5 Sites to Download Online Videos Free

Article updated September 30th, 2014

With the plethora of online video sites available today watching free videos on the web is easy. Unfortunately, we don’t always have time to watch videos online when we find them. That’s what downloading videos is for, so we can watch them at our leisure. Most free clips these days, though, are embedded into the web page — making it harder to download online videos to your computer.

The old “Right click, Save As” strategy doesn’t always work so well anymore. If you want to download a video embedded on a site like YouTube, you can still do so if you have a video downloader, such as the RealPlayer Downloader that comes with the RealPlayer Cloud desktop app. If you don’t have a free video downloader installed on your computer, just click the orange button on the top right corner of this page to download RealPlayer Cloud free.

DOWNLOAD ONLINE VIDEOS AND BUILD UP YOUR VIDEO LIBRARY

We’ve rounded up five online video sites full of great content where you can find and download free clips and watch the videos at your leisure. Whether you’re interested in seeing the latest viral video sensations, watching old movies, finding the latest in entertainment news, watching movie trailers, or discovering new video channels with fresh content daily these free video sites have you covered. To make sure a free clip is legal to download, look for licensing information about the video. Typically, videos with a “Creative Commons” license are legal to download, but may have limitations on how you use the video.

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1. YouTube

You’re probably already familiar with YouTube, the world’s most popular free video sites and the third most popular online video site on the entire Internet. YouTube racks up a staggering four billion video views daily. The appearance and interface of YouTube are straightforward, providing a simple yet effective video player in the middle of a white screen. Any registered user can upload their own video to YouTube.

The site has also become a popular source for official versions of music videos, movie trailers, and particularly crowd-pleasing TV commercials. Most of the free clips are shot and submitted by regular everyday YouTube users, and some – like a few well-known funny cat videos — have gone on to enjoy enormous global popularity on YouTube.

2. Metacafe

Metacafe is another online video site specializing in shorter free clips and more popular videos. Whereas YouTube is a giant, endless buffet of videos, Metacafe is more like the Chef’s Special of the Day – fewer overall videos that are well-organized and easy to find free clips in genres like Music, Sports, and TV. Metacafe keeps an outstanding array of current movie trailers, and then pairs them with exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes videos related to that particular movie. Metacafe’s “Trending on the Web” section curates and collects the Internet’s most popular viral videos of the day. It’s a great place to quickly find a certain popular viral video you’ve heard about.

3. Dailymotion

One of the largest online video sites in the world, Dailymotion makes finding free clips easy with a nicely organized home page. Dailymotion visitors see a slew of the current videos in categories such as Funny, Geek Out, News, and countless others. Most of the free clips on Dailymotion are less than four minutes. Registered “super users” can upload videos of up to an hour in length and in high-definition (HD), but you don’t have to register to download the longer videos. Some of the video categories on Dailymotion are a little racier than most YouTube categories, but family audiences can still enjoy watching free clips from categories like Animals and Games. Dailymotion is easy to navigate, and pulls up galleries of recommended videos that you’re likely to enjoy based on your viewing habits.

4. Vimeo

Specializing in HD, Vimeo is one of the more popular amateur online video sites where the results are anything but amateur. Most of the free clips available on Vimeo are user-submitted; it’s not a site to visit if you’re looking for popular music videos or movie trailers. What you will find, though, are big and beautiful HD videos shot by some of the most skilled up-and-coming directors and animators. The Vimeo video screen is far larger and has a higher resolution than any of the other sites mentioned here. Those who like to upload videos to your cell phone will appreciate that the free clips on Vimeo are optimized for playback on mobile devices.

5. IMDb

The Internet Movie Database has become more than just a tool for figuring out who’s that actress in the movie you’re watching. IMDb has grown into a site that offers movie trailers and free clips from popular talk shows like “The Late Show with David Letterman” – all of which can be downloaded to your computer. There are also full episodes of TV shows that can be watched at IMDb. The online video site even offers a huge gallery of full-length movies and short films made by up-and-coming directors.

Many of the movies and short-films listed on the site are available for viewing, however, you’ll be given the option to go to another site such as Crackle or Amazon to watch the movie. Note: those online video sites typically require a subscription. That said, there are older video options on the site such as Paradise Canyon with John Wayne, that don’t require a subscription. Those videos are part of the Internet Archive Project and can be watched online for free or even downloaded from the site.

