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How To Download YouTube Videos

Version 3.1 by 62a3914f5b9785006fd85add on 2016/12/20 04:19

This is a guide on how to download YouTube videos using the VLC Media Player.

  1. Copy the URL for whatever YouTube video you'd like to download.

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  2. Open VLC Media Player.  There should be an icon on your desktop.

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  3. Go to Media > Open Network Stream, paste the URL of the YouTube video, and hit Play.

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  4. Go to Tools > Codec Information.

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  5. In the box Location, right click the block of text and click Select All.  Copy this text to your clipboard.

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  6. Head back to your web browser and paste this text into the address bar.

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  7. Right click the video and hit Save video as... and the video will download.