Make sure the video is selected (bolded) in order for the media information window to gather the meta information from the video.

Enter the URL for the video and make sure that the Streaming/Saving box is NOT checked.

Find the youtube or other video you want to download.

Step to download video codex with VLC for apple Mac. *These steps are provided for informational purposes only!* Products? Your one size fits all is not my cup of tea! DOUBLE SIGH!Īnd companies wonder why people shy away from crappy service and Only for mobile device operating systems.

BTW, there is no official YouTube app for Mac OS.

So, yes it sucks that YouTube does not account (read: doesn't giveĪ rip) for us poor souls stuck behind ruthless firewalls and crappy I recommend that you pay for YouTube Red service so that you can download the videos and view them offline. It is against YouTube terms of service ( illegal?) to download Youtube videos. On Mac OS (the only sensible operating system), it is as simple as using VLC (which you should have already anyway). Just download all your videos to your HD. MANY thanks to my amazing unnamed friend/co-worker for teaching me about downloading YouTube videos.Īre you a coach struggling with youtube video disorder? You know, that awkward moment when you are trying to start a video in your course (in front of people that paid $$$ to listen to you) only to find out - NO INTERNET - or even worse, the dreaded - EVIL NON-SENSE FIREWALL - attack. I updated VLC to the v3.x version and the process does still work as of this update.

I had tested with a v2.x of VLC and the process was broken. Youtube must have sent a threatening letter… **UPDATE 2019 May 7** This how-to is still viable with VLC for Mac OS X 3.0.6. I successfully used the “Airy” product to test downloads. With recent updates Youtube killed downloads through VLC again.

Use vlc to download a youtube video