Download YouTube Videos as MP4

By gantt Last update Jan 29, 2010 — Installed 206,083 times. Daily Installs: 383, 371, 406, 304, 332, 293, 337, 283, 332, 327, 314, 319, 284, 275, 334, 407, 416, 313, 282, 317, 300, 561, 670, 582, 502, 438, 415, 336, 455, 413, 452, 340
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: 0.98
License: MIT License

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Downloaded videos can be played using applications like VLC, MPlayer, iTunes. The script works in Firefox (using Greasemonkey), Google Chrome 4 (no plug-in required), Safari (using GreaseKit) and Internet Explorer (using IE7Pro). If you don't want to install add-ons, you can add a bookmarklet for downloading YouTube videos.

Update:
* added support for HD videos (720p and 1080p).
* better support for Google Chrome.