Youtube Grabber no longer works. Any ideas on what can be used in its' place?

If there is something that could be used on other sites as well, that would be great, but YouTube is the one I would use the app the most.

2007-08-27T17:40:31Z

I tried downloading Orbit, but it seems awkward/complicated. I could not figure it out. Suggestions would help

2007-08-27T17:42:13Z

Using it seemed awkward, not downloading it. apologies for the wording.

Sir Phlegyas2007-08-27T17:37:00Z

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You can use Orbit Downloader... works flawlessly for a number of services...
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/

Check out some of the services it supports
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/faq.htm

Anonymous2007-08-28T03:01:03Z

For Internet Explorer (PC) users

1) Click your favourite video clip, you can see the URL in your browser becomes something like this :

2) Copy the URL .

3) Paste the URL at our download page

4) When the download link shows, You should right-click -> "Save Target As" OR copy and paste the link into your download manager. Note: You must change the file extension to .flv

5) The .flv file is not a common multimedia file, you need a software called FLV player to play it. Download the Free Flv Player

6) Install the FLV player into your computer.

7) Select the video clip that you downloaded and play it.

http://www.youtubevideosdownload.com/

-To download videos from youtube. You can copy the link of the video you want to download & paste it on any of the following sites-
http://www.kissyoutube.com/
http://www.keepvid.com/
http://www.vixy.net/
http://www.videodl.org/
http://www.viloader.net/
http://www.savetube.com/
http://www.youtube-grabber.info/
http://www.youtube-taker.info/
http://www.saveyoutube.com/
http://www.downthisvideo.com/
http://www.youtubecollector.com/
http://www.downloadyoutubevideos.com/
http://www.dubayou.com/mytube/index.php?
http://www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-movie/
http://www.ripzor.com/youtuberipper.html

-Download the video & Then Download flv player-
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/nFLVPlayer.html
http://www.flvsoft.com/download_flv/

-Converts to avi,flv and more-
http://www.zamzar.com/
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/
http://www.convertdirect.com/
http://www.media-convert.com/

-You have to convert flv files to ipod-
http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/flv-to-ipod.html
http://www.videopiggy.com/ (downloads to pc, ipod, psp and phone)
http://www.neoretix.com/ (this one costs money but i think its worth it)
http://www.xilisoft.com/download-youtube-video.html (downloads and converts to flv)
http://www.benjaminstrahs.com/ (mpeg4 format or straight into your ipod)
http://www.ie7pro.com/download-youtube-video.html ( need ie7 for this one)
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2006/10/06/vdownloader/ ( this will download and switch file to avi or mpg format)
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/dvd/convert-YouTube-FLV-video-to-iPod-MP4-video.htm (downloads to ipod, psp and phone)

-Some free converters and youtube downloads can be found on these freeware sites-
http://www.download.com
http://www.snapfiles.com
http://www.filehippo.com
http://www.majorgeeks.com
http://www.freewaregenius.com
http://www.freewr.com
http://www.freewarefiles.com
http://www.softpedia.com/
http://www.100-downloads.com/
http://www.videohelp.com/
http://www.tucows.com/Windows/

Julian S2007-08-28T00:37:46Z

If you're talking about downloading youtube videos again, you can try www.vixy.net
It works pretty well and also converts the youtube FLV vids for you.