Youtube MP4

The best video downloaders for YouTube

I was looking for an application to download YouTube videos the other day, so I looked up a few that had good reviews. One of these was youtube-mp4. It's been around since 2007, but it hasn't aged in the slightest since its release and has just received an update this year.

Since I had quite specific needs, I downloaded the older version and decided to do some testing for myself. Here's a brief report of what I found:

Firstly, it is absolutely free to use and costs nothing to download. There is no registration asking you to make an account or pay for premium features. The application automatically downloads the videos you have watched and sets Windows Media Player as the default player.

The feedback is great: reviews from users are good but there are very few complaints – which means it works just as expected for all but the most advanced users. One of the best things about this application is that it's very hard to find any bugs or compatibility issues. Since all the supporting information is on the download page, if you do run into problems, it's easy to diagnose and fix them yourself.

Next, the application works flawlessly in Windows XP SP2 (fully updated), Windows Vista and should work in all future operating systems as well.

The last point is that youtube-mp4 can do almost anything that YouTube could have done – it even has a function called 'download playlist', which allows you to download collections of videos without having to download each individual video separately. I thought that this is cool but out of my reach for now. No matter, the standard mode of downloading videos is simple to set up and works very well.

I thought I'd write a quick review because I found the application so useful. If you're interested in trying it out yourself, there's a direct download link for this here: http://www.y-soft.org/download/youtube-mp4.exe . Let me know what you think!

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—Patrick Timmons

Table of Contents

YouTube mp4 v1.2.1 Review

Introduction: What's New in Version 1.2? – Patrick Timmons, 6 December 2010

What's New: – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

Download YouTube MP4 Videos Using a program such as YouTube MP4 – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

Update YouTube MP4 to Version 1.2.1 – Patrick Timmons, 18 December 2010

Conclusion:

About the Author: Patrick Timmons – Wikipedia, 25 July 2010

You Don't Know Jack (book) – Wikipedia, 4 August 2010; Revised 11 March 2011

You Don't Know Jack: The Book was the official companion book to ... – Patrick Timmons [INTERVIEW], 6 December 2010; Revised 11 March 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2012. from http://www.y-soft.org/archives/3232 Patrick Timmons [INTERVIEW] (http://www.y-soft.org/archives/3232). YSoft . Also available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Know_Jack. Wikipedia, 25 July 2010

List of Figures

Figure 1: My first 13 years of Computer use – Patrick Timmons, 8 December 2010

Figure 2: The route I took to get to where I am today ... – Patrick Timmons, 8 December 2010

Preface: What's This Guide all about Anyway? – Patrick Timmons, 6 December 2010

Introduction: What's New in Version 1.2? – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

What's New: – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

Download YouTube MP4 Videos Using a program such as YouTube MP4 – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

Table of Contents

YouTube mp4 v1.2.1 Review Introduction: What's New in Version 1.2? – Patrick Timmons, 6 December 2010 What's New: – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010 Download YouTube MP4 Videos Using a program such as YouTube MP4 – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010 Update YouTube MP4 to Version 1.2.1 – Patrick Timmons, 18 December 2010 Conclusion: About the Author: Patrick Timmons – Wikipedia, 25 July 2010 You Don't Know Jack (book) – Wikipedia, 4 August 2010; Revised 11 March 2011

List of Tables

Table 1: My first 13 years of Computer use – Patrick Timmons, 8 December 2010

Table 2: The route I took to get to where I am today ... – Patrick Timmons, 8 December 2010

Table 3: Summary of changes made between version 1.1 and 1.2 – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

First things first: What are all these marks on the page? This guide will have a few different symbols on the page. Many of these are in English, but some (like this one) are in Arabic. It's weird but true. The English ones are called "bolds", the Arabic ones are called "underscores". In this guide, we will use both.

What is a Hyperlink? Who is YSoft? – Patrick Timmons, 6 December 2010

What's New: – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

This is a new feature in version 1.2 that allows you to select which items are repeated or eliminated from the download page. For example, if I only want to download videos shorter than 5 minutes and with less than 100 views per video I can do so by checking these boxes.

Download YouTube MP4 Videos Using a program such as YouTube MP4 – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

When you get the download page, select the "Base64" links. Then use Notepad or Wordpad to open them. The first line will look similar to this:

Update YouTube MP4 to Version 1.2.1 – Patrick Timmons, 18 December 2010

Conclusion: – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

What's New: – Patrick Timmons, 9 December 2010

Table of Contents

What's this guide all about anyway? This guide will have a few different symbols on the page. Many of these are in English, but some (like this one) are in Arabic. It's weird but true. The English ones are called "bolds", the Arabic ones are called "underscores". In this guide, we will use both.

What is a Hyperlink? Who is YSoft? – Patrick Timmons, 6 December 2010

You Don't Know Jack (book) – Wikipedia, 4 August 2010; Revised 11 March 2011 Table of Contents

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