WebUser 01 May 2019

44 1 - 14 May 2019

N

otall video servicesprovide

downloadoptions,but there are

stillways toget the content you want,

for yourown personaluse.Hereare the

best freetoolsfor downloading videos

Downloadand convert

YouTube videos

There are plenty ofwebsitesand

programs you can use todownload and

convertYouTubevideos for watching

offline onany device, but many are

stuffed with ads,bundled with junkor

justplain useless. Our favourite freetool

isundoubtedly4KVideo Downloader

(www.4kdownload.com). Touse it, you

justneedtocopythe videoURL from

YouTube andpaste it intothe program.

You can selectthe quality andformat

(MP4orMKV)andwhetheror not to

includesubtitles, orjustextract the

audio inMP3,M4AorOGGformat.

4KVideo Downloaderincludes aSmart

Modethatletsyou downloadvideos

fromYouTubewith asingleclick, using

the settingsyou’vespecified previously.

DOWNLOAD ANY STREAMING VIDEO

GrabFacebookvideos

in your browser

If you see avideoonFacebook thatyou

wanttodownload, givethe Facebook

Video Downloader (fbdown.net) atry.

Right-clickthe video andcopythe URL,

thenopenthe downloader, paste inthe

addressandclickthe Download button.

You’ll havethe optionofsavingthe clip

innormal orHDquality.There’s also

a Chromeextension available (bit.ly/

fbdown 474 ) anda Firefox version inthe

works.You can downloadvideos on

Androidusing Chrome, but iOS users

will needa filemanager. Additionally,

the service can downloadLive

Facebook videos,but only once they’ve

finishedstreaming.

Watch TED talks offline

TED(Technology,Entertainment,

Design)isa non-profit organisation

devoted to“IdeasWorth Spreading”.

Its fascinating lessonsare delivered

byexperts ina widerange offields,

andinmanydifferent languages.

You can download mosttalksthrough

yourdesktop browser

bygoing toted.com,

finding atalk page of

interestandclicking the

Share button. Inthe box

thatopens,you can

choosetodownloadthe

talk asanMP4 video

or anMP3 audio track

(if available) andeven

addsubtitlestoa video.

Anotherway to

downloada talk isby

visitingbit.ly/ted 474 andclicking the

Downloadoption. You can choosefrom

Low,MediumorHighquality.

The TEDapp for Androidand iOS also

letsyou downloadvideo and audiotalks

toenlightenyou offline.

Save videos directlyfromTwitter

Videoplays amajor roleinmostsocial

networksthese days, including Twitter.

Althoughyou can’t downloadclips

directlyfromthe service,there is

a simpleway toget aroundthis

restriction.Opena tweet containing

a video andclickthe downarrowon

the top right-handside. Inthe menuthat

opens,click‘Copy linktoTweet’.

Opena newbrowser tab and goto

DownloadTwitter Videos (www

.downloadtwittervideo.com) andpaste

inthe URL you copied.You can choose

It usedtobethe casethata TV

licence was only requiredfor

watchinglivebroadcasts. Catch-up,

on-demand and recordedTVin

iPlayer wereall exempt, so ifyou

never watched liveprogrammes,

thenyou didn’t need alicence.

However, thatchanged in 20 16 and

you nowneed alicence towatch

orrecord live TVprogrammes on

any channel, and alsoto

downloadorwatch BBC

programmes oniPlayer.

This rule covers all devices

• TVs,tablets and mobile
  phones. You don’t need
  a licence if you only watch
  non-live streamingcontent
  frombroadcastersother
  thanthe BBC,ormoviesand
  TVshowsyou’vepaid for.
  Seethe TVLicensing
  website (bit.ly/tvlicence4 74 )
  for moreinformation.

DOI NEEDA TV LICENCE TOWATCH OFFLINE?

4K Video Downloader offers the best

means of downloading YouTube videos

Download videos from your frie nds’ Facebook feeds to

keep and watch fore ver

Twitter doesn’t let you download videos

but there is a simple workaround

You can download every TED talk ever

published without paying a penny