Research Guides: Basic Video Production: Finding and Remixing Videos

Downloading videos

You can often find media already online on Youtube or Vimeo or other video sites. There are many video downloading programs (of varying quality and safety) but the easiest are online downloaders or finding a recent and highly reviewed browser extension in your browser's app store. Pay attention to copyright and fair use!

4K Video Downloader
Requires installing software. Basic free version for Mac, PC and Linux available. Simpler interface than JDownloader2
clipconverter.cc
Online downloading from YouTube
deturl
Online video downloader; also bookmarklet
jDownloader2
Requires installation on your computer and the interface is less intuitive than the online downloaders but good for downloading from all kinds fo sites. ONLY download from here; other versions (including official download site) will bundle in adware
Real Player
For PCs. Free player and can download YouTube videos, trim and convert them into just about any format for editing