How To Download Any Video From The Internet — The Ultimate Guide

Video content has taken the Internet by storm. So much that one can gradually expect the web to become more and more video-centric. In fact, just like YouTube soon Facebook might even pay you money for publishing your videos.

Be it tutorials, news, music, pranks or memories with your friends and family, there is no denying the fact that videos are the best way to relive the first-hand experience of them all. As such, you may want to download videos and save them for later viewing.

But how do we do that? With the overwhelming number of tools, extensions, and software available on the Internet, it is really easy to get confused about which one to choose.

Worry no more, as we bring to you a list of some of the best alternatives which shall enable you to download almost any video from the internet. But keep in mind, that you should only download videos when you have the copyright owner’s permission, otherwise it shall be considered an illegal act.

<h2>How to Download YouTube Videos</h2>

Think video and the first word to automatically pop up in your head would be YouTube. With over 1 billion users uploading more than 300 hours of awe-inspiring videos to the site every minute, YouTube has a Pandora’s Box worth of videos to everyone’s liking.  In order to download videos from YouTube, you can use one of the following services:

<h4>Savefrom.net</h4>

In order to download YouTube videos from savefrom.net, all you need to do is add ‘ss’ after ‘www’ in the URL of the YouTube video.

For example: Consider this YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxKvvOr_jyM

Just change it to: https://www.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=bxKvvOr_jyM

You will be redirected to a page where you can download the video in the desired quality and format.

<h4>KeepVid</h4>

Another reliable way to download YouTube videos is KeepVid. All you have to do is to copy and paste the URL of the YouTube video and then click on the “Download” button. The next screen provides you with the option to choose the quality and format of your liking. Choose one and hit “Download”.

<h4>ClipConverter.cc</h4>

Yet another alternative for downloading YouTube videos is Clip Converter. It is a free online media recorder application which will allow you to record, convert and download nearly any audio or video URL to common formats. In order to download a YouTube video, paste your YouTube URL at Video URL and press “Continue”. Then select the format and the options for conversion and press “Start”. Once the conversion is finished, you would be able to download the converted file.

How to Download Facebook Videos:

Facebook has been growing at such a pace that other social networking platforms have been left far behind. In fact, Facebook has been prioritizing videos and even plans on challenging Google’s video business. Since the days when people used to share trending videos on FB have been replaced by ways in which Facebook itself makes stuff viral, you might want to download Facebook videos on your device now and then. Here’s how:

<h4>GetFBStuff</h4>

GetFbStuff is another useful website for downloading Facebook videos. The website is very resourceful and allows you to download public and private Facebook videos, download Facebook page photo albums with a host of other options. You can read our tutorial, to find out how to download Facebook videos from GetFbStuff, here.