DOWNLOAD VIDEOS
By JB Burke
Q. I use Firefox and I like some of the videos I see online. I’d like to be
able to save them to my computer to view them later or show them to others.
What’s the best way to capture a video from YouTube or DailyMotion, etc.?
A. There are several ways to capture videos from the likes of YouTube,
DailyMotion or Vimeo. We suggest you install an add-on to Firefox (our
favorite browser) that will allow you to capture almost any video. This
add-on is called Video DownloadHelper, and it can be found
here. It takes just a few seconds to install.
Once added to Firefox, you’ll see a small icon on the Navigation Toolbar
that becomes animated (spins) when a video is playing. Just right-click the
icon and then slide the cursor down to the menu item Media, move right to
the resolution you want to download (there may be several shown or perhaps
only one) and click on it. Remember, you just move the cursor down and hover
over the Media item, don’t click on it.
When you’ve slid the cursor over to the right and clicked on the desired
video format, it will ask you where to store the video. Choose a directory
and click Save. You could save to the Videos folder in Libraries, or create
your own video folder. In either case, be sure to keep track of where you
saved the video, so you can find it to play it again.
Published: Courier 1/15/12 - Page 5C