How to Download Videos Safely

Steps

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   Identify what video you want to download. Depending on the video there are different ways to download the video. For example, to download a movie or episodes from a TV series it is best to use torrents. To download Music Videos it is best to download the video from YouTube, or use Mediafire.
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   Download a movie and/or an episode from a TV series(optional). Use a torrent site, such as http://www.isohunt.com/ and do a search for the video you are looking for. To ensure the video is safe, be sure to read the comments on the torrent before downloading it. If the majority of comments state that the video is safe and virus-free then download the torrent. Open the torrent with the necessary software - such as BitTorrent (http://www.bittorrent.com/btusers/download - it's free!). Wait until the download is finished and you have your video.
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   Downloading a video off YouTube (optional). There are two ways to download a video from YouTube:
   • Go onto YouTube and find the video you want. Use a YouTube video downloading site, such as http://www.mediaconverter.org/ and follow the instructions to obtain the video from YouTube. Note: videos off YouTube are sometimes of relatively low quality.
     
   • Sometimes uploaded videos have a '+DL' (or similar) in the title. This means that the uploader has kindly included a link to download the video from an external website - this usually yields videos with greater quality.
     
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   Downloading a music video (optional). If using YouTube is not your thing, then you can try using external websites. For Korean, Chinese & Japanese music videos, try using http://ihoneydew.com/ or http://jenpoo.com/. But if it is something else you are after, try using MediaFire (google it) by either accessing the website directly, or googling the MV's title + mediafire (e.g google: poker face mv mediafire).
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   Watch your video.