How to Download YouTube Video with 4kFinder

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on January 25, 2024

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YouTube is the most popular social media platform in the world, providing users with a variety of high-quality videos. You can find your favorite music videos, podcasts, tutorials, documentaries, movies, and live shows on YouTube. When you meet your favourite videos on YouTube, guess you want to download videos from YouTube for viewing on your smart phone or MP4 player. However, YouTube only allows YouTube Premium to download YouTube videos for playback in YouTube app. But this does not mean that it is impossible to enjoy YouTube videos on your own device. Today's article focuses on how to download YouTube video with 4kfinder and save HD quality YouTube videos on your local drive.

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Part 1. Best YouTube Video Downloader: 4kFinder Video Downloader

4kFinder Video Downloader is the best video downloader that gives you access to download HD videos from YouTube and more than 1000 sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, Dailymotion, Vine, Vimeo, Tumblr, Veoh, Instagram, Netflix, Bilibili, TED, PornHub, Xvideos, Xhamster, Spankbang, Tube8, RedTube, etc.

This powerful Video Downloader supports you to download YouTube videos to MP4 in 1080p/ 720p/ 8K/ 4K and so on. In addition, batch downloading allows you to download many YouTube videos at once without limit. The 6X fast download speed can help you get the video within seconds. Beyond that, you can download music videos and playlists from YouTube and SoundCloud to MP3 files without losing original qualiity.

Highlights of 4kFinder Video Downloader:

• Download online videos (even 4Kvideo) from 10,000+ popular website.
• Download YouTube videos, music videos, podcasts, movies, to Mac/PC without premium.
• Download YouTube videos as MP4 format with keeping annotations and subtitles.
• Save YouTube videos in 8K, 4K, 2K, HD 1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p, etc.
• Download YouTube music videos, playlists as MP3 without losing quality.
• Watch YouTube HD videos on any device and tablet in offline mode.
• Enjoy YouTube music/playlists on MP3 player, iPod Nano/Shuffle/Classic.
• Support batch download of videos, lossless download, 6 times download speed.

Guide: Download Videos from YouTube using 4kFinder Video Downloader

4kFinder is a safe, stable and reliable software, you can follow the few simple steps to download videos from YouTube with using 4kFinder.

Step 1. Copy & Paste the YouTube Video URL to 4kFinder
First of all, get 4kFinder app downloaded on your Mac or Windows system, then install and launch it. Now go to YouTube website and copy the video URL, then paste the URL into the blank column of 4kFinder, and then click "Analyze" to get video resource.

Tips: Before downloading YouTube videos, you can change the output path in the lower left corner of the software page.

Step 2. Select Output Format and Resolution
Then, a window will pop up, listing MP4, MP3 formats and different resolutions and bitrates. Here you can select MP4 as the output format, and the HD resolution for your needs. Besides, if you want to download YouTube videos with subtitles, you need to select "Original Subtitles". Please make sure you have enabled the subtitles option on YouTube.

Step 3. Start to Download YouTube Video with 4kFinder
After selecting the format and resolution, you just need to press the "Download" button, and the program will download YouTube videos for you immediately and save them in MP4 format on your computer. Just No matter how many videos there are, you can download all the videos at once, just continue to add video links.

Step 4. Download YouTube Video with 4kFinder Completed
You will be surprised by the super-fast download. Just a cup of tea, it can help you quickly download YouTube videos to your computer. Now you can tab "Finished" and click "Open Folder" next to the video to view the downloaded HD video.

Now, you only need to transfer the downloaded YouTube video to your device, such as Apple TV, HD TV, iPhone, Android, Xbox, PSP, PS4, Zune, MP4 player, iPad, etc. Then you can watch the video in offline mode anytime, anywhere, whether you are on an airplane or subway.

Part 2. Record YouTube Videos on Mac or PC

Ukeysoft Screen Recorder is an all-in-one screen recorder, video recorder and game recorder for Mac and Windows computer. On Mac computer, You can record in five different options: full screen, custom area, app window, camera and audio. You can record video on any famous online video services such as YouTube, Facebook, iTunes, NetFlix and more. And this convenient recorder supports various output formats, including MP4, MOV M4V, AVI and FLV. You can also record video calls, Zoom meeting, gameplay video, and tutorial, etc. In addition, for the recorded output video, you can set up frame rate, video quality and adding water marks. Once recorded, you can share the videos with your friends or freely play the converted video on multiple media players, like Quicktime, VLC, Windows Media Player, etc.

Key Features of UkeySoft Screen Recorder

• Supports record screen, videos on Windows and Mac system.
• Record live streaming, online video, gameplay video, zoom meeting, etc.
• Support various Output Formats, including MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, FLV.
• Record video only or record video with excellent audio at the same time.
• Record input Audio including system audio and microphone.
• Allows to Select Screen Recording Area, full screen recording and app window recording.
• Advanced output setting like output quality, frame rate, shortcuts, watermarks, etc.

Guide: How to Record YouTube Video on Mac

Download and install UkeySoft Screen Recorder and run the program on your computer.

Step 1. Select App Window Mode
There are five main recording mode in the home page for selection, including Full Screen, Custom Area, App Window, Camera, Audio Only. To record YouTube video, select "App Window".

Step 2. Adjust Input Audio Settings
You can choose the input audio sound in 4 ways, including "System Audio", "Microphone", "System & Mic", "None". To record the video from YouTube, please select "System Audio".

Step 3. Select Output Quality
Set up the output quality in "Original Quality", "HD Quality" and "SD Quality", choose the one that meets your need.

You can also click the "Gear" icon for advance settings on your output video. Select "MP4" of "video format" in General. Besides, Mouse, Shortcuts, Watermark, Camera, and Sound are available to be customize at the same time.

Step 4. Press REC to Start
When all the settings are done, press the red "REC" button to start record the YouTube video.

Step 5. Select the App Window
Now you need to choose the YouTube window from all the available app windows on the desktop.

The recording will begin after countdown.

You could pause or end the recording by click the red buttons which are shown on the screenshot.

Step 6. Get the Recorded File
When the YouTube video recording is finished, the recorded video files will be pop up on the file list and automatically saved on your computer, then you can play the recorded video with any player.

Play recorded YouTube video offline.

Final Words

YouTube Premium allows users to download videos for offline viewing on mobile devices. If you want to watch YouTube videos on a bigger screen, such as computer, or smart TV, you can use a third-party YouTube video downloader. 4kFinder Video Downloader enables you to download HD/4K videos from YouTube and other sites to your local drive without hassle. It will export the downloaded YouTube videos as MP4/WEBM/MOV/MP3 files. Thus, you can enjoy them offline on all your devices! Give it a try right now!

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Justin Sabrina

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Justin Sabrina

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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