{"id":17101,"date":"2014-02-04T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T15:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/blog\/?p=17101"},"modified":"2014-02-04T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T15:48:31","slug":"mediastorm-guide-to-downloading-from-youtube-and-vimeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/04\/mediastorm-guide-to-downloading-from-youtube-and-vimeo\/","title":{"rendered":"MediaStorm Guide to Downloading from YouTube and Vimeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I started a project that incorporates previously produced material. The client stores this footage on YouTube and Vimeo. Once I\u2019ve selected the clips I\u2019d like to use, they will send me the Final Cut Projects and raw assets so I can use their material accordingly.<\/p>\n

But it takes time to procure these files and as always, the clock is ticking. You\u2019ve probably been in this situation yourself.<\/p>\n

Rather than screen-capture the files with QuickTime or iShowU<\/a>, my workaround is to download directly from the aforementioned sites. This is far faster as I don\u2019t need to rerecord in real time.<\/p>\n

I use the free service keepvid.com<\/a> which allows the user to download videos directly from sites like YouTube and Vimeo. This works via a bookmarklet<\/a>\u2014a few lines of javascript\u2014that sit on your browser\u2019s bookmark bar.<\/p>\n

To begin, load keepvid.com<\/a> in your browser.\u00a0
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Drag the box that says KEEPVID Bookmarklet<\/strong> to your bookmark bar. It will appear with name Keep It!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Next, you\u2019ll need to find your video on the YouTube or Vimeo domain. This service does not work with embeds. It also seems to not work with private Vimeo files either.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve found your material, click the bookmarklet. You\u2019ll be taken to a page that looks something like this:<\/p>\n

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To download your file, simply click on the left-side link for the largest file available. The right side images are actually ads. You can ignore them.<\/p>\n

I then edit with these low-res versions until I receive the client\u2019s original assets.<\/p>\n

CAVEATS<\/h2>\n

Keepvid works about 90% of the time. Sometimes a video, for whatever reason, is unavailable with this method. In these cases I will use a screen-capture tool.<\/p>\n

On occasion I\u2019ve also found that the service suddenly stops working altogether. When this happens I delete the bookmarklet and then drag it on the bar again fresh. My hunch is that Keepvid ocassionaly updates their code.<\/p>\n

Finally, please use this tool responsibly. Download only what you have express permission to use. If you are looking for public domain archive material try the wonderful archive.org<\/a>. You\u2019ll find lots of free and fantastic movies there.<\/p>\n

For a further discussion on copyright laws and fair use, check out Duke University\u2019s excellent and free, comic Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW?<\/a> which was written with documentary filmmakers in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I started a project that incorporates previously produced material. The client stores this footage on YouTube and Vimeo. Once I\u2019ve selected the clips I\u2019d like to use, they will send me the Final Cut Projects and raw assets so I can use their material accordingly. But it takes time to procure these files […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":17103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,748],"tags":[1179,1666,1702,1701,1551],"class_list":["post-17101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editing","category-tools","category-tutorials","tag-copyright","tag-download","tag-keepvid","tag-vimeo","tag-youtube","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}