I’ve been searching for weeks over net for an easiest & ultimate way to download YouTube videos.
And today my search came to an end and I think I’ve found probably the quickest way to download YouTube videos.
It’s actually a free add-on for Firefox,recommended by Firefox itself, called “DownloadHelper”.
DownloadHelper is a simple free add-on for capturing videos from many sites like YouTube, MySpace, Google videos, MetaCafe, DailyMotion, and many others.
How to Use:
- You must be using Firefox Browser in order to install.
- Click the button to install DownloadHelper.
After installation restart Firefox, After restart you’ll see a new DownloadHelper button on the toolbar above.
How it Works:
Just surf the Web as you are used to, when DownloadHelper detects some video streaming, the icon gets animated.
All you have to do is to just press the icon and a Click to video link will immediately start downloading!!
Best of all, you can setup the extension to automatically convert the downloaded movies to your preferred video format, by right clicking the button and go to preferences.
By default it saves all the videos in “.flv” format.
DownloadHelper allows you to download files one by one, so that you keep bandwidth to surf for other stuffs and downloads.
There are plenty of options to explore in the preferences.
If you want to know more, how it works, you can check out dozens of tutorial videos available for learning how to use DownloadHelper.
For users who don’t use Firefox, there’s another alternative that I’ve already searched and used as well, known as “Orbit Downloader”
Orbit Downloader also supports Firefox, but I think “DownloadHelper” is still the better and faster way to do it! 
UPDATE: Check out "World's Fastest Way to Download Youtube Videos"
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