YouTube Downloader HD is a great little Windows-only application for anyone who likes to download videos that they have seen on YouTube.  I can think of a handful of times that I needed an offline copy of a YouTube video when my Internet connection was not available, or YouTube was blocked by corporate policies.

This handy addition to your software toolbox offers the ability to download YouTube videos in multiple file formats which include .flv, .avi and .mp4.

One of the nice features of this downloader is that it gives you the option to download in High Definition formats if they are available on the site.  In this short tutorial, I’ll show you how to download a YouTube video with this easy to use software application.

To demo the YouTube Downloader HD product, I decided to download a copy of one of my favorite amateur videos – How to be Ninja.  This comical home video sets out to show you what it takes to be a ninja, which is the ultimate goal of any geek.

You can get started by launching the YouTube Downloader HD application.  As you can seen in the screen capture below, the interface is very straight-forward.  Within the main window, you can select the download type, set the video URL, select a save location, update the application, and control the download process.

The default download type is AVI, and I would recommend that setting for the average user – unless an HD version is available and you require high def resolutions.  Copy the URL of the video you wish to download from the address bar in your browser and paste it into the Video URL field.  The default save location is your documents folder, however I changed mine to my Desktop for the sake of this demo.

Once you have your settings adjusted to your liking, click the Start button, located in the lower right corner of the app.  The options in the window will become disabled and the progress bar will begin to increase.

Eventually, when the download completes, you will get the following prompt and the status bar will indicate that downloading has finished.

That’s all there is to it.  Now you can navigate to your download folder and play the video in your favorite media player software whenever you want.  If you want to check for updates to the application, simply click the Update button located on the right-hand side of the window.

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