How to download Youtube videos as high quality MP4 videos?

Do you know that you can download Youtube videos without the help of any software? Yes, you can do youtube downloads as high quality MP4 files with a simple bookmarlet.  

Earlier we covered a freeware – Free Youtube Download to free download youtube videos. This tool can be used to download youtube videos in AVI, 3GP, MP4 or FLV formats. 
 

Here is another simple way to download youtube videos as high quality MP4 videos with a single click on a simple bookmarklet.

How to download youtube videos?

Save the following bookmarklet (link) by  
 

• dragging it to your Links bar in firefox or Safari or
• right-clicking and adding it to your favorites in IE (Internet Explorer) or Opera.

Whenever you want to download any youtube video, simply click on the above bookmarklet when your are on the youtube page for the video you want to download. The video gets automatically downloaded as a high resolution MP4 video on to your PC.  
 

By default the youtube video gets saved as Video.mp4. You can however rename the video to easily identify it.You can then watch the youtube video on your PC with iTunes, Windows media player 12, Quicktime or any of your favorite media players. You can also transfer them on to your ipod touch for watching the videos, when you are on the move. 
 

Enjoy Youtube downloads with this simple and easy to use bookmarklet !!!  
 

Megavideo fans can download megavideo videos with Megavideo video downloader or free download videos from Megavideo, Youtube, Metacafe etc. with VideoCacheView. You can also try vid23, if you prefer an online service to download videos from megavideo or other popular video hosting platforms.

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