Windows Help & Advice - UK (2019-12)

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:YouTube,

OpenMedia

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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

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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