Ripping Videos in Highest Quality from YouTube

[Black Sabbath]

I have one program that I can rip videos with from YouTube, but when I put them on my PS3, they're blocky as hell and I hate that. If anyone knows a good program that'll rip videos in higher quality, please let me know.

[mandead]

Purely out of interest, what sort of videos do you tend to rip?

[Black Sabbath]

Music videos.

[GET OFF AXLS BACK]

Firefox has a great add on called Download helper, you simply click on it within the tool bar and it downloads the video you select, i use it all the time.

http://www.downloadhelper.net/

Hope that helps

[Black Sabbath]

I think I tried that before when you suggested it but I couldn't figure it out.

I'll give it another shot and get back to you if I have any trouble.

[Black Sabbath]

So far it seems to be going great! Thanks!

[kevin]

FYI, adding &fmt=18 to the end of a youtube link will load the page in HQ. I prefer torrents for HQ/HD stuff (read anime) though.

[estranged 16]

i just tried it, they download, but they're saved as 'files', not videos. so they don't play on my computer. what do i do? the tutorial isn't helping out

[santana]

You need to download either a codec or a player that supports videos in .flv format.

For a play, I've found that VLC Media Player works well. You can find it here: http://www.videolan.org/

If you prefer to use your existing media player, you can download and install the K-lite Codec Pack. It will allow you to play just about any type of media file. You can download it here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.p...=5144&s=775

[SunnyDRE]

Youtube sure is deleting alot of videos lately.

20 of my saved favorites have been removed in the last 2 weeks.

Sadly, I think it'll only get worse.

[estranged 16]

should i download that if im trying to get the videos onto itunes? because i finally got one to save as an MPG4 whatever file but it wouldn't open on itunes. is that a codec problem?

[kevin]

VLC is horrible, use CCCP's MPC.

http://cccp-project.net/

Edited June 13, 2009 by kevin

[Wando]

VLC is horrible, use CCCP's MPC.

http://cccp-project.net/

What pros does it offer compared to VLC? VLC has been working great with me.

E: Btw, I don't have space to spare on my HD (getting a 2TB HD in a few days though ) so I can't test it yet..

Edited June 14, 2009 by Wando

[Black Sabbath]

@estranged_16

If you're using the thing GOAB suggested, and you're at a YouTube videos page, click on the little arrow at the top next to the spinning symbol for the program. Then click the one that says like 'HQ18 (whatever the video is called)' or one that says 'HQ22 (whatever the video is called)'. Those should and usually always download in .mp4 format. Usually HQ22 is better quality in the end as well.

As for the iTunes problem, I'd have to give it a shot. I haven't put a video on my iPod in a long while so if I figure anything out, I'll let you know.

Once again, thanks GOAB. This thing works great!

[estranged 16]

yeah, that's what i did. but should i do 'download' or 'quick download'? and i got them into the right format..so now my problem is the itunes. they won't go in there

[kevin]

VLC is horrible, use CCCP's MPC.

http://cccp-project.net/

What pros does it offer compared to VLC? VLC has been working great with me.

E: Btw, I don't have space to spare on my HD (getting a 2TB HD in a few days though ) so I can't test it yet..

VLC is notoriously bad at sub rendering and does a very poor job with the mkv container, especially with h264. It uses it's own built in codecs, some which CCCP has better algorithms. Notably, the ffmpeg algorithm (used by VLC) with h.264 is vastly inferior to coreavc (ask me for a link if you need it WINK WINK), and you can't use coreavc with VLC.

VLC:

[Black Sabbath]

yeah, that's what i did. but should i do 'download' or 'quick download'? and i got them into the right format..so now my problem is the itunes. they won't go in there

I just do 'Download'.

[highvoltage]

wut.

That's nice kevin, but I just like watching movies on my computer.

[kevin]

hey mang, DSP is what I do. And what VLC wishes it could do. OH BURNNN