It can be quite useful sometimes to download the videos that matter to you the most. Although you can always watch them on the internet but sometimes due to connection problems or other reason it might be useful to download the videos to your computer. Here is a list of free web services that will make downlading the videos really easy for you :

1. Zamzar

Zamzar is a dynamic web service that lets you download the videos easily and also gives you the option to convert the video to the format you want. Zamzar is not only the place where you can download the videos but you can also download and convert any kind of file like audio, doc, pdf etc.

2.Vixy.net

Vixy.net is another service that let you download and convert the videos in the popular formats.When you submit a URL, it will download and convert to the video format, and then you can download the converted file. This service allows you convert a Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube’s videos,etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online.

3.KeepVid

KeepVid.com is a website where you can download the video files quickly and easily. It also features the Top video section where you can select the most watched videos around the web to download.

4.DVDVideoSoft

DVDVideoSoft allows downloads from youtube and Google video. It also offers free softwares to download and convert videos from the web. It also offers free tools to burn, rip and edit video and audio files.

5. Clipnabber

Clipnabber is the quickiest and easiest way to download videos from around 100 video sharing sites including the popular sites like youtube,dailymotion, Veoh, Megavideo etc. It also features the video category section that you can use to download or watch the video from a particular section like gaming, enterntainment, automobile etc.

6.Media Converter

Media Converter is an online service to download and convert videos, audios from a URL but you can only do it five times and also you cannot download video greater than 100 MB. If you want to download more you need to make an account. The free account supports the following sites :blip.tv, break.com, dailymotion.com, facebook.com, livevideo.com, metacafe.com, myvideo.ch, myvideo.de, veoh.com, youtube.com.

7.KcoolOnline

Kcoolonline currently works for over 269 streaming video sites, and more are being added every week. Supported sites include many popular stream sites including MySpace, CollegeHumor, iFilm, etc.

8.DownThisVideo

DownThisVideo.com is another simple to use web service to download the videos from a URL. The main feature is the tag cloud from where you can select a popular topic for videos. It also has wordpress plugin(WPvideo) which you can use to insert videos into your posts in a easy way.

9. HeyWatch

HeyWatch comes bundled with a lot of services to encode the videos in various formats including HD,Flash Video, H264, MP4, WMV, Divx, mobile, iPhone / iPod, PSP. You can also encode and transfer a video to a FTP server or to online storage. The only annoying thing is that it is not fully free.

10.VideoDownloader

VideoDownloader is a firefox extension plus a web service to download the videos from the internet. It supports download from all the major sites plus a lot of other cool but less popular sites on the internet. It also features a best video section which has the most popular videos from a number of sites and you can download the videos in just a single click.

11. YouconvertIt

Youconverit supports downloading videos from youtube,google video and metacafe.com. You can also convert the video files to a number of formats like 3GP, AVI, MOV, MP4, ASF. After converting the files it will send the files your email address. It also offers sending files from you PC to any e-mail address.

12. VidMetro

Vidmetro supports downlading video files from youtube, google video, metacafe, dailymotion, break.com. It also has top video category which has popular videos from around the web.