I know, I have done a lot of posts on YouTube video Downloads so far. Javascripts, and old favorites like Keepvid. But this new tool is fast becoming my favorite. I don’t feel the need to go back to Keepvid anymore. Because KeepHD is the one stop shop which fulfills all my YouTube needs. 

a) It supports HD video download as well. Yes, just copy the URL and paste it in the address bar on the KeepHD page. And voila!! Your video can be downloaded in FLV Low Quality, 3GP Mobile video, MP4 High quality or HD.

b) Second best thing, the address bar gets auto-deleted when you click on it. So, once you are done downloading your previous video and before pasting the next URL, there is no need to select the previous URL and delete it. So you have two steps of redundant work eliminated. Also, to download a YouTube video whose URL is say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXENO12nw28  (Hary Hill’s TV Burp), you can just paste the highlighted portion after keephd.com. So this would look like http://keephd.com/watch?v=CXENO12nw28, and the download options page would be displayed.

c) Best feature as yet, you can download videos which are not available in your region. You do get frustrated when you can’t view certain videos on YouTube due to area restrictions. Just download them via KeepHD and view them offline. And especially with the new TV Shows and Movies added on YouTube, KeepHD will surely become one of the favorite internet services available. Happy Downloading!

Related YouTube posts:

How To Download HD videos from YouTube

YouTube HD for Dummies : Search, Watch, Download

How to Watch and Download HQ videos on Youtube

This might seem as a repost of my previous articles on HD videos [article1, article2, article3 and article4 ], but there have been some changes made to HD as well as HQ videos on YouTube. So this updated article was necessary.

We all have been absolutely enjoying at the HD resolution videos on YouTube. At 1280X720 resolution, these videos have better picture quality than DVD. ( Of course, not all videos uploaded on YouTube who claim as HD are truly HD. Some of them are upscaled versions –which means their resolution has been increased, but that means, it would be similar to a video of lesser resolution being viewed in full screen. )Anyway, recently YouTube updated its pages, and now HD as well as HQ videos are embeddable, and hence viewers can view HD as well as HQ videos on any website/blog where YouTube videos are embedded. But this means, that the previous search keyword to find YouTube HD and HQ videos ( see article: where the search keyword in Google is site:youtube.com “watch in normal quality watch in hd”, it would no longer show all the HD videos, but would only show those videos which has “watch in HD” in the title.)

So searching for HD videos on YouTube has now to be done with traditional search methods using keywords like HD music, HD trailers, 720p music etc. 

_Downloading HD Videos from YouTube

Fortunately the Javascript Link still works. I am reposting it here.

As I said earlier, sites like ClipNabber, or KeepVid can only grab links of the low-Q flv and the High-Q mp4 files but not the HD versions of the videos. To download the HD files, this one has proved to be 100% successful for me. It is not any website or a software that you need to download. It is just a userscript, which you need to add as a Bookmark/ Favorite. The Link is given below.

YouTube HD Download

What do you need to do with it?
a. For Internet Explorer: Just right click on the Link above , and choose to “Add to Favorites”. For convenience, you can add this to the Links, so that this bookmarklet shows on your Links Toolbar.
It will prompt you that the bookmark might be unsafe. Just say yes, coz it is absolutely safe.
b. For Chrome/ Safari: You cannot right click and add this to your bookmarks. Hence, you have to hold and drag this link to the bookmark toolbar.
c. For Firefox / Flock et al: Right click and choose to Bookmark this Link.

What next? When you are viewing an HD video on YouTube, just click on this link. You will see a new link appear right below the Embed address bar on the right side. as shown in the picture below. Right click- Save as.

Voila!! Done. Hope you liked this tutorial. If you found any part of this tutorial to be hard to follow, or objectionable or have any doubts or queries, please leave the comments, and I shall get back to you. Until next time, cheers!

P.S. For more HD content streaming online, try a YouTube alternative : www. vimeo.com

I had done a post before on Techkeyla about watching and downloading videos from Youtube in High Quality version. (The post is here) Not that all videos were uploaded in their High Quality grandeur, but some of them were, and we could watch them in their High Quality resolution just by adding “&fmt=18″ at the end of the video URL. Downloading it was more fun with KeepVid.com. Now, Wired.com reports that Youtube is experimenting with High-Definition videos to be aired. And it is indeed High-Definition at 720p. Have a look at the different versions of the crazily popular “Where the Hell is Matt” video.

How to Download the Youtubes Video in HD after the Jump

Here’s the Low Quality version.


Here’s the High-Quality Version of “Where the Hell is Matt video”.
Here’s the HD version of the Same Video.

Unfortunately, KeepVid is not able to download the HD version and so are other download sites like File2HD. These sites only recognise two versions of the video files-i.e. the Low Quality FLV and the High Quality MP4.

_How to Download the Files in HD?

Youtube has not rolled out all the video files in HD as yet. Only some of the files were originally uploaded in HD, and only these videos would be available as and when Youtube finishes its testing. The ones that are available in HD can be viewed by appending “&fmt=22″ at the end of the URL, and they can be downloaded (along with any other version of Youtube video-Low-Q or High-Q) by just bookmarking this Javascript code to your Shortcuts/Bookmark.

Right Click on the Link below, Save it to your bookmarks, or drag the link to your Bookmark bar.

Get Your YouTube Video

Now when you are at a certain Youtube video page (Low-Q, High-Q or HD), which you want to download, click the bookmarked Link. This would make a link appear on the Video page, just below the embed Video bar. Just click at the download as MP4 link, or save as , and enjoy the video.

If Apple has the stuff right now, it won’t let CES take over the headlines, even if Macworld is scheduled next week. That’s what they showed, with the Mac Pro Launch, the fastest Mac ever, launched with the Premiere of Intel’s Quadro-Core Processors, PENRYN. This is BIG NEWS actually, because Intel is choosing Apple as the very first computers to use the new Chip technology. And to have announced that a week prior to the Keynotes at Macworld is quite shocking. Or as Gizmodo guys suggest here, is it just the tip of the iceberg? Only Steve knows what he has under his sleeve. So what can we expect from Macworld 2008? Industry experts are rumoring about iTunes with HD Support, New Office and a Better Leopard. What do we expect over here? Is it too early to ask for the launch of the iPhone Mac OS SDK?Or perhaps, a further reduction of the iPhone price? Or may be more bizarre, an unlocked iPhone totally, no holds barred, thumbs down to AT&T. I should really stop speculating now and let Steve reveal the STUFF in a week.

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