Download YouTube Videos as MP4/FLV/WebM - 1.4.0

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Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4(H.264-AVC/AAC), FLV, and WebM(VP8/Vorbis)

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More about this extension

This is an extension developed for Google Chrome, Chromium, and other Chromium-based browsers to add a button to the YouTube video page to download the video. It is designed to look native; as though the button was put in there by the YouTube team. It is built using the user script at http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25105 . It will be updated as new releases of the user script are released. The extensions is built to automatically update.

Change Log:

Fixed code

Older Versions

  1. Version 1.0.8
    Compatible With
    Developer Builds
    Developer Builds (Linux)
    Beta Builds
    Stable Builds

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    None

  2. Version 1.0.9.1000
    Compatible With
    Google Chrome; Chromium; Other Chromium-based browsers which support extensions

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    Updated to include the latest version from http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25105 .

  3. Version 1.1.0.1000
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

  4. Version 1.1.2.1005
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

  5. Version 1.1.3.1000
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    Previous version used a custom tooltip fix and since the fix has gone mainstream to the user-script the extension now uses the mainstream script again.

  6. Version 1.1.7
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    code optimizations

  7. Version 1.1.9
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    YouTube changed the code on the view page and broke this extension, so this update will fix it.

  8. Version 1.2
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    Two bugs were fixed in this update

  9. Version 1.2.1
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

  10. Version 1.2.2
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    Fixed Video Title

  11. Version 1.2.3
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

  12. Version 1.3.1
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    Fixed code.

    Visual tweaks for button.

  13. Version 1.3.2
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4 and FLV

    Change Log:

    Updated to support WebM,

    Fixed tooltip.

  14. Version 1.3.4
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4(H.264-AVC/AAC), FLV, and WebM(VP8/Vorbis)

    Change Log:

    Code fixes

  15. Version 1.3.6
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4(H.264-AVC/AAC), FLV, and WebM(VP8/Vorbis)

    Change Log:

    Remove support for Cosmic Panda (http://www.youtube.com/cosmicpanda)

    Code tweaks for better performance

  16. Version 1.3.9
    Compatible With

    Adds and option to download videos from YouTube as MPEG-4(H.264-AVC/AAC), FLV, and WebM(VP8/Vorbis)

    Change Log:

    Updated and optimized code

Reviews

  1. chromeuser says:
    November 3, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    Hi, this works great, even with youtubes new lame update as of November 3 (why, oh why did youtube have to do ANOTHER pointless update on MY BIRTHDAY of all days?!), I wholeheartedly recommend it.

  2. blueprinting says:
    November 4, 2010 at 4:06 am

    So far, this is the best youtube downloader.
    You can choose format and resolution saved file.

    And, the most important… it works :)

  3. Allwynd says:
    November 18, 2010 at 2:28 pm

    works perfectly

  4. Iúri Florisbal says:
    November 20, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    Excellent extension !!!

  5. Layne says:
    November 24, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    Dude this tool is really good. Simple but it does what it’s supposed to do.

  6. Mike May says:
    November 26, 2010 at 4:17 am

    Adds a ‘Download’ dropdown just below the video you’re watching allowing you to choose MP4 or FLV download. Download then proceeds in the usual humdrum Chrome manner. It works. That’s all.

  7. Dan Waigand says:
    November 28, 2010 at 6:01 pm

    Best and most efficient youtube downloader. Works great as of November 28 2010. Excellent work.

  8. Papabear says:
    December 20, 2010 at 3:17 am

    Does not work with google chrome 10.0.612.1.

  9. Paul says:
    January 27, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    Ugh. It downloads widescreen videos in 4:3 format, with big black bars on the top and bottom. Useless.

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    Well that fault is either on the video uploader or YouTube or both. This extension downloads the video directly from YouTube’s servers in the exact same manner that the YouTube Flash Video Player or YouTube HTML5 Video Player’s do and does not alter the video file in any way at all.

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