[GUIDE] Ripping YouTube Videos for offline playback on your EVO

[Sim-X]

ok so I wanted so show a friend the new Lady Gaga video on my evo (yea I know, I'm cool) However I noticed it wasn't available for mobile playback as well as a number of other videos. Here is a very simple solution.

Step 1
You need firefox (if your still on ie, you should switch to firefox anyway)

Step 2
Install Easy YouTube Video Downloader HERE

Step 3
Once installed, load up your favorite music on youtube such as Alejandro!

Sttep 4
You will now see a new set of links below the video as shown below



Step 5
Click MP4 and it will instantly start downloading without doing anything else. I have tried the other formats and have found mp4 to be the best for the evo.

Step 6
Once the video is down downloading, locate the file, connect your evo with data cable, make sure to select disk drive on the screen, open up the removable drive from my computer, make a folder called Videos, drag the file you downloaded to the folder, close the window and disconnect the cable.

Step 7
Open up your Videos folder under All Aps, you will now see the video there with a thumbnail and you can now play it offline.


Conclusion
The only reason I did this was because some of the videos I couldn't play back via the YouTube app, but it is nice to have them saved so your not using data not that it really matters but will save on battery and loads instantly. I also tried 720P and couldn't get it to play on the evo but I think the MP4 format looks just fine on the evo (depending on the source of course) and it also doesn't take up very much room. Best part it it's VERY FAST to do this, no re-encoding or doing all this other crap to get it to play. It's plug and play

enjoy

[aaron580]

You could just download the app called VideoBox in the market place download them directly to your phone and play them back on any player on the phone. It converts it all in the right format and all automatically. Downloads vids in good quality.

[Success100]

Originally Posted by aaron580

You could just download the app called VideoBox in the market place download them directly to your phone and play them back on any player on the phone. It converts it all in the right format and all automatically. Downloads vids in good quality.

even better...great find!

[Sim-X]

Yea the problem is not all videos are available for mobile playback. So not sure if those aps will even show some of the videos you would want to save. I haven't checked them out myself.

[wbchristmas]

I just went to try the link and ...

"Firefox could not install the file at

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...rc=addondetail

because: Unexpected installation error
Review the Error Console log for more details.
-203"

[aaron580]

Well so far all the videos ive been looking for ive found and downloaded just fine. Havnt done tons yet.

Nice writeup on that method though

[Sim-X]

Originally Posted by wbchristmas

I just went to try the link and ...

"Firefox could not install the file at

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...rc=addondetail

because: Unexpected installation error
Review the Error Console log for more details.
-203"

That's odd, try starting firefox in safemode, reset to factory default and try again.

[Insatiable]

Another app you can get in the marketplace that I've used is "freedi youtube downloader" I like it a lot, just search, hold down the one you want, choose download or can even choose to save as mp3!

[clockcycle]

I use the website savevid and the likes to capture/convert most online videos.