Tech.:It's back! Download your YouTube videos!

Subject: It's back! Download your YouTube videos!
From: Genie
Date: 09 Jun 10 - 01:45 AM

Whew! For a while, YouTube had removed the "Download" option for the videos that you yourself had uploaded to the site.
Today I just discovered that they haver restored that function.

If you go to "My Videos" on your YouTube page and click "Edit" for one of your videos, you will now see a "Download as MP4" button for that video.

This is great, because if you have lost a video file (e.g., hard drive crash or computer theft), you can now easily retrieve any videos you have uploaded to YouTube.

Subject: RE: Tech.:It's back! Download your YouTube videos!
From: wilbyhillbilly
Date: 09 Jun 10 - 04:19 AM

It never went away! If it's ok for copyright you get the MP4 box for any video you loaded, if not you get "View Copyright Info" in the box.

Subject: RE: Tech.:It's back! Download your YouTube videos!
From: Genie
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 03:47 AM

No, that button did disappear for quite some time, not too long ago. I was used to seeing it whenever I would edit my video descriptions or settings, but then all of a sudden that "Download" button was nowhere to be found. I'm glad it is back now, though.

Subject: RE: Tech.:It's back! Download your YouTube videos!
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 04:49 AM

But you can download any video from youtube using Real Player, then in theory convert to wmv or DVD burnable format in SUPER ©, which is free.