nov 27, 2009 15:38 UTC

thank you very much for code correction!

#79  E posted on Nov 29, 2009 06:55 UTC

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + yt.getConfig("SWF_ARGS")['video_id'] + "&fmt=18" + "&sk=" + yt.getConfig("SWF_ARGS")['sk'] + '&t=' + yt.getConfig("SWF_ARGS")['t'];

That code can be used to download .mp4 files instead of .flv

#80  Andrei posted on Dec 08, 2009 12:04 UTC

Hi, I've noticed most new HQ videos don't have a fmt=18 version (mp4) but a fmt=35 (flv) version, so the above code fails for me.

This is what I've used and works for me:

Quote:

javascript:var fmt=35;var success=0;var fmt_url_map = unescape(yt.getConfig("SWF_ARGS")['fmt_url_map']);var fmt_url_a = fmt_url_map.split(',');for(idx in fmt_url_a){fmt_url_a[idx]=fmt_url_a[idx].split('|');if(fmt_url_a[idx][0]==fmt){window.location.assign(fmt_url_a[idx][1]);success=1;break;}}if(success==0){var err_msg = "Video available in these formats:\n";for(idx in fmt_url_a){switch(fmt_url_a[idx][0]){case '5':err_msg+=".flv FLV1-320x240 MP3-22k-mono fmt=5\n";break;case '18':err_msg+=".mp4 H264-480x360 AAC-44k-st fmt=18\n";break;case '22':err_msg+=".mp4 H264-1280x720 AAC-44k-st fmt=22\n";break;case '34':err_msg+=".flv H264-320x240 AAC-22k-st fmt=34\n";break;case '35':err_msg+=".flv H264-480x368 AAC-44k-st fmt=35\n";break;case '37':err_msg+=".mp4 H264-1920x1080 AAC-44k-st fmt=37\n";break;default:err_msg+="unknown format fmt="+fmt_url_a[idx][0]+"\n";};};alert(err_msg);};

If the video doesn't have the requested fmt version a popup will display available fmts for download. You can replace the value of the variable fmt to download the version you want.

The highest quality version is usually first in the list so this code will download the highest quality video file:
javascript:var fmt_url_map = unescape(yt.getConfig("SWF_ARGS")['fmt_url_map']);if(fmt_url_map.indexOf(',') != -1){window.location.assign(fmt_url_map.substring(fmt_url_map.indexOf('|')+1, fmt_url_map.indexOf(',')))}else window.location.assign(fmt_url_map.substring(fmt_url_map.indexOf('|')+1));

#81  megamanexe posted on Dec 13, 2009 13:13 UTC

i cant do this, i aldready copy paste the URL, but why its doesnt worl? tell me pliz...

#82  Abhijit posted on Dec 19, 2009 17:02 UTC

Hi
Thanks very much. Its great.

#83  Jaydeep posted on Dec 20, 2009 06:15 UTC

Great the plug in's simple and works like magic!! :)

#84  Shadrach M. Hart posted on Jan 02, 2010 22:12 UTC

Recommended to me by a friend who uses this software,
I found it interesting to have it downloaded and installed.
However, I reserve further comments.

#85  vikas posted on Jan 03, 2010 09:29 UTC

greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

it was awesome

#86  Pat posted on Jan 04, 2010 12:22 UTC

Your script works perfectly well for youtube, but not for dailymotion... do u have a solution for that ?
Thanks a lot.

#87  Satya Prakash posted on Jan 04, 2010 18:47 UTC

it is working. Thanks

#88  Gil posted on Jan 08, 2010 19:38 UTC

Nice! That was indeed easy. Thanks man!

#89  Sakura posted on Jan 10, 2010 00:56 UTC

Thanks 4 tis ..

#90  Power Poker Review posted on Jan 15, 2010 04:09 UTC

Thanks. Was very simple and worked great for me.

#91  someone posted on Jan 18, 2010 22:20 UTC

wow thanks, that really does work

#92  Gabriele posted on Jan 20, 2010 20:00 UTC

Thanks! Really easy and useful

#93  netty posted on Jan 21, 2010 20:57 UTC

thankyou

#94  zaaylo posted on Jan 22, 2010 21:23 UTC

Thank you verymuch.