DOWNLOAD ONLINE VIDEOS WITH REALPLAYER VIDEO DOWNLOADER

With RealDownloader and RealPlayer Cloud, you’ll have the ability to download any online videos you see and save them to your computer. If you’ve installed RealPlayer Cloud, when watching a video online in Fire Fox or Internet Explorer you’ll see the “Download This Video” button appear at the top right corner of the video player. Click that button, and the RealPlayer downloader will download the video to your computer and store it in the RealPlayer library.

If you use Google Chrome, click the flashing “down” icon in the top right of your browser to see a list of all the videos on your current page, and download any of them you like.

Do you have other favorite sites for downloading videos? Any great recommendations for short films or epic funny videos? When do you watch the videos you download? Let us know below in the comments section below.

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FVD Downloader - Chrome Web Store

Most Popular Downloader. Downloads most popular media formats.

【 Due to Chrome Webstore Policy users are not able to download YouTube Video. This is NOT YouTube Downloader! 】  

FVD Video Downloader – a browser plugin that allows you to download video and audio files from almost any page for further viewing on your computer. It supports a huge selection of sites including Facebook, Vkontakte, Blip,  Metacafe, Break as well as thousands of others.

It is very easy to operate the plugin – if there’s a downloadable video available on the page that you are viewing, the arrow button in your browser changes its color to blue. You can download the video by clicking on this button. After that you can play it on your computer or convert it into another format for further viewing on other devices.

Download music or Video in HD format, MP3 format, MP4 or FLV

Flash games downloads are in SWF format.

FVD Video Downloader DOES NOT work at Youtube and other sites that offer videos protected by copyright, such as Vevo, Warner Bros, Sony Music, etc.
  
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VLC media player for Android

VLC for Android™ is in beta stage. The current version is 0.9.10.

or download the APK package from our mirrors.

Features

• Plays all files, in all formats, like the classic VLC.
• Audio and video media library, with full search.
• Support for network streams, including HLS.
• Supports Android from version 2.1 (platform-7).
• Supports ARMv6, ARMv7, MIPS and x86.
• Supports secondary display.

• Subtitles support, embedded and external, including ASS and DVD subtitles.
• Multi audio or subtitles tracks selection.
• Multi-core decoding.
• Supports full hardware decoding.
• Gestures, headphones control.
• Audio equalizer

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Test it

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Kickstart us!

We need funding to:

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so VLC works perfectly on Android phones and tablets.

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Decoding performance

VLC can decode video in sofware and hardware mode. Hardware decoding often provides better performance but is not supported on all devices. If your device Android version is below 4.3, software decoding may be the only working option for you.

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ALLPlayer 6.1 - completely free, with a full package of codecs that allows to play 99.9% video and audio files

What's new:

• fixed problem of audio/video sync on some files
• in "Filters" possibility of turning on AC3Filter, which helps with SPDIF or DTS)
• in "Filters" possibility of switching between ALLPlayer codecs and system codecs
• fixed problem with movie time on OSD
• fixed proportions of the screen at the start of a movie
• the ability to disable/enable subtitles embedded in the video (Right click menu-> Filters-> Track Audio/Video/Subs->)
• added in speaker setup sound 2.1
• remembers the settings of number of speakers
• improved performance on Windows XP

The following bugs were fixed:

• disabled by default on OSD showing video recording time from video camera
• in some cases, after switching to different features were no subtitles anymore
• some short movies ended too quickly
• sometimes it did not start the next part of the movie after the previous one
• sometimes it did not work switching off/snoozing PC after the movie
• some movies ran too fast

Link
http://www.allplayer.org/en/news

Download YTD Video Downloader

If your download does not begin automatically in a few moments, click here

Installation instructions for Google Chrome

Step 1: In the bottom left corner of the screen you'll see the download bar. Click on the YTDSetup.exe item.

Step 2: Press Yes in order to start the YTD Video Downloader product install.

Step 3: Follow the steps listed in the installer to successfully install the application.

