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.

 

Top Free Music Streaming Sites

Here is a list of top free music streaming sites:

1. Lala.com

Lala is the newest and the most fascinating site for online streaming music. It has all the latest recently released music albums. Any song can be listened to only once and there is no limit on the number of songs that you can listen to. You can login into lala using your facebook account and can create your own custom playlists. It  has the list of top 10 songs categorized by music genre. So you will come to know the latest popular songs in each genre. 

2. Grooveshark.com

Its layout is similar to a music player. Has all the latest songs. You can play any song any numbero f times. You can also create playlists and share the playlist with your friends. 

3. Slacker.com

Slacker also has a huge collection of songs but the user doesn’t have the option of selecting the song of his choice. Each artist is classified as a radio station and the user has to select the station corresponding to the artist of his choice. The station then plays few popular songs of the artist along with the songs from other related artists who make similar music. It also has a playlist of songs categorized by genre. The playlist Today’s Hits usually has most of the current chart toppers.

4. Last.fm

Last.fm is similar to slacker with regard to the playlist feature and songs categorization by genre. It has most of the latest songs but some are missing or they have sample limited 30 second playback. But overall it’s a pretty good site for listening to music. It also has artist profiles and videos of artist interviews. Also music videos from video sharing sites like youtube are embedded into last.fm. So you have instant access to both the audio and the music video.

5. Pandora Radio

Pandora radio came into the limelight through its iphone app which was a huge hit among the iphone users. It was among the top ten free apps in the itunes app store for couple of weeks. It had instant free music streaming which was a cool feature to have on the iphone. The web version entends the same feature to your pc. The site is not visually rich, it has a simple layout and serves the basic purpose of music playback. It is similar to slacker and last.fm , it creates a playlist of the artist of your choice along with related artists. But you don’t have access to the recently released albums.

6. Rhapsody.com

Rhapsody has a limited playback of only 25 songs per month. You have to sign up and pay 12.99/mo for unlimited playback. It has millions of songs in its collection but you have to pay to listen to music. Author:RSB Disclaimer: The above ratings are authors view only and is not based on any external data or ratings