Discussion on Download YouTube Videos as MP4 | Userscripts.org

What if there is no MP4?, replied by gantt

gantt — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:38:53 +0000

Can you find some examples of videos that can't be downloaded?

What if there is no MP4?, replied by rio

rio — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:42:48 +0000

wish you could offer another option of download as flv. i've tried a lot of other scripts in Chrome; only yours can run in Chrome. thx. :)

What if there is no MP4?, replied by gantt

gantt — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:38:15 +0000

Almost all videos can be downloaded as MP4. Can you find some examples of videos that aren't downloadable?

What if there is no MP4?, replied by unfocused

unfocused — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:27:24 +0000

What if a video only has FLV available? If I click the "Download as MP4 link, will it still download the FLV for me?

Google tech talks don't seem to work, replied by gantt

gantt — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:27:39 +0000

It's probably a YouTube bug. Now you can download the video.

Needs fix, replied by gantt

gantt — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:26:35 +0000

The script still works well and I don't see how your new code changes anything.

Needs fix, replied by kennydude

kennydude — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:27:00 +0000

YouTube broke it but i've fixed it

new code:
var video_hash_match = flash_values.match(/t=([^(\&|$)]*)&ctb/);

where it was
var video_hash_match = flash_values.match(/t=([^(\&|$)]*)/);

Google tech talks don't seem to work, replied by bugmenotty

bugmenotty — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:05:53 +0000

Saving Google tech talks doesn't seem to work (link is a 404).

This for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyzOUbkUf3M

Renaming the file?, replied by gantt

gantt — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:31:48 +0000

@genrich:
You can easily copy the title and I don't think that the author or the video ID are very important. Maybe I could copy the video's title to the clipboard when you click on the download link, but not all the browsers allow a script to do that (Firefox is one of the browsers that require permission for accessing the clipboard).

Renaming the file?, replied by genrich

genrich — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:11:55 +0000

Could you perhaps just add the proper text above the link so we can copy and paste it easily into the "Save As" box?

So on the page it would look like:

Video Author - Video Title - Video ID
Download as MP4

And we could copy the proper file name info, right click on the link to save the file, and then just Ctrl-V before we hit 'Save'.

Bug Report: Download links invalid on this page, replied by Alek T

Alek T — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:06:43 +0000

Reinstalling the script worked, thanks.

Bug Report: Download links invalid on this page, replied by gantt

gantt — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:38:30 +0000

@Alex:
Try installing the script again because you probably have an old version. If the bug persists, post some examples of videos.

Bug Report: Download links invalid on this page, replied by Alek T

Alek T — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:36:34 +0000

I still get this error. The 't' element of the link starts with ca-host-pub instead of being a random hash.

Renaming the file?, replied by venkateshkumar99

venkateshkumar99 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:22:27 +0000

Ok, thanks anyway!

Bug Report: Download links invalid on this page, replied by gantt

gantt — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:36:10 +0000

Try right-clicking on the link and selecting "save link as". If you still can't download videos, then maybe there's an issue with your browser or Internet connection.

Renaming the file?, replied by gantt

gantt — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:33:37 +0000

Unfortunately, it's not possible to do this automatically. All the files downloaded from YouTube have the filename video.mp4. You can manually rename the file before downloading it by right-clicking on the download link and selecting "save link as" (or a similar option).

Renaming the file?, replied by venkateshkumar99

venkateshkumar99 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:58:11 +0000

Hello!

Let me first thank you for the time you have put into making this wonderful script.

I have a small suggestion to make. Is it possible to replace the file name to the title of the page? While downloading multiple videos from youtube, it becomes a PITA to manually rename the files one by one.

Thank you for reading this post!

Bug Report: Download links invalid on this page, replied by Kalinga

Kalinga — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:29:00 +0000

The download is not happening, It downloading 0KB file/showing blank screen in the next page

Bug Report: Download links invalid on this page, replied by gantt

gantt — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:27:38 +0000

That bug has been fixed some time ago. Install the script again.

Bug Report: Download links invalid on this page, replied by Alek T

Alek T — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:18:49 +0000

The download link throws a 404 error on the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgmL9LJv82g. The link is http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_i... instead of http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_i.... Specifically, the 't' element of the link is wrong.

Thanks, subtle and works., replied by leecovuk

leecovuk — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:58:07 +0000

Hello,
As the subject line - thanks, it's subtle and it works.
:)
Lee
UK

Archived Comments, replied by Henrypopie

Henrypopie — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:28:10 +0000

yes, You can download YouTube MP4 videos eaily with YouTube Downloader and Converter.

Archived Comments, replied by Alinaute

Alinaute — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:59:18 +0000

Hello and thank's !! It works for me (Fireofx 3.0.1)

Here is a modifyed version with different codec and resolutions :

http://alinaute.free.fr/projets/greasemonkey/do...

May be useful ;)

Archived Comments, replied by Henrypopie

Henrypopie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:17:55 +0000

Can you tell me how to install it ? does it work on my iPod?
I got it from this tool: YouTube Downloader and Converter

Archived Comments, replied by jesus2099

jesus2099 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:55:44 +0000

It works in Opera ! Thanks ! :)