Link

http://www.ytddownloader.com/download.html

Free online file converter - online-convert.com

Convert media files online from one format into another. Please select the target format below:

This free online file converter lets you convert media easy and fast from one format to another. We support a lot of different source formats, just try. If you can't find the conversion you need, please let us know and write us an e-mail. We probably can help you...

Link
http://www.online-convert.com/

Save Flash Video 5 - Easy Saving of Online Video from Any Site

Web service for saving flash or video files from Youtube, Vimeo and social networks to your computer. Easy conversion to necessary format. API for developers

Youtube Downloader. Free software for downloading videos - savetubevideo.com

YouTube Downloader

YouTube Downloader is the perfect assistant for any music lover. The freshest music hits and classical songs – withYouTube Downloader you can find and download anything you want.

The utility is easy-to-use; nevertheless, it performs several very important features: search and download of audio and video files, as well as online music playback.

The YouTube Downloader high-quality and stability doesn’t raise any doubts of both its users and leading software experts.

You will be surprised how easy it is to download music from the Internet. What is even more important – you don’t have to pay a dime for that.

• YouTube Downloader is a huge collection of music from all over the world. More than 10 000 music tracks of every genre and style. Using YouTube Downloader you can find any song and download it on your drive.
• The sound quality satisfies even the most fastidious music lovers, since YouTube Downloader guarantees the original quality. Select the best tracks and YouTube Downloader takes care of their download.
• YouTube Downloader provides ultrafast music search. The unique search technology ensures high relevance of the search results. The program suggests the song title or the artist name taking into account the most popular queries.
• Download music in two clicks. No additional settings: select a format and download as many songs as you need. Easy as apple-pie, isn’t it?
• You can share favorite tracks with friends on social networks. If you have account on Facebook, Twitter or Google+, select the feature Share and your friends can listen to the song you like online.
• The YouTube Downloader interface is comfortable and easy-to-use. Multiple tabs, convenient control panel, unique design make a successful mixture of functional capacity and style.
• Sick of online radio? YouTube Downloader doesn’t impose fixed playlists: you are given a free hand here. Play online songs to your liking.

Link
http://www.savetubevideo.com/

YouTube Video Converter and Download - ClipConverter.cc

Clip Converter is a free online media conversion application, which allows you to reocord, convert and download nearly any audio or video URL to common formats. Currently supported services: YouTube (HQ, HD, 4K), Vimeo and many more. This free and fast converter allows you to watch your favorite YouTube videos on your cell phone, PSP, iPhone or nearly any other device.

How to convert and download a YouTube video: 
1. Paste your YouTube URL at 'Media URL' and press Continue. 
2. Select the format and the options for the conversion. The default options are for most videos a good setting. 
3. Press the 'Start' button at the bottom to start the conversion. 
4. This may take several minutes. After the conversion is finished you can download the converted file.

Link
http://www.clipconverter.cc/

Xilisoft Download YouTube Video

Love YouTube videos? Now you can download and keep these videos in your own personal collection. Xilisoft Download YouTube Video is a FREE, high speed, and easy-to-handle YouTube video downloader software.

• Free YouTube downloader software to download YouTube videos. (Free)
• Download YouTube HD videos (even 1080p HD and 4k videos) and YouTube 3D videos. (Free)
• Convert YouTube videos to MP3, AVI, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, H.264, MKV, etc. (Paid Function)
• Convert all kinds of local video files in different formats to other videos formats. (Paid Function)
• Convert YouTube videos for viewing on iPhone/iPad/ iPod, Apple TV, Galaxy, HTC One, Moto X, Nexus, Kindle, Surface, Lumia and other devices. (Paid Function)

Link Download
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YouTube Downloader Converter - Download and Convert YouTube Video

Download video, Music from YouTube

This YouTube Downloader is bounded with YouTube video downloader, video search tool and basic video editor converter If you are YouTube funs with requirements to collect video from YoTube for your DVD, ipod, MP4 player, Cell phone or just save them on your disk. This YouTube downloader will help you a lot.

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Easily download streaming videos from online social websites like YouTube, Google video, Metacafe etc.

Effectively convert, edit and play videos with all-in-one Video Converter + Video Editor + Built-in Player

Comfortably share videos in a variety of formats for iPad2, iPod, MP4, PSP, iPhone, DVD etc.

