尽管谷歌口袋里装有大把的钞票，最近针对YouTube的诉讼案件还是让人不得不考虑是否是时候把“管子”上喜爱的视频抢救出来存放在律师们看不到的地方——你的硬盘。
幸运的是，我们有大量工具可以将视频从YouTube下载下来并/或将YouTube视频转换成.flv以外的格式。它们都各有优缺点，很难说哪一种是最好的方法。因此，我们选择了23个确实可行的YouTube下载工具。以下就是这些工具，按各自运行的平台分类：
网站平台
1. YouTubeX 并没有很多功能，但是简单并且可行。它也提供让用户通过电子邮件与朋友分享YouTube视频的服务。不过，所有文件都命名为get_video，你必须手动在文件名后加上.flv。
2. KeepVid 是另一个简便的网站。不复杂，除YouTube以外还可以下载很多其他网站上的视频，包括Google Video、MySpace Video、DailyMotion等。不过同样的，你必须手动添上.flv后缀。
3. VideoDownloader 跟KeepVid非常相似，只是它支持更多的视频分享网站，并且它可以作为火狐浏览器的插件使用。跟KeepVid一样，所有下载的文件都是.flv格式的。我们推荐使用MediaCoder免费转换视频格式。
javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php4. YouTube Downloads 无疑是最长域名竞赛的头奖获得者。但它也因使用代理服务器下载视频与众不同。即时YouTube在你的工作场所或居住地被封锁了，你也可能下到里面的视频。只要利用谷歌搜索到YouTube视频的链接，将其复制粘贴到YouTube Downloads就可以了。
www.downloadandsaveyoutubevideos.info5. Zamzar 是一个文件格式转换网站。它可以把YouTube的视频转换为其他格式并下载到你的硬盘当中，不仅如此，它还有许多其他的用处。但由于它实在很实用，我们必须把它添加在此。已彻底测试并强烈推荐。点击观看使用过程视频。
6. YouTubia 的与众不同之处在于它让用户可以搜索YouTube的视频并且下载。功能不多，但有用。
7. VidGrab 是又一个简单的视频下载网站，它适用于YouTube、Google Video、MySpace和Break.com。除了下载功能之外，它还提供了观看次数最多视频的表单。
8. Vixy 同时提供视频下载和格式转换服务，它可将视频转换为DivX avi、mov、mp4、3gp或者mp3格式[只有音频]。转换效果还不错，但有时会出现轻微颤动回放。
vixy.net9. Hey! Watch 是个野心勃勃的视频编码服务网站，它提供非常多的选择，尤其是将视频转换为可移动播放器格式的时候[它甚至支持艾河H340播放器]。大多数在线转换器常常出现效果不好，影音不同步的状况。Hey! Watch也不例外，不过这种状况极少发生。
heywatch.com10. Media Converter 的工作效率会比较慢，但是视频转换的效果相当不错。我们将一些YouTube视频转换为avi格式[mpeg4加上mp3]，效果很好。这个工具不仅限于视频格式转换，它也支持一些音频及文档格式。
www.mediaconverter.org11. KcoolOnline 是一个在线格式转换器，它支持YouTube在内的98个视频分享网站。他完全不提供其他服务，因此对喜欢简单的人来说值得一试。
www.kcoolonline.comWindows平台
12. VDownloader 是一个桌面应用软件，它可以从你的剪贴板中抓出YouTube、Google Video和Grinvi的视频链接。运行软件，复制视频链接，然后点击下载。它会自动将视频转换为mpeg或avi格式。
www.softpedia.com/progDownload/VDownloader-Download-51327.html
13. YouTube Grabber 下载YouTube的视频为.flv格式。将视频链接复制粘贴到程序中，点击«grab»，文件就会被下载到程序所在的文件夹。
www.download.com/Youtube-Grabber/3000-2071_4-10574801.html
14. Orbit Downloader 是一个桌面应用软件，支持多个视频网站的下载。下载过程非常简单，只要将鼠标移到视频上面，这时会出现一个按钮，上面写着«Get It»。此软件的开发者声称由于使用P2P下载技术，下载速度非常快[据说能达到常速的500%]。
www.orbitdownloader.com15. My Video Downloader。在那么多免费工具存在的情况下，这么一款收费软件看起来实在很滑稽。它叫做My Video Downloader[我的视频下载器]。尽管它看起来的确很专业，也提供多种转换服务[免费使用期允许用户下载10个视频]，我不觉得它的服务足以让用户愿意掏腰包。
16. KeepV 是一款桌面应用软件，它既可以下载，也可以将.flv视频转换为avi、mov、mp4或3gp格式。
keepv.com17. VideoGet 声称可以从100个以上视频分享网站上下载视频。我们没有全部测试过，所以姑且先这么认为。它是一款外型美观简洁的桌面应用软件，并提供很多不同服务。
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18. TubeSucker 是一款桌面YouTube视频下载软件。它有一些有趣的功能，包括批量下载某个特定用户的大量视频等。到这个网站上看看演示吧。
www.newrad.com/software/tubesucker/
OS X平台
19. Get Tube 是一款以OS X为平台的应用软件，它可以从YouTube、DailyMotion和Kewego下载视频或音频文件。
web.mac.com/simonvrel/iWeb/software/v.1.0.html
Linux平台
20. Youtube-dl. 我们也没忘记给Linux用户一点关爱。Youtube-dl是一款可将YouTube视频下载为flv文件的程序。视频可方便的使用mplayer和VLC播放。
