In this post, we’ll teach you how to download a movie from YouTube for free using apps on your Windows or Mac computer in 5 minutes. Let’s get started with little more than an internet connection.

Method 1: On your PC, use VLC Player.

Detailed instructions:

1. Start with the first step.

Visit SITE to get VLC Player. and then select “VLC Download” from the drop-down menu.

2nd step

Open YouTube and choose a video to save to your PC.

3rd step

The video link may be found in the address bar of your browser. You may use the following hotkeys to highlight and press:

Windows [Ctrl + C]

MAC [Ctrl + C]

Alternatively, right-click and choose “Copy.”

Step 4

VLC Player should be opened and navigated to

Open VLC Player and go to
“Media → Open Network Stream …” – Windows
“File → Open Network” – MAC
(Opening a new network stream)

Step 5

In the given space, paste the URLs of the YouTube videos you copied.

Hotkeys are available:
Windows [Ctrl + V]
MAC [Ctrl + V]

Alternatively, right-click and choose “Paste.”
We then press the following buttons:
Windows has a feature called “Play.”
MAC’s “Open”

Step 6

If VLC Player is unable to output video or displays an error message, follow these steps:

1.Download the most recent version of VLC Player.
2.Copy the text from this PAGE and paste it into a Text Notepad if the update did not assist address the problem (TextEdit )
3. Name the file “youtube.lua” and save it.
4. Navigate to the VLC Player file’s location by right-clicking on the VLC Player shortcut and selecting “File Location” from the menu.
5. Select “lua playlist” from the drop-down menu.
6. Delete “youtube.lua” from the list of files.
7. Paste the file we just made into this folder with the same name.

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7 Step

In VLC Player, right-click on the open video. We make the following decisions:

Windows: “To

“Tools” and then “Codec Information” – Windows
“Window” and then “Media Information” – MAC

8 Step

The “Location” field should be copied and pasted. It’s at the bottom of the open window.
Right-click the URL and choose “Select All” (Ctrl + A), then right-click the URL and select “Copy” (Ctrl + C). –
Select “Open URL” from the context menu when right-clicking on the URL on a Mac.

9 Step

If you’re using Windows, go to your browser and paste the following code.
Press “Enter” after pasting the URL into the address bar.
If you’re using a Mac, step 8 will launch the video right away.

10th Step

Nothing prohibits us from downloading a video that you have opened in the browser player.

Save the video by right-clicking it and choosing “Save video as…” (you can alternatively use the hotkey [CTRL + S]).

HitPaw Video Editor (Method 2)

Detailed instructions:

1 Step

Visit SITE to access the HitPaw Video Editor.

2 Step

Copy the YouTube video’s URL, paste it into your browser, then hit “Enter.”

3 Step

Right-click the view and pick “Save as…” from the menu.

Method 3: We use YuoTube without any apps to get videos.

This is the simplest and most straightforward method; it will take you no more than 2 minutes to implement; simply follow the instructions and you will be successful.

Detailed instructions

1 Step

Open the video you wish to download on YouTube’s official website.

2 Step

Before the term “youtube,” type two letters “ss” in the address bar of the video and hit “Enter.”

3 Step

You’ll be sent to a page where you can choose the quality of the video and download it by pressing the “Download” button.