#95  Royalmakes posted on Jan 24, 2010 07:45 UTC

Good work! but need know how to download in mp4 version.

#96  Mike Milo posted on Jan 24, 2010 23:18 UTC

This is awesome! Thanks for posting it! For those who want another option to convert the file to something other than an flv, you can use MPEG-Streamclip which is free and converts many files back and forth.

#97  kostas posted on Jan 25, 2010 17:42 UTC

seri cool thanks alot

#98  Muhammad Ashraf bin Abdul Sale posted on Jan 30, 2010 07:45 UTC

hi, gud tips .tried downloading youtube from chrome but nothing happens.thank u very much.


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#99  Vikram posted on Jan 30, 2010 20:31 UTC

awesome!

#100  Ibrahim posted on Feb 01, 2010 13:51 UTC

Thanks
but please check the authorized video's it can also be downloaded.
thx

#101  Maria Perry posted on Feb 01, 2010 21:33 UTC

Why you should download/save videos from youtubeYou found an interesting video from youtube and you want to save/download it to your computer and later share it with your friend or keep it as a collection. However, by default Youtube doesn’t allow users to save/download the videos.Youtube may remove any video at any time.

http://www.hotdownload.eu

#102  Keiji posted on Feb 09, 2010 04:35 UTC

thanks dude great works

#103  haydar posted on Feb 15, 2010 17:38 UTC

it work but the video quality becomes worse,ty

#104  Geek posted on Feb 16, 2010 05:48 UTC

I found great bookmarks that work like a charm in Chrome on Mac. Here they are: http://www.geeksology.com/how-to-download-1080p-videos-from-youtube/

There is one bookmark for 1080p videos and other for flv videos.

#105  M.23 posted on Feb 24, 2010 10:32 UTC

I wrote a Chrome extension for YouTube and other sites download, no bookmarklet, no external website, just pure Chrome Extension : http://bitbucket.org/m.23/flv_download/wiki/Home

M.23

#106  nsqpa posted on Feb 25, 2010 15:23 UTC

Thank

#107  Download Youtube posted on Feb 26, 2010 11:37 UTC

This download youtube video plug in looks amazing !

#108  Kath posted on Mar 06, 2010 02:07 UTC

As of today, March 6, 2010, this method does not work. How about an extension for Chrome that ALWAYS works, like Download Youtube Video for FF, which works without fuss, and also puts the title of the video in for you. I may have to go back to FF at this rate.

#109  big posted on Mar 06, 2010 16:11 UTC

leave chrome join mozzila...lots of adds on

#110  Lin posted on Mar 07, 2010 15:36 UTC

Hi

As from last week 1st march 2010, Youtube have stopped showing the URL code by the video clips... in the UK anyway... I have been down loading with down loader... successfully but it wont work without a URL code. I have tried the plug in for Google Chrome but I doesn't work... and I cant find another down loader to work with Google chrome... I have just set up Chrome, as was Fire fox but got so slow. Chrome much better...until now... any advice...??

#111  John posted on Mar 11, 2010 15:31 UTC

Works great if all you want is the lowest quality video available....I can't get the 480p or 720p vids to download....

#112  Ben posted on Mar 12, 2010 15:51 UTC

somebody already posted a working link on here that will download 1080p videos, or if there aren't any, it will download the highest quality video after that. it works exactly the same, just stick it in a bookmark, et voila:

