YouTube is currently the integral solution that Google offers us when it comes to watching, creating and editing videos thanks to its extensive database and storage and development capacity that make it the world's number 1. When we access YouTube, we can see that certain users, those who handle multiple videos , make use of the playlists or playlists where two or more videos are hosted so that they are automatically played:
Today we will cover a useful theme for many YouTube users and it's like watching and saving these playlists since these playlists can be saved on our computer as a text file, an HTML file or both..
The stored file will contain attributes
- The duration of the video
- The name of the artist for each individual track available on that playlist
Step 1
For this we will use a free software called YoutubeExport which can be downloaded at the following link and will allow us to store these playlists in a simple way:
YoutubeExport
Its advantages
- Allows export to text or Excel files
- It is possible to export HTML to a page with added thumbnails
- Get multiple user playlists
- Get a unique playlist from the indicated URL
Step 2
Its use is simple, since it is a portable program which does not require local installation.
Once we execute it, the following window will be displayed where we will do the following:
- Enter the YouTube URL where the playlist is located
- Define the output format
Step 3
Once the desired URL is entered, click on the Refresh button to start the video capture process:
Step 4
Once this process is finished, we can see the URLs and other attributes in text or HTML, in the same folder where the application's executable file is located. In text format:
In HTML format:
With this simple method we will be able to download all the desired playlists from YouTube.