1. Launch VLC Player.
2. Click on Media > Open Network stream.
3. Paste the YouTube URL and click the Play button in the player.
4. VLC Media Player starts streaming the video. Click Tools > Codec Information > at the bottom of the window you will see a Location box.
5. Copy the long URL in the box and paste this into your browser’s address bar.
Example of URL:
https://r4—sn-5uaeznyz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1568074774&ei=tpd2XfjIH8We4QT3j7uwAg&ip=72.188.108.238&id=o-AHJZ1PtCQz4VOBMiy4MooOa6fKp4rQ9mxki0YwsqAXjJ&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-5uaeznyz%2Csn-5ualdn76&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=3&pl=15&initcwndbps=2063750&mime=video%2Fmp4&gir=yes&clen=309506003&ratebypass=yes&dur=6226.407&lmt=1567589273653307&mt=1568053083&fvip=4&beids=23806813&c=WEB&txp=5431432&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&lsparams=mm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHylml4wRAIgJlzg4X9ldLS52xNEIz4bQWdYlBG2xwOhamYD7ZVW4IACIDVcvQTMmWkZtXNrFoxzrf4hA5jEuty1w1Kr6L3lHA7Q&sig=ALgxI2wwRQIhAKNytxULHA9QGrkyibq-99omwWibtfq80pnLFMVJcaUtAiBgdZJQeaw0foeofHrZZ0vffiVe3adzM2g9Y_j7-m3dmg%3D%3D
The browser will now start playing the video file.
6. You can download the video file to your desktop by doing a Save video as with a right-click on the video.
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