Quote:
javascript:(function(format){var%20levels={mp4:[37,22,18],flv:[35,34,6,5]};levels=levels[format];if(format=='mp4'){getfmt18()}else{process(yt.config_.SWF_ARGS.fmt_url_map)}function%20getfmt18(){var%20fmt18=document.createElement('iframe');fmt18.id='fmt18';fmt18.src=window.location.href+'&fmt=18';fmt18.style.display='none';if(fmt18.attachEvent){fmt18.attachEvent('onload',have18)}else{fmt18.addEventListener('load',have18,false)}document.body.appendChild(fmt18)}function%20have18(event){if(!event){event=window.event}if(!event.target){event.target=event.srcElement||document}if(event.target.detachEvent){event.target.detachEvent('onload',have18)}else{event.target.removeEventListener('load',have18,false)}process(yt.config_.SWF_ARGS.fmt_url_map+','+event.target.contentWindow.yt.config_.SWF_ARGS.fmt_url_map)}function%20process(qualities){qualities=decodeURIComponent(qualities).split(',').sort(function(a,b){return%20parseInt(b)-parseInt(a)});var%20available={};for(var%20i=0;i%3Cqualities.length;i++){var%20temp=qualities[i].split('|');available[temp[0]]=temp[1]}makeselection(available)}function%20makeselection(available){for(var%20i=0;i%3Clevels.length;i++){if(levels[i]%20in%20available){downloadselection(available[levels[i]]);break}}}function%20downloadselection(url){var%20myframe=document.createElement('iframe');myframe.src=url;myframe.style.display='none';document.body.appendChild(myframe)}})('mp4');

#113  peter posted on Mar 12, 2010 18:29 UTC

thanks aloooot
great job

#114  SUNNY posted on Mar 13, 2010 01:52 UTC

hi
d plugin for youtube has worked for me as well but is der any plug- in to use for downloading videos from other sites using google chrome.

thnks
hope all d intelligents on d forum will reply soon

#115  umt posted on Mar 16, 2010 21:13 UTC

fantastik

#116  ZEDMAN posted on Mar 19, 2010 15:32 UTC

AMAZING SH1T!!!!
THANKS DUDE!!!

#117  Patrick posted on Mar 20, 2010 01:36 UTC

Wow nice this is really user friendly no software i love google chrome...

#118  zee posted on Mar 21, 2010 07:56 UTC

I've followed the process but it isn't downloading.

#119  Sairam posted on Mar 23, 2010 12:24 UTC

Hello Andrew!
The Java Script really works..
Thanks a lot!

#120  Happy visitor posted on Mar 24, 2010 16:11 UTC

Thank u very much, very useful and easy!

#121  reedamn posted on Mar 26, 2010 03:17 UTC

script in ubuntu??

#122  Blue Box posted on Mar 28, 2010 09:04 UTC

Really, thank you. But in what folder are these videos stored at? I am 35 yrs old and was able to do this with ease. THnaks

#123  David Rommel posted on Mar 30, 2010 01:37 UTC

There are a couple of download sites working that use javascript. www.youtube.com/get_video.php isn't working anymore which is why most of the download sites are down. Does anyone know how to deal with this. I have one of the download sites and need help desperately. I suspect there is a way to redirect a visitor to youtube while running the javascript on their computer so they can recieve the IP based download link. But I am stumped on how to accomplish this. I really appreciate any help.

#124  rif posted on Apr 01, 2010 21:46 UTC

Free Download Videos from Youtube Instantly
http://buddypress.freenice.org/blog/2008/11/13/free-download-videos-from-youtube-instantly/

#125  Rizwan posted on Apr 02, 2010 14:03 UTC

the script worked only for some time when i restart system the script stop working for further downloading whats the problem>>>?

#126  autoplay posted on Apr 04, 2010 11:23 UTC

not working anymore.... read here for the solution
http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/2010/04/downloading-youtube-videos-not-working.html

#127  Shahnawaz posted on Apr 07, 2010 18:05 UTC

for youtube videos download play video copy code from taskbar
and past in youtube downloader
engoy it

#128  lalalala posted on Apr 08, 2010 14:48 UTC

thia is the new script javascript:swfHTML=document.getElementById("movie_player").getAttribute("flashvars");w=swfHTML.split("&"); for(i=0;i<=w.length-1;i++) if(w[i].split("=")[0] == "fmt_url_map"){links=unescape(w[i].split("=")[1]);break;}abc = links.split(",");for(i=0;i<=abc.length-1;i++){fmt=abc[i].split("|")[0];if(fmt==5){url = abc[i].split("|")[1];window.location.href = url;}}

#129  Sergio posted on Apr 09, 2010 14:19 UTC

lalalala you're right...the script provided seems to work fine ;)

#130  large parrot cage posted on Apr 10, 2010 05:45 UTC

Nice to know that you people are helping us in technical things

#131  ERNESTA posted on Apr 11, 2010 09:59 UTC

Hey, something changed and its not working now!!!!

