Downloading from YouTube to use it in Premiere Pro CS5

[irispix]

I would like to receive your suggestion on how to download a video from YouTube.
I have received authorization from the author to do so.
The problem is that I have no clue how to download the video.
Preferably I would like to download it in mp4 format so I can import it to my Premiere Pro project.

I have read some suggestions in the internet but would rather have you suggest the best method.
Thanks.

[irispix]

I figured it out!!
I downloaded the YouTube Downloader and was able to download the video in mp4 format in 5 min.

[Steve Grisetti]

Exactly what I would have recommended!

There are a number of YouTube downloaders available for FireFox on the Mozilla site. I found a nice one that will save the file as an FLV or an MP4 or will save the audio/music only as an MP3.

[Jayell]

Exactly what I would have recommended!
There are a number of YouTube downloaders available for FireFox on the Mozilla site. I found a nice one that will save the file as an FLV or an MP4 or will save the audio/music only as an MP3.

Mind if I ask which one you're using, Steve? There's been a few times when all I wanted was the music. The one I'm currently using is just OK. I'm looking at the Mozilla site and there's zillions of YouTube downloaders I just hate having to make decisions

[hpharley90]

Jayell here is a link to the one I use and it sounds like the one Steve is using.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10137/

[Jayell]

Thanks, Richard! Have downloaded it and tried all the different options.

[Steve Grisetti]

Yep, that looks like the one!

I've been so happy with the results, I even donated to the guy who created it.

[Jayell]

Yep, that looks like the one!
I've been so happy with the results, I even donated to the guy who created it.

Well that's certainly a nice testimonial. Thanks for the confirmation, Steve.

[Neale]

Just installed but doesn't work for me (FireFox 3.6.12) - no buttons added to the pages at all. Am I supposed to use a key combination to activate it ?

[Steve Grisetti]

You may need to restart FireFox. And it only works on YouTube.

But you should see a Download button right under the video on YouTube once you install it.

[Neale]

Sorted - it conflicts with another Add-On (TubeStop) that disables the autoplay on YouTube videos. This means that you can open multiple YouTube videos in tabs in the background without them all starting to play at once.

[hpharley90]

My Easy Youtube down loader isn't working. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10137/
A person I work with says that theirs isn't working also.
We both have the latest Mozilla update. 3.6.13
Also when I have gotten a Mozilla update recently it changed all my security settings.
I had to do Tools>Options>Security and uncheck boxes which I never had checked.

Anybody else having problems with the Youtube downloader?

[hpharley90]

It seems that it was updated on Dec. 10.
I downloaded and everything is working again.