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Download YouTube
videos for free
“4KVideoDownloaderenablesyoutodownloadYouTube
clipstoyourPC.That’sreallyhandyif you’regoing
somewherewaybeyondthereachof Wi-Fi”
treamingfromYouTubeis
brilliant,butit’snotalways
easy.Sometimesyou’reinan
areawhereyoucan’tgeta reliable
connection,sothevideostuttersat
thebestbits.Andsometimesyou
can’tgeta signalatallbecauseyou’re
nowherenearWi-Fioryou’re
somewherewheretheWi-Fiblocks
anythingotherthanwebbrowsing.
Hurrah,then,forappslike4KVideo
Downloader(4kdownload.com)that
candownloadclipstoplayoffline.
Theappis reallyeasytouseand
packedwithhandyfeatures,butit’s
worthnotingsomeimportantissues.
First,notallvideoscanbe
downloaded.Andsecondly,
unauthorised“ripping”ofstreamsis
againstYouTube’stermsofserviceso
youmaysuddenlyfindtheapp
blockedwithoutwarning.Don’t
downloadif thecopyrightowner
- usuallytheTVorfilmstudioor
creator– doesn’tsayit’sOK.
1 Installtheapp
4K VideoDownloaderdoesn’tincludeanynastysurprisesin
its installer:justanoptiontolaunchtheappwheninstallationis
done. Whenyoulaunchit forthefirsttimeyou’llseethisscreen
here, whichshowsyouthebasicsofhowtousetheapp.Don’t
worry abouttheNotActivatedbit:that’sjusttoshowyouhaven’t
paid for theProversionoftheappyet.
2 Find your film
The next step is to go to YouTube and find something you
want to download, for example by searching for “public domain”.
Here we’re going to download a clip where the copyright owner
has given us express permission; if you don’t know if you have
such permission, you should always assume that you haven’t.
Select the address in the Address Bar and copy it.
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Step-by-step Quick clicks to download clips
Anyonecandoit
Straightforward
Trickyin parts
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