How to Save YouTube Videos on your G1

Posted Sunday, December 14th, 2008 at 1:00 am by 30 Comments
How to Save YouTube Videos on your G1
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Here’s a cool totally mobile solution to Save YouTube Videos on your T-Mobile G1 or Android powered phone. (This can be done on your computer, but the purpose of this article is a mobile solution on the phone by taking advantage of the G1′s “Copy & Paste” capability… something the beloved iPhone doesn’t have… yet!)

  1. Search for the video you want. In the video below, I choose “The Transporter 3 movie trailer”
  2. Tapp the YouTube link, by default the G1 will prompt 2 options: Browser or YouTube. Chose “Browser”. The reason, to get the YouTube link.
  3. Tapp “Menu” + “Go to URL”, the YouTube URL should appear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kodviK1AHdg.
  4. Press on the keyboard “Menu” + “C” to Copy on the G1
  5. Go to a website www.keepvid.com
  6. In the search field press on the keyboard “Menu” + “V” to Paste on the G1, hit Enter
  7. Slide down and Tapp “›› Download ‹‹ (video.mp4 – High Quality)“. This will open a new window and download the MP4 in your browser history. Disregard the .FLV version as the G1 can’t do Flash Video… yet. (Alternatively, it’s saved on your SD Card under “downloads” folder)

Voila! There you have it… enjoy :grin:

For the non-readers, the YouTube video is attached below:

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30 Responses to “How to Save YouTube Videos on your G1”

  1. Smart solution to an oft requested task.

    Any thoughts to making an Android application to do this “on the fly”?

    ,Michael Martin
    http://www.googleandblog.com/

  2. Creating an app to do this would be cool. I read a response on AndroidGuys.com (http://www.androidguys.com/?p=3127) were a user had this easy functionality a few years ago with ease on his Nokia phone.

  3. You got a better solution for saving pictures from text messages other than having to forward it to your gmail account to then save from there?

    Thats asked more often than saving YouTube videos.

    ,Michael Martin
    http://www.googleandblog.com/

  4. Unfortunately no… :-(

    That’s about our best option for now…

  5. Looks like there will be a “Over The Air” update in January that will resolve direct saving of attachments as well provide video recording, stereo Bluetooth, and much more – http://www.googleandblog.com/htc-g1-google-android-gets-video-recording/3412/

    ,Michael Martin
    Google And Blog

  6. markinct says:

    Very clever approach!

  7. haitiankid4lyf says:

    this works on my phone also, but looks better on a g1

  8. Hi,
    You might want to try my app – YouTube Downloader – it does all this for you (and you don’t have to rely on KeepVid).
    Thanks,
    Isaac Waller
    Sirius Applications

  9. Loki says:

    YouTube Downloader is awesome but does not seem to work on videos that require you to confirm your birthday. Even after logging into YouTube and doing so, I still get errors downloading when attempting these videos.

  10. Chris says:

    How do you go to downloads on your SD card?

  11. rickyros says:

    Almost every time I try and download a video it stops and say video interupted

  12. yaqub says:

    hi
    i have a g1 white and
    my youtube doesnt play any of the videos online please help me

  13. balu says:

    no need any third party softwares to save or download youtube or metacafe videos just try this new method.

    http://electromice.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-savedownload-youtube-and.html

  14. pamy says:

    Hi, Try this website http://startube.mobi You can search and download Youtube Videos, No Software Needed. No Copying Urls.
    Very Easy.

  15. Ravynn says:

    omg…you are my favorite person on the PLANET!

  16. bruce says:

    thx bro worked perfectly..i use dis for music and i dont know what i would have done without this or my music..

  17. John says:

    This is great post

  18. pixy says:

    Nice post, thanks! You can also go to iDesktop.tv and download YouTube videos in a variety of formats including MP4!

  19. Evertith says:

    Dolphin Browser has youtube downloading built in on Android. You can get it for free from the Market

  20. Mark Soler says:

    Hello adroid brothers and sisters.. I need help. I have a motorola cliq and i’m trying to post a response on videos with my motorola cliq.. can anyone help me? msoler29@gmail.com

  21. Javier says:

    I had a problem, I visited that website today (14/05/2010) but it says that I haven’t turn on javascript and I read that in android java applets ar not …. allowed :S
    could you please explain it?
    I have a Xperia x10 with android 1.6
    maybe its the version … I dont know
    sorry for my writting english skills =)

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