Download Google Videos As AVI/MP4 Files

The Video files in Google video can easily be downloaded by using a simple tweak.

Now here is the Method.

In the respective video page, Click the download button in the right side. (you should be knowing that ) Also note that all videos don’t have this option of download.

This will initiate the download of Google video player. DON’T download it. (Thats the whole point, to play the video in YOUR player)

Now, This will open a sub-menu in which there exists an option that says ‘Manually download the video’ (Using the Drop down beside it, choose the file format-Avi or mp4)

This will initiate the download of a .gvp file. Open the gvp file with a text editor (notepad/wordpad etc, preferably Wordpad in windows)

Ahhh.. here we come.. In the 3rd line of the text there is a tag ‘url:’ .Following this is the actual download LINK to the VIDEO.

Copy the link (startin from http://) till the end of the line.(Just before tag ‘docid:’starts)

Hurray! We have the Holy link!

Paste this onto your browser address bar to download the video as a whole!

Download it and ENJOY!

This link can also be used in web-pages as a direct download link.

(Tip: Right-click->Save target as DOES NOT WORK!)

Lets illustrate this with an example.

Here is a link to the MS Ipod Parody in google videos.

Now ,THIS is the actual download link for the video.

(Please forgive me for the over-use of exclamation marks and small braces!)

Alternatively, the video can be viewed using the Google video player (which involves streaming of the video), if the video is not worth a download

All the GVPlayer does is pick up the URL in the .gvp file and play!

Note: This itself is an Original article.