Peter James <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

4K Video Downloader

<https://www.4kdownload.com/products/videodownloader-25>

There’s some restrictions such as the number you can download per day
without paying a fee.

I’ve had some success with VLC Media Player in the past.

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On 30 Apr 2023, Mark wrote
(in article <u2lgg3$3fqmd$1@dont-email.me>):

On 2023-04-30 10:35:33 +0000, Alan B said:

Peter James <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google. Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

4K Video Downloader

<https://www.4kdownload.com/products/videodownloader-25>

There’s some restrictions such as the number you can download per day without paying a fee.

I’ve had some success with VLC Media Player in the past.

+1 for 4K. Free & very easy to use. I've downloaded over 100 films off
YT so far this year.

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Never tried 4kdownload, but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except playback of arcane formats.

MST

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On 2023-04-30 10:35:33 +0000, Alan B said:

Peter James <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

4K Video Downloader

<https://www.4kdownload.com/products/videodownloader-25>

There’s some restrictions such as the number you can download per day without paying a fee.

I’ve had some success with VLC Media Player in the past.

+1 for 4K. Free & very easy to use. I've downloaded over 100 films off
YT so far this year.
--
Cheers ... Mark

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On 2023-04-30, Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:

On 30 Apr 2023, Mark wrote
(in article <u2lgg3$3fqmd$1@dont-email.me>):

On 2023-04-30 10:35:33 +0000, Alan B said:

Peter James <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB >> > > stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google. >> > > Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

4K Video Downloader

<https://www.4kdownload.com/products/videodownloader-25>

There’s some restrictions such as the number you can download per day
without paying a fee.

I’ve had some success with VLC Media Player in the past.

+1 for 4K. Free & very easy to use. I've downloaded over 100 films off
YT so far this year.

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Never tried 4kdownload, but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except playback of arcane formats.

That's probably why I no longer use it ;)

--
Cheers, Alan

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I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter
--
The email shown is false. If you need to contact me then try peterATpfjamesDOTcoDOTuk

But it does move.
Gallileo Galilei 1564 - 1642

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On 30/04/2023 12:14, Alan B wrote:

On 2023-04-30, Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:

Never tried 4kdownload, but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except >> playback of arcane formats.

That's probably why I no longer use it ;)

IINA is my current preferred video player with a reasonable UI. I don't
know what arcane formats it supports though.

--
Chris

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In article
<0001HW.29FE848A00A03FAB70000B7D538F@news.eternal-september.org>,
Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

seconded.

it can download just about any video (and also audio files) from nearly
any site, at various quality levels.

if a site isn't officially supported, there's a user-guided option to
extract it.

another option is youtube-dlp, which also supports more than just
youtube, however it requires the command line.

Never tried 4kdownload,

wise move.

but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except
playback of arcane formats.

vlc is horrible.

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Am 30.04.23 um 15:25 schrieb nospam:

In article
<0001HW.29FE848A00A03FAB70000B7D538F@news.eternal-september.org>,
Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:

but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except
playback of arcane formats.

vlc is horrible.

To say the least.

--
Gutta cavat lapidem (Ovid)

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On 2023-04-30 12:50:59 +0000, Chris Ridd said:

On 30/04/2023 12:14, Alan B wrote:

On 2023-04-30, Martin S Taylor
<correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:

Never tried 4kdownload, but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except >>> playback of arcane formats.

That's probably why I no longer use it ;)

IINA is my current preferred video player with a reasonable UI. I don't
know what arcane formats it supports though.

Every now and then (for no apparent reason) VLC stops playing the
audion on a video. Then I use IINA. Has nice UI and it's very easy to
get subs if you need to.
--
Cheers ... Mark

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On 30 Apr 2023 at 11:18:29 am BST, "Peter James" <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

There's youtube-dl if you don't mind the command line.
--
TimH
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On 30 Apr 2023 at 8:24:56 pm BST, "Ian McCall" <ian@eruvia.org> wrote:

On 30 Apr 2023, TimH wrote
(in article <kb7sotFkn1U1@mid.individual.net>):

On 30 Apr 2023 at 11:18:29 am BST, "Peter James"<pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB
stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

There's youtube-dl if you don't mind the command line.

Replaced with yt-dlp, which is a bit more up to date.

