Download YouTube Videos as MP4

By gantt — Last update Oct 31, 2009 — Installed 174,291 times. Daily Installs: 292, 229, 335, 964, 930, 795, 561, 612, 522, 572, 537, 494, 886, 840, 606, 575, 534, 523, 449, 545, 509, 628, 517, 514, 412, 444, 517, 522, 430, 381, 432, 439
Script Summary:
Adds an option to download YouTube videos as MP4 files. Unlike most other scripts, this one downloads the videos directly from YouTube and doesn't connect to any other site.
Version: 0.95

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Downloaded videos can be played using applications like VLC, MPlayer, iTunes. The script works in Firefox (using Greasemonkey), Opera and Google Chrome Dev Channel. For other browsers, you can add a bookmarklet.

Update: you no longer have to right-click and select "save link as". Just click on the link to download the video.
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