How to download Youtube videos: Chrome and Firefox Plugins

Want to download your favorite Youtube videos ? Don’t know how? Here are few quick and easy ways of downloading Youtube videos.

Chrome Browser:

Step 1:  Download the developer release of Google Chrome browser here. The youtube video download plugin for chrome browser works only with the beta or developer release version.

Step 2: Download the youtube download plugin for chrome here. After you have downloaded the .crx file on to your computer, just drag and drop the .crx file into the chrome browser. A message pops up as shown below.

Click on ‘Continue’.

Click on ‘Install’ and you are done installing the addon.

Step 3: Now on the youtube page a number of download options are available(See picture below). Choose the video format of your choice and start downloading.

Firefox Browser:

There are a bunch of youtube related addons for firefox. Here I will be giving you a tutorial on some of the popular ones.

1.       Video DownloadHelper:

You can get the addon for the Video DownloadHelper here. After installing the addon, you will be prompted to restart the browser.

After restarting firefox Video DownloadHelper will appear in the top left corner of your browser. Whenever you are watching a Youtube video, you can just click on the icon, choose the video format of your choice and start downloading the video.

 2.       Orbit Downloader:

This is another popular tool for downloading youtube videos. You can download the Orbit downloader here.

Once you have downloaded the tool, it has to be installed in your system. Please close all your browsers before installing Orbit downloader.

To download Youtube videos using Orbit downloader, just hover your mouse pointer over the video and you will see a “Get It” button pop up. Just select the video format from the drop down box and start downloading the video.