Download YouTube Videos With YTD Video Downloader [Review]

The YTD Video Downloader is not just a simple YouTube video downloading program. It’s much more than that, allowing users to download high quality videos not just from YouTube, but also including platforms like Yahoo Video, Facebook, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Daily Haha, Break, College Humor, Vimeo, Youku and many more (up to 60 different supported platforms). YTD Video Downloader is currently one of the best applications available in the market that allows for quick conversion of videos hosted on YouTube to your local hard drive.

How To Download A Video Using YTD Video Downloader?

Simply paste the URL of the video that you want to download into the “Paste URL” bar as shown in the screenshot below (we’ve chosen a Vimeo hosted video for the demonstration purpose), and hit the “Download” button. As mentioned earlier, the free version will only let you directly convert a video into the .MP4 format only.

Once the download is complete, simply select the video, and click on the directory icon to open the folder where it’s been downloaded.

Video Activity

The Activity tab of the program lets users see a list of all their downloaded videos and the current downloads in progress. Users will able to see the current statistics of a video being downloaded, including its size, progress (how much is downloaded), speed (the speed at which it’s being downloaded), and ETA (the estimated time of arrival). From within the activity tab, you can also play, pause and stop videos at any moment.

Video Conversion

The ‘Convert’ Menu allows users to quickly convert their videos into all the standard available formats. With a few clicks, you can easily convert a movie video file into an iPad/iPhone Video (MPEG-4) to be able to play it on your iPad/iPhone. Additionally, you can set the compression quality of the converted video, with each level having it’s own compression rate and file size. There’s also the feature of splitting your video from a certain time period. For example, you only want to cut out a certain video from its starting 5 minutes. You can simply input the start time and end, which will allow you to cut out and convert only that portion of the video.

The free version of the program only allows direct conversion to the .MP4 format, with additional formats available for users who purchase the full version. However, once you’ve downloaded (and converted) the video into an .MP4, you can easily convert the video into any of the available format of your liking. With a price tag of $29.90/year for the fully paid version, you get access to more video formats (for direct conversion) including .WMV, .AVI, Quicktime (.MOV) .MP3, and many more.

Video Playback

The video player is pretty basic, but that’s all you need to preview your downloaded content and make sure the video you downloaded is not corrupt. It’s not something users would want to have as their preferred choice of a video playing software. You can open up video files located on your local hard drive, and the video player will play them back in a small preview window. You can also use the Full Screen button to go into full screen mode if necessary.

The YTD Video Downloader can be downloaded from the official website.