Downloading YouTube (or other) media for local review

** UPDATE 2018:

 

Delivery of reference materials by client was done by sending YouTube links…

Command line solution:
youtube-dl (linux, osx)

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#readme

To install for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.):

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sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

If you do not have curl, use  wget:

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sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

Sample format:

Getting help:

Updating:

OS-X Application: 4K Video Downloader:

https://www.4kdownload.com
Just copy and paste the URL into the app!  Lists all the options – and pulls files VERY FAST!  They also have a version for direct to MP3 download of any media.

Current visual (but slow) media download tool:

http://www.clipconverter.cc

Another resource, allowing Vimeo and Facebook (and others) is:

http://keepvid.com