Thanks - that completely passed me by.
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TimH
pull tooth to reply by email

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On 30 Apr 2023, TimH wrote
(in article <kb7sotFkn1U1@mid.individual.net>):

On 30 Apr 2023 at 11:18:29 am BST, "Peter James"<pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

There's youtube-dl if you don't mind the command line.

Replaced with yt-dlp, which is a bit more up to date.

Cheers,
Ian

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In article <kb7sotFkn1U1@mid.individual.net>, TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:

There's youtube-dl if you don't mind the command line.

-dl has been abandoned. the new version is -dlp.

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On 30 Apr 2023 at 11:18:29 BST, "Peter James" <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

Many thanks for all of the advice.
Peter
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Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.
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On 2023-04-30, Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:

On 30 Apr 2023, Mark wrote
(in article <u2lgg3$3fqmd$1@dont-email.me>):

On 2023-04-30 10:35:33 +0000, Alan B said:

Peter James <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB >> > > stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google. >> > > Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

4K Video Downloader

<https://www.4kdownload.com/products/videodownloader-25>

There’s some restrictions such as the number you can download per day
without paying a fee.

I’ve had some success with VLC Media Player in the past.

+1 for 4K. Free & very easy to use. I've downloaded over 100 films off
YT so far this year.

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Just trying the trial version. I'm finding that YT downloads slow down to a crawl
towards their end. Is this normal or is it perhaps a feature of the trial?

--
Cheers, Alan

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In article <u2o0rr$3kpo$1@alanrichardbarker.eternal-september.org>,
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Just trying the trial version. I'm finding that YT downloads slow down to a crawl
towards their end. Is this normal or is it perhaps a feature of the trial?

that's not normal.

he's been making a bunch of changes in the past few versions to deal
with youtube slowdowns, with more coming.

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Peter James <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

On 30 Apr 2023 at 12:12:10 BST, "Martin S Taylor" <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:
Snipped

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many >> other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Never tried 4kdownload, but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except >> playback of arcane formats.

MST

I tried Downie and it seemed to answer my requirements, except one. I want to download YT videos to play them on my smart TV for my wife. If I play YT on the smart TV via the normal programming, the adverts are terrible. But my smart TV requires that USB memory sticks are formatted in NTFS So I format the USB stick in NTFS and having downloaded the video on my iMac, I find the Mac will not copy the downloaded video to the USB stick.

Am I missing something here? I don't claim to be a nerd or tech wizard, so that's quite possible. Can someone help me with this?

If you don’t mind paying, Paragon offer a suitable solution.

<https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/>

I’m surprised your TV doesn’t allow other formats such as Ex-FAT?

--
Cheers, Alan

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On 30 Apr 2023 at 12:12:10 BST, "Martin S Taylor" <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:
Snipped

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Never tried 4kdownload, but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except playback of arcane formats.

MST

I tried Downie and it seemed to answer my requirements, except one. I want to download YT videos to play them on my smart TV for my wife. If I play YT on
the smart TV via the normal programming, the adverts are terrible. But my
smart TV requires that USB memory sticks are formatted in NTFS So I format
the USB stick in NTFS and having downloaded the video on my iMac, I find the Mac will not copy the downloaded video to the USB stick.

Am I missing something here? I don't claim to be a nerd or tech wizard, so that's quite possible. Can someone help me with this?
Peter
--
The email shown is false. If you need to contact me then try peterATpfjamesDOTcoDOTuk

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.
Saki (H.H.Munro) 1870 - 1916

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On 01/05/2023 16:21, Peter James wrote:

On 30 Apr 2023 at 12:12:10 BST, "Martin S Taylor" <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:
Snipped

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many >> other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Never tried 4kdownload, but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except >> playback of arcane formats.

MST

I tried Downie and it seemed to answer my requirements, except one. I want to download YT videos to play them on my smart TV for my wife. If I play YT on the smart TV via the normal programming, the adverts are terrible. But my smart TV requires that USB memory sticks are formatted in NTFS So I format the USB stick in NTFS and having downloaded the video on my iMac, I find the Mac will not copy the downloaded video to the USB stick.

