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How to bulk download Youtube videos from playlists or channels (Windows, Mac, and Linux).

Update: (2015-07-07) BYTubeD no longer seems to be working (making this post obsolete). A fantastic replacement however is youtube-dl. Please click this link to find the download links for youtube-dl along with basic info on the software.

While many programs have been created to help you download Youtube videos, most of these programs do not allow you to download an entire Youtube channel or playlist. It turns out that doing this is actually quite easy and only requires a browser you most likely already have (Firefox) and a couple of add-ons (BYTubeD and DownThemAll). Because Firefox is cross platform compatible, this means you can do this in any OS (which is great for people like me who use Linux).

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