Apr102012

Why can’t I get online YouTube downloaders to work with Windows?

Reý Aetar asks:

I used to use Ubuntu and for downloading YouTube videos I used “http://saveyoutube.com”

I had no problems.

Now I have had to change to Windows, but I can’t get the online YouTube downloaders to work. I’ve installed the latest Java run times, updated my browsers, and updated windows. But these downloaders always give me an error when they load. They sometimes say that a plug-in isn’t working right, or they don’t show me all the available file formats I should be able to save to.

Note that I am talking about downloaders found ONLINE. This computer is not mine, so I can’t install applications.


Browser: Firefox 12
System: Windows xp
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FIDELIS

April 10, 2012

Hello, can you tell me what online services have you tried?  What browser are you using when trying to get youtube?  If it is telling you something about plug-ins, it most times refers to plug-ins for browser itself.  Have you updated flash?

Indronil Mondal

i am using firefox now tried it with chrome and opera it didnt work
in ubuntu firefox and chrome did the job
by online services i reffered to http://saveyoutube.com
i have updated everything to the latest

April 11, 2012
FIDELIS

 Hello there, yes it seems you need to download the java runtime environment 1.6.  I tried this in firefox.  Once you download the mentioned environment you should be fine.

April 13, 2012
Indronil Mondal

i already have it

April 14, 2012
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ha14

April 11, 2012

have you updated adobek flash and shockwave, how about your antivirus and firewall did you made any rules regarding that site to be able to download youtube.

try to innstall flashgot and see if this can help.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashgot/

Indronil Mondal

all done but i didnt want another addon just wanted to use the online service that once worked like a charm

April 11, 2012
Indronil Mondal

 check the screen shot i updated all addons
but no use

April 11, 2012
ha14

well i went to 
http://saveyoutube.com and tried a youtube, so when i hit download i get a message:
he numerical signature could not be verified. Do you want to execute the application.
the name is keepVidDownloader 
from http://saveyoutube.com

So did you get this message when first time you tried to download youtube from this site.

April 12, 2012
Indronil Mondal

 its already said in the site to accept it and it was working earlier not not working

April 12, 2012
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Bruce Epper

April 11, 2012

What is the specific error message you get?  Take a screenshot of the error if necessary and attach it to your reply.

Indronil Mondal

 i am not getting any error it is continuously loading i waited for 10 minutes but keeps loading but on ubuntu it worked within seconds and yes all the addons like java are up to date

April 11, 2012
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Indronil Mondal

April 11, 2012

 waited for almost 10 minutes but nothing happened and i have used it earlier on Linux but it took seconds then to load download options but now nothing is happening on windows

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Sri Vastav Reddy

April 12, 2012

Try, Ant video Downloader, 
But, it works only for mozilla & I-explorer..

Q)How it works  ?

A)just go to the main webpage (google it), and click on the download link and it gives instructions, after downloading restart the firefox..
Now while u are watching any video u will see an icon on top right side of the page saying ” 13.5 MB #file name#____” 
just click on it and it downloads to Desktop/Documents/Downloads/Ant video downloader.

And most interesting part is if u’r playing 720 P, 1080p, or even 240p it shows all the files size and u have the option to download any one u want..(u should play the video to get the option)

SEE the image i uploaded :-)

And more over It downloads any Video ur browser is playing..like Youtube, Facebook, online movies, online Cartoon episodes voeh videos amazom vireos ETC…….hope this will help u   :-)

Indronil Mondal

 i dont have administrative prevelage to install new apps

April 13, 2012
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Sri Vastav Reddy

April 12, 2012

About downloaders found ONLINE…
visit   keepvid .com
and enter the video URL and hit  download button :-)
Most intresting part is__ it will provide this options

›› Download FLV ‹‹ - 240p
›› Download FLV ‹‹ - 360p
›› Download FLV ‹‹ - 480p
›› Download MP4 ‹‹ - (Max 480p)
›› Download 3GP ‹‹ - 240p*NEW* ›› Download MP3 ‹‹ - Standard Quality
Hope______________________ this will help u :-)  

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James Bruce

April 12, 2012

Probably youre behind a firewall that’s preventing downloads of a specific type? You say you’ve had to change to windows and that it isn’t yours – are you at school or workplace? It’s likely a new firewall came with the computer upgrades.

Indronil Mondal

 maybe but videos are playing well why cant it be downloaded its my fathers computer..

April 12, 2012
James Bruce

because playing a video online on a web page and downloading a file is completely different perhaps?

Try downloading something else. Like, a torrent file. If something is blocking you, it will most likley be blocking torrents too. 

April 13, 2012
Indronil Mondal

 ok i will surely
but sir i read somewhere that youtube doesnot recoznize the difference between downloading and playing video..(cannot find the link)
but everything else works fine anyway thank you

April 13, 2012
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Rishabh Sharma

August 4, 2012

try keepvid.com