www.nuxified.org/blog/download_youtube_video_files_with_youtube_dl21. YouTube Ripper 事实上不是一个应用软件，它只是一段程序语言，可以抓出某一特定用户上传的视频中符合一个关键词的所有视频。老实说我们完全不知道怎么使用它，但也许你行！PHP端口也是支持的。
nlindblad.org/2007/04/08/youtube-ripper-collectors-edition/浏览器插件
22. Vidtaker 仅支持火狐浏览器。它可以从大多数流媒体视频网站上下载视频，包括Google Video、YouTube、MySpace，也包括一些不健康的成人视频“某Tube”网站[Pornotube、YouPorn等]。它自动将视频转换为DivX avi格式。
www.vidtaker.com23. Ook? Video Ook! 是的，这是这款火狐浏览器插件的全名。它可以从YouTube以及其他一些视频分享网站上下载视频。它的特色是一键下载功能以及同火狐的热门插件DownThemAll的合并功能。
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2584
Google has a solid amount of cash in its pockets, but with all the recent lawsuits against YouTube one has to wonder if it’s time to salvage whatever videos you like from the service and save them somewhere where evil attorneys won’t look – your hard drive.
Luckily, there are literally dozens of tools for downloading videos from YouTube and/or converting those YouTube videos to some format other than .flv. It’s hard to pick the best one, as they all have pluses and minuses. Thus, we’ve chosen 23 YouTube downloader tools we’ve found to be actually working. Here they are, categorized according to the platform they work on:
Web based
1. videodownloadx.com doesn’t have a lot of options, but it’s simple, and it works. It also enables you to share the YouTube video with your friends via e-mail. Unfortunately, all the files are called get_video, and you have to add the .flv extension manually.
2. KeepVid is another simple site. No hassle, works not only for YouTube movies but for a number of other sites, including Google Video, MySpace Video, DailyMotion and others. Again, you have to add the .flv extension by hand.
3. VideoDownloader is very similar to KeepVid, but supports even more video sharing sites, and it’s also available as a Firefox extension. Just like with KeepVid, all downloads are in .flv format. We recommend MediaCoder for free conversion.
javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
4. YouTube Downloads takes the cake in the longest domain name contest. It also separates itself by using a proxy for downloading videos, which means that you might be able to get videos even if YouTube access is blocked at your workplace or in the country you live. Just search Google for YouTube videos, and copy/paste the URL into YouTube Downloads.
www.downloadandsaveyoutubevideos.info
5. Zamzar is an online file format conversion site which can do a lot more than just converting YouTube videos to another format and downloading them to your hard drive, but it’s doing a great job so we had to include it here. Thoroughly tested by us and highly recommended. See the video of it in action here.
