Excellent Internet Video Downloaders

Video Download Tool

Video Download Tool

The 4K Video Downloader is an excellent video downloader for internet videos to your computer, and free version is available.  It:

  • supports all popular video sites
  • capable of download entire playlists or channels
  • option to download subtitles
  • capability to download 3D and 360-degree videos
  • support video quality up to 4K, and 8K HD video
  • supports batch and multi-thread downloading
  • support pre-set preferred settings
  • superb download speed

The download speed is amazingly fast compared with most other video downloaders.

There is a limit on the no. of video downloads in playlists.  Licensed version is only US$15, a one-time cost.

It can be downloaded from:  https://4kdownload.com/products/product-videodownloader

 

Disclaimer

We are here not talking about why you'd want to download videos from the internet.  Here we only show you how to do it if it is legitimate.  Downloading videos is against the terms of service for all popular video hosting sitesIt is a potential copyright infringement.  Only download videos if you own it, have permission from the copyright holder, or it's in the public domain.

 

Followings are some more video downloaders for reference.  However, we should also pay attention to the issue of copyright infringements:

YT Cutter

Extract videos from YouTube up to 10 min, with follow options:

  1. Download video file, with start & end time trimming options
  2. Download as gif animation
  3. Download as audio file
  4. Download screenshot

Works online, no registration required

Method:

  1. After entering the website, just paste the YouTube video URL  The YouTube video will appear on the screen
  2. Select the start and end time.  This can be achieved by entering the timing, or by dragging the timeline on the video
  3. Press the download button on the left, and select the format.

Note:

  • Quality of video to download can be selected inside the video as it would be normally done on YouTube videos
  • For more details, refer to the FAQ of the website
Facebook Video Downloader from downloaders.io Download Videos from Facebook

Method:

  1. Paste the video URL from Facebook to the website.  The video will appear on the screen
  2. Click the "download" button beneath the video
  3. The video will start to play on the screen.  Right-click on the video and select "Save video"

 

 

Other related resources:

  • youtube-dl: Download videos from YouTube (and more sites) in command line
  • FFmpeg.org:  A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video