Faculty members that I work with, often express their need to save youtube clips for offline viewing and editing. Unfortunately, Youtube does not provide any avenues for this on their site. Saving streaming web clips can often be impossible, especially without expensive 3rd party applications for capturing streaming content. I wanted to let you know about a site which allows users to do just that - download youtube clips!
keepvid.com is a free web resource that allows users to save youtube clips in a variety of formats. Keepvid.com has a sister site, known as
snipmp3.com, which, as the name implies, allows users to extract audio from youtube clips, and save that audio data in form of an MP3 file. Both of these sites are free, but they do deliver advertisements, and they do require Java to function properly.
To get started, simply copy the youtube link, and navigate to keepvid.com using your favorite web browser. Paste the youtube link on keepvid.com, and click "Download". After a few seconds, Keepvid will display several download options. Downloadable formats are as follows:
- FLV - 240p
- FLV - 360p
- FLV - 480p
- MP4 - (Max 480p)
- MP4 - 720p
- WebM - 360p
- WebM - 480p
- WebM - 720p
- 3GP - 240p
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It really is that simple! Remember, you must obtain permission from the video authors, if you wish to use their footage in your work. It's also important to keep in mind that keepvid website is not associated with Youtube, and so there is no way of knowing what the future has in store for keepvid.com and snipmp3.com. I've been using them for years, and so far these sites have been tremendously helpful. Have fun exploring youtube, keepvid and snipmp3!
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