alright i am sick of yt to mp4 sites being shady and full of viruses and finding websites that seem to be working and then don't work (looking at you y232 (no hate, just frustrated))
so HERE'S HOW YOU DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE VIDEOS WITH VLC!! VLC FREAKIN RULES!!
- get your youtube link
- open vlc, go to media > open network stream
- paste your url in the box and PRESS PLAY!
- wait for the video to open then go to tools > codec information
- copy the entire file location (click the box, then ctrl-a to select all, then ctrl-c to copy)
- paste into your browser of choice (i use firefox)
- right click video and press "save video as", choose your file format if you want
- DONE! NO VIRUSES OR SKETCHY STUFF!
the quality might be a little crummy but if you don't mind that, then shabam! video on your computer! then you can email it to yourself and have it on your phone too if you want! if you need a guide with pictures wikihow has you covered my friends
happy downloading and stay safe on the internet :D
if you want videos in their original quality and can handle a tiny bit of command line stuff, there's yt-dlp!