“YouTube is an American video-sharing website with the biggest catalog of videos and therefore, owned by google :). YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It uses WebM, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated videos. As of February 2017, there are more than 400 hours of content uploaded to YouTube each minute, and one billion hours of content are watched on YouTube every day. As of April 2017, the website is ranked as the second most popular site in the world by Alexa Internet, a web traffic analysis company. YouTube also hosts, to get rid some of them read my piece on ad blockers.”
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The content on YT is not downloadable due to some policies of Google. It does not promote YT downloaders but still there are tons of options out there if you want are looking for a way. Now the official YT app provides an option to download videos internally, meaning, you won’t be able to play them anywhere else than the official YT app, which is frustrating at times. You may want to download a video for safe keeping in case it gets taken down or just want to share it, you will need a YT downloader. You can also download using some websites but we strictly followed the apps.
YT downloaders can also come in handy when the connection is slow and streaming is not possible. In this case, you can use a downloader to get save it on your phone and watch it hassle-free while putting another video on the download list. The following apps will also allow you to select the quality for offline viewing. It’s important to note that you should only download the content for which you have the owner’s permission
5 Best YouTube Video Best YouTube Video Downloaders
1. YouTube Ninja
The app lets you download from YouTube using your Android own downloader. Search for the videos locally and click the download button, or you can use the existing YouTube application by clicking the share button and selecting YouTube ninja. You’ll find the interface bland, not fun. I’ll only recommend this one if you are really desperate to download YouTube videos. While using the app we found it to be lagging, can just be our test unit.
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2. SnapTube
Dreamt about all the online videos services being in one place? You got it(almost). From Instagram and Facebook to daily motion and vine, even “those”. The amazing thing is the option to choose from MP3 to 2K option. Open the video and select the download button to choose a download quality you like. The better quality you choose, larger will be the file size.
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3. Tubemate
Tubemate has been one of the major YouTube downloader and one of the first. The problem is, it does tend not to download some videos especially in the higher quality spectrum and if you want to download in MP3 format, you’ll have to download a different app along with Tubemate, otherwise, it’s almost perfect, with almost a perfect download manager which offers multi-thread download with auto-resume.
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4. GetTube
Download or stream in the background your favorite music and videos on YT. GetTube lets you download YouTube videos in any quality ranging from 144p to 4K. The downloader supports multithread to offer the fastest speed possible and a hassle-free auto-resume, if and when you lose connection. One can also download by sharing the video link from the YouTube app to make downloading easier, ‘coz, in reality, the interface isn’t much lovable.
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5. YDownload
Essentially a downloader only, but the app also has an option to draw YouTube screen over other apps on the screen (it will ask for the necessary permissions required by it). An interesting thing is the option to seek videos just by moving your fingers from left to right instead of double-clicking on the left side or right. You will also be able the increase the volume level using ‘up and down’ gesture on the player screen. The not-so-good thing about YDownload is the performance, I can say, “I am not a big fan”. You won’t be getting a YouTube feed like homepage, instead, you will have to search for the videos you want to watch.
Installation
As told above, none of these applications are available on Play Store and you can only download
- First of all, remember to enable Unknown Sources from your device’s Security settings, to allow installations of non-market Apps (safely ignore the subsequent dialog);
- Temporary disable apps as Halo, Screenfilter, Twilight, LastPass password manager or anything similar (apps that do “draw on other apps”), otherwise, the “install” button will not work;
- To install the app, click on your notification bar message for the completed download (if using the system downloads app, otherwise this may vary: i.e. if you have a file manager installed, you can browse to your downloads folder and install YTD’s apk directly, clicking on the file).
There are many more of these apps, but only these five could make into the list. You can look up more of them yourself. When selecting a YouTube downloader keep in mind that it is able to decode the hosted videos to your liking. All of the above downloaders are good at decoding into your favorite type. Along with the above requirement, the app should also support batch downloading, resume and speed.
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