# YouTube Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 25, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/409267 "2007-06-25T01:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/409267/1 "2007-06-25T01:18:27Z")
Gosh it is great to be in the US for a few weeks. High-speed non-censored internet, wonderful stuff. So now I can see YouTube stuff. Is there any way to download the little movies onto my computer? ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/409267/2 "2007-06-25T01:25:20Z")
[http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube\_en.php](http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php) You paste the URL into a field there and it makes a link for you to download the file from. You end up with a flash video file, .flv format so you have to have a player for that. On my Mac I use flvThing. I think there are also a few Firefox extensions that will extract Youtube videos for you. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/409267/3 "2007-06-25T01:31:14Z")
OK, lemme try that. Hold my hand. ==Editted to add== YouTube seems to be getting slow. I will try again in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/409267/4 "2007-06-25T01:36:31Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] OK, lemme try that. Hold my hand. [/QUOTE] No, men don’t hold hands in the USA. Have you been in Saudi Arabia so long that you forgot how things work here? ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/409267/5 "2007-06-25T01:44:10Z")
There’s a nice little Firefox extension called [DownloadHelper](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006) which will do it. I use a free program called [SUPER ©](http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html) to convert the YouTube video so I can watch it on my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/409267/6 "2007-06-25T01:46:36Z")
I am using my mom’s Windows machine. When I get back to my Apple, we can deal with the playing thing. Let’s give it a rest tonight as YouTube seems to be having trouble this evening. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/409267/7 "2007-06-25T07:57:12Z")
An alternate site that does the same thing (and it’s easier to remember): [http://www.youtubex.com/](http://www.youtubex.com/) A free Windows flv player can be downloaded here: > **[Download FLV Player](https://applian.com/flvplayer/)** > > Download the free Applian FLV Player. Just click a file to play it. Also includes zoom, slow motion and playlist support.