Downloading+YouTube+Videos

If you want to be able to view a YouTube video whilst not being connected to the internet do the following...

First you need to download YouTube Downloader (NOTE: You only need to do this once!):
1) Open up Google and search "Youtube downloader", click on the first one that comes up on the list 2) Click on the "Download now" button on the right hand side of the screen, another screen will appear, click on the green words "Download Now" 3) On the next screen that comes up, there are green words saying "Your download will begin in a moment", but first you need to allow the pop up screen to appear - click on the yellow strip at the top of your screen it says "To help protect your security...". When you click on it a drop down list will come up, select "download file" 4) A grey box will come up, click "Save" 5) Select a loation where you would like to save the downloader to e.g. in My Documents, then click "Save" 6) Wait for the downloader to be downloaded:-) 7) Click "Run" 8) If a securety warning comes up, click "Run" again 9) Click "Ok" to seclect English for your langauge 10) Click "Next" 11) Click "I Agree" 12) Click "Next" 13) Click "Decline" for the next screen as it wants you do download a toolbar that you don't need 14) Now a "McAfee Security Scan Plus" screen comes up, you need to UNTICK the small box at the bottom then click "Next" 15) Click "Install" 16) Click "Finish" 17) A new screen will come up and you can now start downloading videos!!! Yay! See the next section for more info.

To download a video:
1) Open up YouTube and find the video you want to download 2) Open up YouTube Downloader...there should be a shortcut on your desk top which looks like this: 3) Copy the YouTube web address by hilighting it and right clicking and selecting 'copy' 4) Go back to your 'YouTube Downloader' (you will find it at the bottom of your screen). The web address you have just copied should already be there, if not right click and select 'Paste' 5) Select where on your computer you would like to save your video, I suggest you save it to My documents or My Videos, do this by clicking on the yellow folder by the words 'Save to' 6) Now click "Download" 7) When it has downloaded click on the tab at the top called "Convert" 8) Select the video file by clicking on the yellow folder and selecting your video that you have just down loaded - it will have an orange road cone icon above the title, select it and click "Open" 9) Back to the blue screen:- On the next line "Convert to" click on the drop down arrow and select 'Windows Media Video'

10) Click on the red button at the bottom called "Convert Video"

11) Click on the tab at the top called "Play", select the video from the 'Files list' and press play!

//Well done you have succesfully downloaded a video! You can now play your video over and over and over again with out having to get it off YouTube every time!//