Most popular video hosting websites

YouTube – World's number video sharing platform

YouTube is a vast video library. It is the best place to watch newest videos, viral videos and exclusive videos. Content on the site is generated by common users, professional video makers and official channel administers. You can always find attractive videos, watching videos on YouTube is a good way to entertain yourself and kill time.

Hulu – High quality TV shows, episodes and movies

On hulu.com, you can watch TV shows and episodes which produced by ABC, NBC, MTV, PBS and Fox broadcaster networks. You also can find numerous of full-length movies on the site. Like other famous video sites, Hulu also make its original series for viewers.

Lynda – Enrich your knowledge on the net

Generally speaking, Lynda is an online educational site which offers courses in variety of fields. The courses range from website build suggestions to video making knacks. Some videos are opened to all viewers to watch for free. However, the pro users can access to more tutorials and get more benefits.

How to Choose Best Video Downloader

Video Downloader helps download free videos, movies, TV shows and music videos from video sharing communities like YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Veoh, Vimeo and many other more. Thousands of video downloading programs can be found on the Internet, then which is the best one?

When choosing a video downloader, the first thing should be considered is whether the program can download videos efficiently. Is it easy to use? Is it has a decent download speed? Is it outputs videos in good quality? If the answers are yes, the program deserves you to use. In additional, a good video downloader should attached with more functions like converting, screen recording and basic video editing.

Video Download Capture - Your Video Downloader and Converter

 

Download Streaming Video, TV shows

Video Download Capture offers the most advanced software technology, which is intended for using as a video downloader, converter, editor, media player and screen video capture. It will free download movies, TV episodes and other online videos from all popular video sites like YouTube, Google video,Vimeo, Blip.tv etc. Besides, it performs the function of editing and converting videos for iPod, MP4 player, iPhone 4S etc. Also worth mentioning is its screen recording function that adds the ability to capture live video stream and any embedded flash videos.

Why use Video Download Capture?

Easy and Free Video Downloader

Video Download Capture gives you ability to download online videos including movies, TV shows, Anime shows, music videos, comedies or other various video clips from internet easily and fast. In a few minutes, free video download will be all at your fingertips. It also supports multiple videos downloading.

Download Online Videos from Thousands of Video Sharing Websites

This free video downloader allows to capture web videos from various sites including YouTube, MySpace, Megavideo, break, Veoh, Vimeo, Tumblr, Last.fm and even some internet TV channels like CBS, ABC, Justin.TV, NBC etc. There is a great selection for downloading different types of videos.
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Amazing Online Video Converter

Efficiently convert online videos to all popular video formats in great speed and high quality. The supported output formats includes MP4, MOV, 3GP, Mpeg-4, AVI, WMV, ASF, MKV and AMV etc. Moreover, the toolkit supports audio formats conversion like MP3, WMA, OGG etc, so it is possible to download music only without videos by the means of converting.

Play and Save Videos on Multimedia Digital Devices

As soon as video download finishes, just convert and transfer videos to Apple products iPhone 4S, iPod, iPad2, iRiver, Apple TV or other portable media players like Galaxy S II, HTC, Motorala and other Android devices. Alternatively, create a personal DVD or CD by burning those movies and videos.

Smart Video Editor and Player

Get rid of unwanted videos and keep the key part is the simple editing feature of Video Download Capture. Only crop and trim videos to get desired ones. Its built-in player supports playing all kinds of videos downloaded online.

Intuitive, Easy and Safe to Use It

The video downloader is well-designed with sleek user interface, You can use and enjoy it easily whether you are a novice or veteran. NO ADWARE, NO SPYWARE, NO REGISTRATION, NO POPUPS, NO MALWARE. The video downloader is 100% safe and legal to download TV shows, movies and other online videos free.

Screen Recorder to Capture Screen and audio Activities as Video Demos

Version 3.0.0 newly developed with built-in screen recording feature, so you can capture streaming videos to hard disk for local playback, capture live video chat, record game replays to demonstrate your cool game play skills as well as create demo video for class teaching viewing or the use of computer-related software.