6. YouTubia separates itself from the crowd by enabling you to search as well as download YouTube files. Options are scarce, but it works.
7. VidGrab is another simple site that works with YouTube, Google Video, MySpace and Break.com. Besides the download function, the site also sports a top list of most viewed videos.
8. Vixy offers both downloading videos and converting them into DivX avi, mov, mp4, 3gp, or mp3 (for audio only) formats. The conversion works well enough, but sometimes results in slightly choppy playback.
9. Hey! Watch is an ambitious video encoding service with a large number of options, especially when it comes to converting videos to portable media player formats (it even supports my trusty iRiver H340.) Most online video converters often produce crappy results, with video and audio being out of sync, and this problem is also present on Hey! Watch, but it happens rarely.
10. Media Converter can be a little slow, but the results of the video conversion are quite good. We’ve converted some YouTube videos to avi (mpeg4 + mp3) format and it worked well. The tool is not limited to video conversion; it also supports several audio and document formats.
11. KcoolOnline is a web-based converter which supports 98 video sharing web sites, including YouTube. It has literally zero options, so it’s recommended for those who like to keep it simple.
Windows Applications
12. VDownloader is a desktop application that catches YouTube, Google Video, and Grinvi video links from your clipboard. Start it up, copy the video URL and click download. It automatically converts the videos to mpeg or avi formats.
www.softpedia.com/progDownload/VDownloader-Download-51327.html
13. YouTube Grabber downloads files from Youtube in .flv format. Copy and paste the URL of a video from YouTube into the program, press «grab», and the file will be downloaded into the same directory as the program.
www.download.com/Youtube-Grabber/3000-2071_4-10574801.html
14. Orbit Downloader is a desktop application which can download videos from a wide variety of sites. The download process is very simple, just hover your mouse over the video and you’ll get a button that says «Get It». The developers of the program claim that it’s very fast (up to 500% faster, they say) due to its P2P download technology.
15. My Video Downloader. With all these free tools, it’s actually funny to see a commercial one. It’s called My Video Downloader, and while it does look solid and offers a lot of conversion options (a free trial which enables you to download 10 videos is available), we’re not sure it offers enough to warrant a price tag.
16. KeepV is a desktop downloader as well as a converter, which can convert the downloaded videos from flv to avi, mov, mp4, or 3gp formats.
17. VideoGet boasts being able to download video clips from more than 100 video sharing websites. We haven’t tested all of them, so we’re just going to take their word for it. It’s a deskop application with a nice, simple interface, and a solid number of options.
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18. TubeSucker is a desktop YouTube video downloader with some interesting options, including batch downloading large amounts of videos from a certain user. See the video tour on the site.
www.newrad.com/software/tubesucker/
OS X
19. Get Tube is an OS X application which lets you download video or audio files from YouTube, DailyMotion and Kewego.
web.mac.com/simonvrel/iWeb/software/v.1.0.html
Linux
20. Youtube-dl. Here’s some love for Linux users. Youtube-dl is a program that lets you download YouTube clips in flv format, which both mplayer and VLC can easily chew up.
www.nuxified.org/blog/download_youtube_video_files_with_youtube_dl
21. YouTube Ripper is not actually an application; it’s a simple script that rips all videos that match a keyword, uploaded by a specific YouTube user. We don’t really have ideas on what to use this for, but maybe you do! PHP port is also available.
nlindblad.org/2007/04/08/youtube-ripper-collectors-edition/
Plugins
22. Vidtaker is a Firefox-only plugin that can download videos from most streaming websites: Google Video, YouTube, MySpace, as well as a number of nasty adult SomethingTube spinoffs (Pornotube, YouPorn etc). It automatically converts the video to a DivX avi.
23. Ook? Video Ook! Yes, that’s the full name of this Firefox plugin, which enables you to download videos from YouTube and several other video sharing web sites. It features one click downloading and integration with the popular DownThemAll Firefox plugin.
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