#132  ranjankumar posted on Apr 12, 2010 14:34 UTC

Check out this free, open-source script for downloading youtube videos.


http://forums.techarena.in/windows-software/1326634.htm





It works fine. You may have to be patient. It is streaming video and youtube sends chunked data in 8K chunks every now and then.

#133  ranjankumar posted on Apr 12, 2010 14:36 UTC

You will need biterscripting for that script. It's free at


http://www.biterscripting.com


Biterscripting's just a general scripting language.

#134  Leah posted on Apr 16, 2010 08:06 UTC

@lalala: Yes, it works for me! Thank you so much for sharing!

#135  MS niner posted on Apr 21, 2010 11:22 UTC

deidara - Youtube disabled this feature. You can't download videos anymore. You have to use other websites on the internet to download.

#136  deep secret posted on Apr 25, 2010 05:29 UTC

working fine for me .. thanx lalala

#137  Paul posted on Apr 28, 2010 14:52 UTC

It works for me, it is a FLV file?

#138  pokeroffice review posted on May 13, 2010 08:14 UTC

works great, thanks for sharing!

#139  casg posted on May 15, 2010 00:58 UTC

the java that lala provided downloads the video in .flv format, which is NOT HD. Does anyone have a working HD link?

#140  Croft posted on May 18, 2010 01:57 UTC

For some reason it won't play the video afterwards. What do I have to get for it to play?

#141  ass posted on May 19, 2010 18:45 UTC

awesome lalalala!!! works gr8..

#142  elmaironbed posted on May 26, 2010 08:07 UTC

sorry but it doesn't work for me. when i click it, the video just appears but i cant download it

#143  Kavir posted on May 26, 2010 16:22 UTC

Howsit. I want to download videos from metacafe without having to go through any other site. To download directly as if it was been loaded to play on my pc. Does anyone have a code to do that?

#144  Mochamad Ali posted on Jun 01, 2010 04:05 UTC

This is the update April 2010

javascript:swfHTM=document.getElementById("movie_player").getAttribute("flashvars");w=swfHTM.split("&");for(i=0;i<=w.length-1;i++){if(w[i].split("=")[0] == "t"){t=w[i].split("=")[1];}if(w[i].split("=")[0] == "video_id"){videoid=w[i].split("=")[1];}}window.location.href = "http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=" + videoid + "&t=" + t + "=";

#145  neeltheroker@gmail.com posted on Jun 04, 2010 11:33 UTC

Great brother!!!!Cool tric

#146  pav posted on Jun 08, 2010 10:09 UTC

o thanks lot for that dude.
i was struggling hard to download from youtube.
helped me a lot.

#147  Jhumon posted on Jun 11, 2010 11:30 UTC

I tried all script.all are useless.

#148  subxero posted on Jun 14, 2010 17:23 UTC

What utter crap! Just use Firefox and the videodownloadhelper plugin. One click and you are downloading the video! In fact, it even picks up the HD mp4 version of the video on YouTube automatically. Something this crap does not. Even if you hate Firefox for general use, at least use it only for that functionality. Can't believe you guys. All this effort to do something you can do a lot easier and more efficiently in Firefox... I guess app haters cut off their nose to spite their face. Quite nerdy really! ROFLMAO @ you guys...

#149  sarm posted on Jun 17, 2010 20:34 UTC

this java script is not works on my pc.

#150  frijen posted on Jul 02, 2010 05:17 UTC

hice lo que dice el amigo pero = cuando le hago click no me aparece nada osea no descarga ningun video :(

#151  Mario posted on Jul 12, 2010 02:30 UTC

This shit does not work at all

#152  Erick posted on Jul 20, 2010 04:53 UTC

It works. the files are .flv extension.

