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 09:58 PDT

wow, cool hack and easy to implement .. thanks

#2  mojo posted on Oct 06, 2008 15:13 PDT

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

#3  Nathan posted on Oct 10, 2008 15:51 PDT

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 15, 2008 22:58 PDT

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 15, 2008 22:59 PDT

Simple awesome plugin, very simple yet effective.

#6  cold posted on Oct 24, 2008 14:44 PDT

Thanks !

#7  Lawrence.Albert posted on Oct 24, 2008 21:22 PDT

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 07:40 PDT

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 29, 2008 20:35 PDT

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

#10  DDDDDDDDD posted on Nov 08, 2008 15:43 PST

une haxorz,

#11  AJ posted on Nov 13, 2008 02:16 PST

cool! thnx!

#12  Fara Deena posted on Nov 16, 2008 03:57 PST

yes....TQ guys...

#13  chootrain29 posted on Nov 17, 2008 03:21 PST

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 03:55 PST

Sorry, I got it working now...

#15  Seasickers posted on Dec 14, 2008 03:23 PST

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

#16  vickram posted on Dec 15, 2008 16:05 PST

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 25, 2008 21:35 PST

realllly works..thnx mate

#18  rookie23.carlo posted on Jan 30, 2009 03:14 PST

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

#19  Lex1 posted on Feb 01, 2009 08:04 PST

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 11:20 PST

muy chingon y sencillo de usar...increible

#21  rusdiono m posted on Mar 19, 2009 01:50 PDT

nice, simple and cool plug in.. thanks.

#22  JJuoo posted on Mar 24, 2009 16:56 PDT

coooollll!!!

#23  NumisNati posted on Mar 31, 2009 07:29 PDT

Gracias!

#24  youtube video downloader posted on Apr 03, 2009 09:25 PDT

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 00:26 PDT

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

#26  Ferry posted on Apr 07, 2009 20:09 PDT

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

2 thumbs up..

#27  Krish posted on Apr 08, 2009 03:24 PDT

Sooper Cool - Thx :)

#28  kunal posted on Apr 11, 2009 10:48 PDT

awesome dude thanx a lot

#29  shahrie posted on Apr 19, 2009 07:28 PDT

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 03:33 PDT

It work great.. Thanks

#31  Asim posted on May 01, 2009 08:38 PDT

it works. really good plug in. Google Chrome Rockxxx

#32  Cameron posted on May 07, 2009 13:56 PDT

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

#33  Vanz posted on May 08, 2009 21:22 PDT

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 09:35 PDT

ohh . very effective and efficient Google done ! congratulation.

#35  Arsenal News posted on May 22, 2009 06:08 PDT

thanks, really cool!

#36  p posted on May 30, 2009 00:38 PDT

thx

#37  doesnt work posted on Jun 01, 2009 00:42 PDT

it doesnt work my version is 2.0.172.28

#38  PV posted on Jun 06, 2009 03:43 PDT

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 13:12 PDT

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 10:25 PDT

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 09:51 PDT

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 05:00 PDT

that was very helpful thanx

#43  sakito posted on Jul 27, 2009 16:24 PDT

ROCKS

#44  rahul posted on Aug 05, 2009 18:20 PDT

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

#45  alexius posted on Aug 09, 2009 22:32 PDT

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 13:35 PDT

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

#47  shin posted on Sep 05, 2009 13:05 PDT

does it work in other streaming sites?

#48  FullDeTo posted on Sep 05, 2009 22:52 PDT

Good Job...

#49  Samarth posted on Sep 11, 2009 02:37 PDT

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 16, 2009 18:25 PDT

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

#51  prismatico posted on Sep 18, 2009 12:16 PDT

Muchas gracias sencillo y funcional, Danke!!

#52  Q posted on Sep 19, 2009 13:56 PDT

Thanks so much!

#53  AA posted on Sep 26, 2009 05:11 PDT

Great stuff!

