...and it even downloaded an HD video, which was unexpected.

.. and does exactly what it's supposed to :)

Bether than Firefox extension as VideoDownloaderHelper.

Thanks!!!

A really elegant and unobtrusive way to download your favorite videos!

P.S.: I was doing this by hand
(and I am glad I found Greasemonkey and this script):
http://www.ehow.com/how_4685059_youtube-mp-vide...

As the author of another YouTube script, I can fully appreciate how much effort went into writing a script that integrates itself seamlessly into YouTube, and how much effort goes into maintaining it through YouTube's ever changing interface.

Did I mention that the script works? Well, it does, brilliantly no less.

out of all the YouTube scripts out there, this one is best. it looks the best, doesn't use a third-party download sites--captures direct links to the files and is just plain awesome. i would have done no better if i had made a downloader script myself. no frills, no nagging or other annoyances, its straight to the point. also elegantly & cleanly coded, cross-browser. i will be using this a lot :-)

- Very easy to use
- Great implementation into youtube
- Simply great

Safari 5.1 breaks the script. Just went back to 5.0.5

This scripts works well in both Firefox 4.0.1 under Greasemonkey and Opera 11.11 - it adds a download button to YouTube video pages that gives a list of download formats.

I was looking for a download script that works in multiple browsers and this might be it, a previous script I reviewed worked well in Firefox but not at all in Opera.

I tested this in both Firefox and Opera using the 15 second short video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXtk06d27Jg

The script added one "Download" button just after the existing "Like", "Add to" and "Share" buttons.

Clicking the down arrow on that download button gives a list of three formats (and not the four that YouTube provides, it's missing the 240p size):

MP4 360p - vcodec avc1 frame rate 30.3 audio mp4a

FLV 480 - vcodec h264 frame rate 59.834 audio mp4a

MP4 720p (HD) - vcodec avc1 frame rate 30.3 audio mp4a

Each choice gave a video playable in VLC.

So far, this is the best and easiest to use download script and the only one working in Opera 11.11 that I have found.

The script appends either the extension ".mp4" or ".flv" to the filename, but this causes a conflict with the two MP4 formats - the destination filename is the same for both even though they are quite different. The code indicates it will also add the "webm" extension if available but I did not test this.

There are other formats not listed but obtainable using the old &fmt= syntax, for example:

fmt=5 gives a 360p video with codec FLV1 and audio mp3.

fmt=34 gives a 360p video with codec h264 and audio mp4a and frame rate 59.834.

The script code has a comment "don't add lower quality FLV versions to prevent clutter" that probably explains the missing formats.

Works great - nice UI - thanks!