Video Download Capture helps with downloading and converting videos with ease. However, if you are a big fan of YouTube, this product may more suitable for you.

[Freeware] Free Music Player

Universal audio player for offline and online music. Supports 40+ audio formats, 42 million tracks available for free. Play, find, stream favorite songs in real time. Absolutely free & legal.
Link Download
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Free, Versatile, Legal

Freemake Music Box is all-in-one offline audio player, music finder and online streaming tool. No limits, no signup, no fees. Only legal YouTube music indexed.

Lightweight Audio Player

Play any audio files: MP3, WMA, AAC, play FLAC files, WAV, play OGG, M4A, APE andother formats. Loop, pause, fastforward tracks. Add files by drag and drop or simply search for them in the search bar! As simple as never before!

Online Music Player

Stream music from YouTube in real time. Over 42 million songs available. Find, save to playlists, play any song without download.

Powerful Instant Search

Search for music by song title, artist or album. Even rare and old ones! Freemake Music Box will offer instant results for any taste! Use intelligent music suggestions and query auto-correction.

Playlists Creation & Import

Build up and save playlists for future playback. Import your existing playlists from other music players: Winamp, AIMP, Windows Media Player, VLC, etc. Supported playlist formats: M3U, M3U8, ASX, TPL, KPL, WPL, AIMPPL, PLC, PLS, RLC, ZPL, XSPT, SMI.

Easy Music Management

Organize all your music, whether it's located on your hard drive or online. Freemake Music Box keeps all your music in one place. Create playlists, rename files.

Artists Discography Discovery

Look for an artist or band and discover all their albums on list. The software will find albums both on your PC and online. Listen to albums one by one. The new and the best albums are always on top.

Musicbox for iPhone

Listen to any music anywhere with free music box for iOS devices. Discover the world music collection on your iPhone.

ID3 Tags Support

Freemake Music Box looks up tags, album art and other song information and automatically fills it for you.

Music Videos Playback

Watch music videos from YouTube while playing your favorite music. Or you may easily hide the video from the software interface.

Ultimate Music Choice

Enjoy the variety of music you love. Just look for a track or album and Freemake Music Box will find it in all available versions: original, cover, duets, remixes, karaoke, medley, parody, etc.

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[Freeware] Free Audio Converter

Best freeware to convert audio files between formats. MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, M4A, AAC, OGG and 40+ audio formats supported. Convert music for MP3 player, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Xbox, etc. Extract audio from video files.
Link Download 
http://www.freemake.com/free_audio_converter/

Audio Converter to MP3, M4A, WMA, WAV, AAC

Convert audio free between formats. Over 40 audio formats supported! Convert WMA to MP3, MP3 to M4A, WAV to MP3, MP3 to WMA, FLAC to MP3, AAC to MP3, M4A to MP3, OGG to MP3, APE to MP3. 
Or you may listen to music on your PC without conversion with our Free Music Player.

Best Free MP3 Converter

Convert any audio track to MP3 format for your MP3 player. iPod, Zune, Coby, SanDisc Sansa, iRiver, Walkman, Archos, GoGear and all known MP3 players supported!

Convert Music for iOS Devices

Convert audio files to M4A format for Apple devices - iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV and iTunes. Get smaller than MP3 audio files for smooth playback on your gadget. Automatic transfer to iTunes!

Compress Audio Files

Compress heavy OGG and FLAC files to lightweight MP3 tracks to save space on your MP3 player. Convert to M4A to get small audio files for iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad.

Join Audio Files

Convert multiple audio files at once or merge several tracks into one for an endless playing. Make a medley free and easily with our music converter. Merge two MP3 files, combine several WMA audio tracks, join any OGG or FLAC files, etc.

Extract Audio from Video Files

Export music from any video file. Save soundtracks or convert music videos. DVD, H.264, AVI, MPEG, MP4, MKV, DIVX, MOV, WMV, VOB, 3GP, RM, QT, FLV, and 200+ video formats supported.

Free, Safe, Reliable

Freemake Audio Converter is done without any time of feature limitations. Absolutely free, safe for work, no hidden costs!

Lossless Audio Converter

Convert music and video files to FLAC - lossless audio format. Save original sound quality. Convert any files in seconds due to multistream technology.

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