#153  flu posted on Jul 23, 2010 20:37 UTC

it does not work anymore, it created the get_video url and retrieves t value but it does not work, i tried by adding also the sk and tk, all the fmt, the vid title and the session token, it seems to me that the get_video page does not exist anymore or accepts calls only from the youtube domain, if you have a solution please publish it asap

#154  flu posted on Jul 23, 2010 20:38 UTC

it does not work anymore, it created the get_video url and retrieves t value but it does not work, i tried by adding also the sk and tk, all the fmt, the vid title and the session token, it seems to me that the get_video page does not exist anymore or accepts calls only from the youtube domain, if you have a solution please publish it asap

#155  flu posted on Jul 23, 2010 20:38 UTC

it does not work anymore, it created the get_video url and retrieves t value but it does not work, i tried by adding also the sk and tk, all the fmt, the vid title and the session token, it seems to me that the get_video page does not exist anymore or accepts calls only from the youtube domain, if you have a solution please publish it asap

#156  sudha posted on Jul 25, 2010 14:09 UTC

its not work please tell me........

#157  noveen posted on Jul 30, 2010 06:20 UTC

It seems YouTube has restricted its user to download any video. I'd also the same problem as you all. I only find StreamTransport that still has worked in dowmloading on youtube. Here is the link http://www.streamtransport.com/
Hope u guys enjpy it.

#158  tamim posted on Aug 05, 2010 16:06 UTC

i want hd download.the javasript is not working with google chrome

#159  tamim posted on Aug 05, 2010 16:08 UTC

i want hd download.the javasript is not working with google chrome

#160  Martin Espinoza posted on Aug 14, 2010 11:58 UTC

Does not do anything.

#161  asad posted on Aug 17, 2010 08:24 UTC

asad irfan

#162  ramya posted on Aug 19, 2010 06:57 UTC

I still could not download from this.. its not working.. please suggest something

#163  Michael posted on Aug 20, 2010 15:38 UTC

W W W O O O R R R K K K I I I N N N G G G !!!

javascript:swfHTML=document.getElementById("movie_player").getAttribute("flashvars");w=swfHTML.split("&"); for(i=0;i<=w.length-1;i++) if(w[i].split("=")[0] == "fmt_url_map"){links=unescape(w[i].split("=")[1]);break;}abc = links.split(",");for(i=0;i<=abc.length-1;i++){fmt=abc[i].split("|")[0];if(fmt==5){url = abc[i].split("|")[1];window.location.href = url;}}

Text that script was posted by lalalala
thank you

#164  Br3ntt posted on Aug 24, 2010 07:33 UTC

Thanks Michael :)
This is working

javascript:swfHTML=document.getElementById("movie_player").getAttribute("flashvars");w=swfHTML.split("&"); for(i=0;i<=w.length-1;i++) if(w[i].split("=")[0] == "fmt_url_map"){links=unescape(w[i].split("=")[1]);break;}abc = links.split(",");for(i=0;i<=abc.length-1;i++){fmt=abc[i].split("|")[0];if(fmt==5){url = abc[i].split("|")[1];window.location.href = url;}}

#165  parkjunhong posted on Aug 25, 2010 02:29 UTC

does not work...

#166  LM posted on Aug 25, 2010 04:17 UTC

Now it is working. It is same as B3ntt's post.
javascript:swfHTML=document.getElementById("movie_player").getAttribute("flashvars");w=swfHTML.split("&"); for(i=0;i<=w.length-1;i++) if(w[i].split("=")[0] == "fmt_url_map"){links=unescape(w[i].split("=")[1]);break;}abc = links.split(",");for(i=0;i<=abc.length-1;i++){fmt=abc[i].split("|")[0];if(fmt==5){url = abc[i].split("|")[1];window.location.href = url;}}

#167  vinyay posted on Aug 28, 2010 04:18 UTC

ITs not working....

#168  Arif posted on Aug 29, 2010 17:59 UTC

Not Working

#169  SY posted on Aug 30, 2010 09:28 UTC

#170  Victor posted on Sep 02, 2010 01:43 UTC

Works fine for me...but could not download high quality vids. Only flv. Argh!
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