Downloading Google Videos

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I think that just acts as a shortcut. You need a "desktop video capture program" methinks.

Now, whether it's legal to D/L Google videos is beyond me. You'd think it would be, but who knows?

How do I download a video and the Google Video Player?

You can download a video and the Google Video Player to your computer at the same time. Here's how:

1. Search for a video on Google Video.
2. On the results page, click the video's title or image thumbnail. If a Download button appears, you can download the video and the Google Video Player to your computer.
3. Click Download. If you're using Windows, you'll be prompted to install the Google Video Player if you don't already have it.
4. Run the GoogleVideoPlayerSetup.exe application to complete the installation.
5. When the installation is complete, the video you've selected will download automatically.

For your convenience, you'll only need to download the Google Video Player once. The next time you download a video, you'll see a dialog box; simply click Run or Open to begin the download. You'll be able to view all videos you download from Google Video through the Google Video Player.

Now there are some videos that you have to pay for where it doesn't give you the option to download. It didn't look like Alexander was asking about those though.