How to Free Download Online Videos

Nowadays with massive videos provided by all kinds of video-sharing websites waiting for you, people are more inclined to download online videos to their portable devices and enjoy them whenever they want instead of online. Then how to download online videos from any site is concerned by most netizens, especially from those overwhelming and trending online video websites such as Top 5 Best Video Websites.

There're plenty of free download online videos players available for you to choose from. According to user review, here I'd like to introduce 5 effective online videos downloaders which allow you to free download online videos.

5 online videos downloaders

StreamTransport is an useful tool which enables you to browse and download videos whatever you like from various video-sharing sites like Hulu and Yahoo!Video. And here's the guide on how to run it.

• Step 1: Launch the program and type in the link of the video-sharing site, and click "Start" to confirm it.
• Step 2: Click in the page where the wanted video is playing and the program will detect the video URL automatically.
• Step 3: Select the URL in the detection list section.
• Step 4: Click "Download".

Tips: You can minimize or close the window without disturbing the process of downloading and the downloaded videos are saved in FLV and MP4 format only.

SaveDeo is a completely free online service without installation supporting Windows XP/Vista/ 7/8/8.1. It allows you to download content available on YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, Metacafe and the like. What's more, it's simple to use.

• Step 1: Copy the address of the desired video.
• Step 2: Paste it in the field provided on the screen.
• Step 3: Click "Download" button.

Tips: The main page of SaveDeo recommends the most recent and the most popular video. Besides, there is a filter to hide the adult content that can be enabled or disabled.

Utubster YouTube Downloader and converter is a free YouTube downloader with which you can freely download online videos free from YouTube only. Limited as it is, it precedes many all-inclusive online video downloader in its 3X faster download speed. Furthermore, it provides two ways to download YouTube videos as below.

• 1. Copy the URL of wanted video from YouTube and click "Paste URL", then it will start downloading immediately.
  
  
• 2. Enter the needed video name in the bar and it will automatically search for the video. Then just click "Download" in the upper right.

Tips: You don't need to manually install a video player since it has a built-in HD player.

Savevid.com wins great popularity among people since it's an expedite way to download videos from multiple websites like YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion etc. in FLV, AVI, MOV, MPG or WMV formats.

Most importantly, it's so user-friendly that all you need is to copy and paste the video URL into the download bar, choose a befitting format and quality and click "Download" button.

Tips: You need to download an add-on Java to ensure savevid.com successfully download videos the first time you run it. Besides, Savevid can't download RTMP protocol videos like Hulu.

Keepvid.com is a free tool to capture videos from streaming video sites like YouTube, Dailymoiton, Vimeo, etc. And the following is the guide on how to use it.

• Step 1: Search up the video you want to download.
• Step 2: Go to the video, copy the URL and paste it into the download field on the Keepvid.com interface.
• Step 3: Press "Download" button.

Tips: You may have to install other browsers like Firefox or IE because the latest Google Chrome has blocked Java applet by default and Java applet is crucial to ensure Keepvid.com to function well.

In the end, I have to point that the 5 online videos downloaders mentioned above are listed in no particular order and they have their own pros and cons. Therefore, you need to pick up the fittest one according to your need by yourself.