Is it possible to save a youtube video file the hard drive?

I saw acouple of instructable videos on youtube I'd like to save to my hard drive. Can that be done?

 

This is not legal. Youtube are currently taking legal action against this type of activity and those who attempt to create software apps that allow you to do this.

MajorGeeks.com does not provide advice that allows the law to be compromised

 

YouTube terms and conditions are here: http://www.youtube.com/t/terms

See item 4.C.

 

Wow, didn't realize it was illegal. Sorry.

 

Real Player version 11 has a web video download feature that saves these videos to your pc. If the video being viewed is recordable, a banner will appear indicating this, and the recording will typically be a .ivr file. I disagree that it's illegal, otherwise Real Networks wouldn't be providing this capability.

 

Get,Orbit Downloader to download and safe FLV files on your hard disk.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5640.html

 

Maybe this is one of the "or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate".

However, you can save to favorites to play later, see: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=56100

and: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=56101&ctx=sibling

 

Uh, excuse me. If a mod says no, it means no. If Youtube is serving cease and desists (and they have), we don't participate in discussions over it. Ok? This is to protect not only you, but Majorgeeks. If you want to disagree, fine. Take it to PMs, or bring it up to the owners and see if they agree with you. Public challenges to a moderator ruling are not the way to go.

This matter is dropped.