I have tested several programs that can be used to search for videos on Youtube, download them afterwards and convert them to another format. The portal iDesktop offers all those functions plus the option to play Youtube videos on their website in a very nice interface. Users can perform searches for Youtube videos which are displayed as thumbnails with titles. The size of the thumbnails can be changed on the fly which means that it is possible to fit a lot (55 in my case) of videos on one search result page. The biggest size displays only three per page.
Download multiple videos from video portals
It is quite uncomfortable to download videos from various video portals such as Youtube or MyVideo even with Firefox extensions like Video Downloader or external softwares such as Grab++. One great way to download multiple videos at once is to use the free software Ashampoo ClipFinder which offers a way to search for and download video files from various popular video portals such as Youtube, Google Video, Dailymotion and a handful of others.