#54  kylerul posted on Sep 28, 2009 02:26 PDT

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

#55  EP posted on Oct 06, 2009 14:18 PDT

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

#56  Noman Ahmed Khan posted on Oct 07, 2009 04:10 PDT

Grrrrreaaaaaaaaaaat. Thank u very very very much.

#57  iddjdij posted on Oct 07, 2009 23:52 PDT

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

#58  Maral posted on Oct 12, 2009 01:18 PDT

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

#59  pablosu8 posted on Oct 12, 2009 17:31 PDT

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

#60  bobbert posted on Oct 16, 2009 21:06 PDT

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 02:52 PDT

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 07:06 PDT

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 14:48 PDT

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 07:05 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#64  mehatzri posted on Oct 26, 2009 14:05 PDT

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

#65  Jahanzaib Shaikh posted on Oct 27, 2009 03:26 PDT

Dear but not working on my chrome browser help me

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 07:05 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#66  fzcs88 posted on Oct 27, 2009 10:12 PDT

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

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 07:05 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#67  victoria posted on Oct 28, 2009 13:48 PDT

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

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 07:06 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#68  Snotnose posted on Nov 01, 2009 20:28 PST

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 07:06 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#69  chingy_kz posted on Nov 08, 2009 03:29 PST

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 10:46 PST

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

#71  Phil D posted on Nov 15, 2009 02:20 PST

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 07:06 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#72  katma136 posted on Nov 15, 2009 10:39 PST

does this still work?

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 07:06 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#73  Gutierrez posted on Nov 18, 2009 12:35 PST

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

Andrew replied on Nov 24, 2009 07:06 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#74  anissa posted on Nov 19, 2009 09:37 PST

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 07:07 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#75  Mikhail posted on Nov 21, 2009 04:11 PST

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 07:07 PST :
Fixed. please use the latest JS code.

#76  Mikhail posted on Nov 24, 2009 12:48 PST

Fantastic, thx Andrew. Tested OK.
Cheers, Mikhail

#77  Phil D posted on Nov 24, 2009 13:28 PST

Thank you Andrew

Nice - Working once again with
Chrome version 3.0.195.33

(:

#78  victoria posted on Nov 27, 2009 07:38 PST

thank you very much for code correction!

#79  E posted on Nov 28, 2009 22:55 PST

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 04:04 PST

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 05:13 PST

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 09:02 PST

Hi
Thanks very much. Its great.

#83  Jaydeep posted on Dec 19, 2009 22:15 PST

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

#84  Shadrach M. Hart posted on Jan 02, 2010 14:12 PST

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 01:29 PST

greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

it was awesome

#86  Pat posted on Jan 04, 2010 04:22 PST

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 10:47 PST

it is working. Thanks

#88  Gil posted on Jan 08, 2010 11:38 PST

Nice! That was indeed easy. Thanks man!

#89  Sakura posted on Jan 09, 2010 16:56 PST

Thanks 4 tis ..

#90  Power Poker Review posted on Jan 14, 2010 20:09 PST

Thanks. Was very simple and worked great for me.

#91  someone posted on Jan 18, 2010 14:20 PST

wow thanks, that really does work

#92  Gabriele posted on Jan 20, 2010 12:00 PST

Thanks! Really easy and useful

#93  netty posted on Jan 21, 2010 12:57 PST

thankyou

#94  zaaylo posted on Jan 22, 2010 13:23 PST

Thank you verymuch.

#95  Royalmakes posted on Jan 23, 2010 23:45 PST

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

#96  Mike Milo posted on Jan 24, 2010 15:18 PST

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 09:42 PST

seri cool thanks alot

#98  Muhammad Ashraf bin Abdul Sale posted on Jan 29, 2010 23:45 PST

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 12:31 PST

awesome!

#100  Ibrahim posted on Feb 01, 2010 05:51 PST

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

#101  Maria Perry posted on Feb 01, 2010 13:33 PST

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#102  Keiji posted on Feb 08, 2010 20:35 PST

thanks dude great works