YouTube Video Grabber

Most multimedia content can now be watched online. An abundance of services are available, with subscriptions for latest TV shows or movies, or simple entertainment with user uploads, just like YouTube. However, this particular service doesn’t let you download videos by default, but it can be done with specialized applications like YouTube Video Grabber.

All the application has to offer is found in a classic window frame, but it’s pretty easy to grasp even by inexperienced individuals. There’s a large table that shows URLs to process, along with details like info, whether or not to convert, output name, and status. The link isn’t automatically added to the list from the clipboard, but there is a desktop drop box you can use in this regard.

Creating a new task can either be initiated by pasting in a target URL, or loading an existing FLV file on your computer. Batch processing is also possible, especially since you need to manually trigger the download and conversion operation. Before you do, you might want to set the output folder and name. You can also choose not to convert, and only grab the FLV file.

Below the list of target URLs, you find a panel fitted with various different configuration options. Among others, a drop-down menu can be used to select the desired conversion format, with options for AVI, DIVX, XVID, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MP3, 3GP, RM, WMA, M4A, AAC, and RA.

YouTube Video Grabber gives you the possibility to go under the hood and manually configure quality settings. This can be done for both audio and video components. The desired codec is selected from a drop-down menu, while other fields let you modify frame size, framerate, bitrate, quality, sample rate, channels, and volume.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that YouTube Video Grabber is a powerful application that does exactly what the name suggests. The process doesn’t normally take a lot of time, but you can stay for a while longer to thoroughly configure the codecs you want to use, as well as other various quality settings.