How often do we see some funny videos or video clips on the Internet that we would like to have on our computer or mobile phone. But in most cases, you cannot download them directly from the site using traditional methods. However, there is still a way out. To save online video, you can use special service sites, utilities and cache search.
Instructions
Step 1
Any pages that the user views on the network are downloaded by the browser to the hard drive and saved to the folder with temporary Internet files. For example, the Opera browser saves all audio, video and flash files in a folder called “Cache” located in the “profile” folder of the main program directory. To save an online video, you can find it in this folder among the many viewed files and copy it to any other location on your hard drive. There is one serious disadvantage to this method - up to several thousand files can accumulate in the “Cache” folder, and many of them may have the same extensions. At the same time, they are haphazardly named, so in the process of finding the desired video, you will have to look at all similar files.
Step 2
Special service sites for saving online video have emerged on the Internet as an answer to the needs of users. The two most famous services of this kind are VideoSaver and Save2Go, although you can find other analogues if you wish. The principle of their work is simple and consists in the following:
1) you copy to the clipboard from the address bar the link to the page containing the video that you want to save;
2) insert this link into a special line on the page of the service site and press the button "Download", "Save", etc.;
3) specify where to save the online video on your hard drive.
Depending on the service, there may be intermediate clarifying settings. For example, specify the site from where you want to download the file, or select a specific file to download from the list of direct links on the page.
Step 3
You can also save online videos by installing add-ons in your browser, so-called modules or widgets that help download videos from any sites. In addition, if you need to save online videos from the most famous YouTube resource, use the free YouTube Downloader program, which allows you to download videos from this site, even if it is closed for viewing by a wide audience.