Am I missing something here? I don't claim to be a nerd or tech wizard, so that's quite possible. Can someone help me with this?
Peter

Watching YouTube App from your iOS Devices (iphone, ipad, ipod, etc) on
your smart TV is a breeze to do. You can pair it by pushing the pairing
icon on your youtube app (make sure you have updated version) or you can
do it manually by getting a code from your smart TV and entering it into
your connected TV settings option from your YouTube app.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu5zcrAURSs

HTH

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In article <kba3nlFb3fbU1@mid.individual.net>, Peter James <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I tried Downie and it seemed to answer my requirements, except one. I want to download YT videos to play them on my smart TV for my wife. If I play YT on the smart TV via the normal programming, the adverts are terrible. But my smart TV requires that USB memory sticks are formatted in NTFS So I format the USB stick in NTFS and having downloaded the video on my iMac, I find the Mac will not copy the downloaded video to the USB stick.

Am I missing something here? I don't claim to be a nerd or tech wizard, so that's quite possible. Can someone help me with this?

ntfs is a proprietary microsoft format which they refuse to license.

third parties have reverse engineered it and it mostly works.
unfortunately, mostly means there can be issues.

because of that, apple only supports reading ntfs, thereby avoiding any
risk of data loss by writing.

there are paid options that support writing, however, that does incur a
risk. for the use case you describe, that is minor.

another option is to format the usb stick with exfat if your tv
supports that.

even better is to use airplay and not use usb sticks at all.

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On 2023-05-01 15:21:25 +0000, Peter James said:

On 30 Apr 2023 at 12:12:10 BST, "Martin S Taylor" <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:
Snipped

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many >> other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Never tried 4kdownload, but I've found VLC to be awful for anything except >> playback of arcane formats.

MST

I tried Downie and it seemed to answer my requirements, except one. I want to download YT videos to play them on my smart TV for my wife. If I play YT on the smart TV via the normal programming, the adverts are terrible.

There are ... various methods to get rid of ads. But sounds like you
log in to YT on the TV? If you don't want to pay full price for premium
you could opt to buy it in another country. Less than £2 a month for
family sub (I bought mine via India a couple of years ago).

But my
smart TV requires that USB memory sticks are formatted in NTFS So I format the USB stick in NTFS and having downloaded the video on my iMac, I find the Mac will not copy the downloaded video to the USB stick.

Am I missing something here? I don't claim to be a nerd or tech wizard, so that's quite possible. Can someone help me with this?
Peter

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Cheers ... Mark

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On Sunday, 30 April 2023 at 11:18:31 UTC+1, Peter James wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB stick. There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter
--
The email shown is false. If you need to contact me then try peterATpfjamesDOTcoDOTuk

But it does move.
Gallileo Galilei 1564 - 1642

I've used clipgrab

https://clipgrab.org/faqs/howto-download-youtube-video

worked OK for me.

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In article <u2o0rr$3kpo$1@alanrichardbarker.eternal-september.org>,
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Just trying the trial version. I'm finding that YT downloads slow down to a crawl
towards their end. Is this normal or is it perhaps a feature of the trial?

try it again. he just released a new version and youtube is much faster
to start and doesn't slow down in the middle of a download.

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On 2023-05-04, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

In article <u2o0rr$3kpo$1@alanrichardbarker.eternal-september.org>,
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

Big recommendation for Downie. It not only handles YouTube videos, but many
other websites from which it's difficult to download video.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

Just trying the trial version. I'm finding that YT downloads slow down to a >> crawl
towards their end. Is this normal or is it perhaps a feature of the trial?

try it again. he just released a new version and youtube is much faster
to start and doesn't slow down in the middle of a download.

Congfirmed. Just downloaded and played a selection of short movies with no problem.
Thanks for the info.

--
Cheers, Alan

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Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> wrote:

On 30 Apr 2023, TimH wrote
(in article <kb7sotFkn1U1@mid.individual.net>):

On 30 Apr 2023 at 11:18:29 am BST, "Peter James"<pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to copy a video from YouTube to my iMac and directly onto a USB
stick.
There seem to be quite a few methods of doing this according to Google.
Can anyone on this NG point me in the best direction.
Peter

There's youtube-dl if you don't mind the command line.

Replaced with yt-dlp, which is a bit more up to date.

Indeed it is. If you don’t have Python3 installed, you’ll get prompted to download the XC CLI tools but that’s no big deal and quite handy to have.

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Cheers, Alan

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