HELP needed - "You Tube" downloads..

There are quite a bit of old music videos on "You Tube" by SA bands from my younger days and I want to download it to my computer to get the soundtracks down on a CD.

But, how do one go about it? When I hit the tag "download this video" I get this message; - unable to download video. I hit the problems button and downloaded the latest RealPlayer recommended and 20MB but still no joy.

What do I do wrong or is there some other method to get these music videos downloaded? Do I need some other software to do it?
Yes, I did sign in on 'You Tube"

 

Assuming you are clever and use Firefox..................

... get the "downloadhelper" from the Fox add ons website, and alas!

Regards
Richard

 

Hi Richard,

I use Firefox since its day one release a few years ago
Thanks for the tip, will try


PS: Thanks Richard my friend - its working. Please PM me your postal address - need to get something your way

 

Hah Wynand,

thats what friends are good for! We will drink the wine once we sit together!

Always a pleasure to deal with you!

Regards
Richard

 

FireFox is ALways coool..

just add this addon

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/10137

i feel more easier than downloadhelper .
download video within a click.. !

 

for you to download videos from youtube, you will need flv downloader or similar kind of softwares. After installing this software, copy the URL of the video given on the left of the video and paste ii as download link to your flv downloader. The file can be easily downloaded.