How to Download YouTube Videos

Nowadays YouTube is very popular among every generation of people. Along with entertainment purposes, the videos on YouTube are useful for different kinds of work. Life becomes easier with every kind of video on YouTube free. YouTube is an online platform. People need the internet to watch the videos on it. But we don’t have internet all the time. So sometimes we need to watch the videos offline. For this, necessary YouTube videos need to be downloaded. So we need to know the process of downloading YouTube videos.

Methods to Download YouTube Videos

There are some methods to view YouTube videos offline. You can select one of them according to your choice.

You Tube Download option

Many videos are available to download directly from YouTube. You can download those videos very easily. The process is described below.

1. At first you have to open You Tube application.
2. Then you have to select the video that you want to download.
3. Then you have to check if the download option is available below the video
4. If the download option is available, you have to click on it. The download will be automatically started.

5. After the downloading is finished, you can watch this in Downloads folder from You Tube app without internet.

Using Third Party Software

There are various applications and software available which are used to download any online videos for free. These are VLC Media, Win X, 4K Video Downloader, etc.

VLC Media Player

VLC Media is one of the most popular media players among people. You can download it free on your PC. It has very high video quality. Also, it can easily download youtube videos. The steps to download videos are described below.

1. At first you have to copy the link of you tube video you want to download.
2. Then you have to open the VLC Media Player.
3. In Media, you have to select Open Network Stream.

4. Then you have to  paste the video link
5. After this you have to click on play.

6. The video will be playing, Then you will select go to codec information in Tools menu.
7. In Source box, a link will be found. You have to copy the link 
8. You have to open the web browser and copy the link.
9. The video will start playing. During the video you can see a download option.
10. You can select the option and the video will be downloaded.

Win X

This application is especially used for YouTube video download. It is used in both Windows and Mac. After downloading it on your PC, you have to follow the following steps.

1. At first you have to Copy a YouTube video link that you want to download.
2. Then you have to open the WinX application
3. You have to select ‘Add URL’ option.
4. Then you have select Paste URL and paste the You tube video link
5. The video will be downloaded in a few minutes.

Conclusion

There are several applications and websites are available to download YouTube videos. But the videos should be downloaded from YouTube. Those videos that are not allowed to download from YouTube should not be downloaded unless there is so much emergency. The article describes the possible methods to download YouTube videos easily.