How to Watch & Download YouTube Videos in Blocked Countries

Part l. How to Watch YouTube Videos in Blocked Countries

In the modern world, the majority of multimedia contents can easily be accessed online thanks to the powerful streaming video sites, such as YouTube. As the largest UGC video site in the world, we can watch almost infinite things in YouTube. From educational tutorials and MV to documentaries and TV series etc. However, there are a few places in the world that YouTube is blocked, such as China. So, in this situation, how can you watch YouTube videos smoothly without any obstruction? The answer is a VPN software.

For all the VPN software I’ve used, I recommend Lantern, a free peer-to-peer censorship circumvention tool. The software is financed through US Department of State seed funding and is aimed at helping web users in censorious countries, especially in China and across the Middle East. The service supports Chinese, Arabic, and several other languages.

Lantern has both free and pro version, and it’s compatible with Windows, MAC & Android platform. Besides, it’s very easy to use, you just download and install it in your device, and you can start to stream, browser and use your software, not needing any other configurations. As an advanced tool, it uses geo-optimized server and many other techniques to bypass Internet censorship & firewalls, which enables users to keep surfing without any problem at a fast speed. To keep your devices in a safe environment, Lantern encrypts all of you traffic to protect your data and privacy.

Part 2. How to Download YouTube Videos for Playing Offline

YouTube videos are on tap when you have good Internet connection available, but there are some occasions where you are forced to go offline. For example, when you are traveling, or when are in the suburbs where reliable broadband is as rare as reliable buses. No worry, with the right free YouTube downloader, you will be able to download any videos to view them offline.

However, it is really hard to pick out the best one because there are many downloader with different features in the market. If you are still looking for the best free YouTube downloaders, you have come to the right place. We have rounded up the top 5 Free YouTube Downloaders based on technicians' stringent testing and customers' reviews, just go through this article, and you will find the one suits you the best: 5 Best Free YouTube Downloader to Save YouTube Videos

Note: You should only download videos if you have permission from the copyright holder. Unauthorized downloading is against YouTube's terms of service.

How to Download YouTube Videos to Your SD Card

Speaking of downloading YouTube videos, you may think of a question: is it legal to download YouTube videos? According to Google's terms of service for YouTube, as long as you’re downloading a video for your personal use, then it’s legal. On the other hand, these YouTube downloading tools are merely technology, and technology is morally neutral. Generally, it’s rarely illegal to use a specific form of technology, it’s what you do with it that makes it legal or illegal.

Now, let’s come to the topic of this post: how to download YouTube videos to your SD card (memory card) without any obstruction? In terms of downloading YouTube videos, there are tons of video downloader that can deal with that task. So here I will tell you how to download YouTube videos to your SD card in a simple and fast way.

How to Download YouTube Videos to SD Card for Free
To download YouTube videos to your memory card, you can try a desktop video downloader, Gihosoft TubeGet. Lots of video downloading apps are saturated with adware, spyware or aggressive pop-up ads, Gihosoft TubeGet is one of the few exceptions. To use Gihosoft TubeGet to save YouTube videos to your SD card, first you need to keep your SD card connecting with your PC, then you just follow those 4 quite simple steps below to save the YouTube videos onto it.
Step 1: Search for the video you want to download from YouTube, then copy the link in the address line;

Step 2: Open Gihosoft TubeGet and paste the URL into the software, after TubeGet parses the link successfully, a video resolution panel will show up;

Step 3: On the new panel, you just need to set the resolution you like, and choosing memory card as your default downloading location;

Step 4: Click “Download” and start the downloading process.

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How to Download YouTube Videos as MOV

MOV is one of the major video formats, and there are many MOV videos created every day. If you need a MOV video, you may think of downloading a video from YouTube. The bad news is that the original format of videos in YouTube is MP4. In this situation, you might consider using a free video converter to convert this MP4 video to MOV format. That is a good solution, but it’s quite inconvenient. So how can I directly download a YouTube video as MOV? The answer is Gihosoft TubeGet, which has the feature of downloading & converting video as different video formats. Now I will show you how to use Gihosoft TubeGet to save YouTube videos as MOV.

How to Save a YouTube video as MOV for Free with Gihosoft TubeGet
1. Search for Gihosoft TubeGet on Google and then enter into the official site. On the site, just download the software and install it on your computer.

2. Go to YouTube and find the video You’d like to save, then copy the URL in the address line. You should bear in mind that the downloading link is the URL in the address line, not the short URL for sharing.

3.Open Gihosoft TubeGet and click “+Paste URL” button, after about 8 seconds, a new panel will show up. In the new panel, you are allowed to choose the video resolution, saving location, and your destination format of as well. To download the target video as MOV, you should tap “Convert to” and select MOV as your destination downloading format.



4. Click “Download” and the software will start to save the video.

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