How to Download YouTube Videos in 1080p or Higher Quality

YouTube 1080p Download is muuuuuch easier than you think! You only need to copy the URL of the video you want to save. It’s 100% safe!

Since you’re reading this – you’re a fan of movies of brilliant quality. Like me, you probably suffer every time you watch a video in poor quality. However, YouTube 1080p Download can be achieved almost effortlessly if you know the way.

Here, we’ve provided a step-by-step guide on how to download HD YouTube videos. More than this, this article also discusses how to save videos of superb quality from Dailymotion, Vimeo, Facebook, and 50 more sources.

How to Download YouTube Videos in 1080p

In our tutorial, we’ll be using only one application – Softorino YouTube Converter. We highly recommend using it, since it quickly saves videos in any quality including 2160p and even 60fps videos. Watch the video below to get the idea of how this whole system works:

Besides being a smooth full HD video downloader, the app can send your videos directly to iPhones and iPads, which is convenient since it does not require iTunes sync.

Step 1. Download the application.

First and foremost, before you download HD videos from YouTube you should install the app. You can save the installation file by clicking on the button below.

The package will be saved to your computer a few seconds later. The download is free. After the installation you'll need to activate a free trial period. You can do this by requesting a trial code to your email upon the app start-up.

BONUS: The application also downloads videos as MP3/M4A files.

When the app download is finished, launch the installation process and let the wizard set up this full HD video downloader for you. This usually takes no longer than several seconds. When the set-up is over, move on to step 2.

Step 2. Launch the app & connect your iPhone with your computer.

After you launch the program, use the USB cable to set the connection between your computer and an iPhone. If you wish to download YouTube HD videos to your computer, skip this step.

Be sure to go into Preferences and enable Wi-Fi sync for your iPhone. Next time, you won’t even need to connect your device. When this is done, go to the next step: download HD videos from YouTube.

Step 3. Copy the video’s URL (cmd + click).

To start the download, go to your video’s webpage and copy the link to this page to your clipboard.

The thing is, you don’t even need to paste the URL address into the converter’s window. You can add more than one video at a time. Find all the movies you want to download and add them by copying their links.

In the app’s menu, you can select the preferable quality rate simply by tapping on it. (360, 480, 760p, 1080p, 2160p).

Step 4. Click on the ‘Download HD Video’ button.

The download will begin shortly.

Do you see the progress bar? Great, then everything is going well. Your YouTube videos are being downloaded to the iPhone; this bar shows you how the process is going.

When it disappears – all the movies you wanted to download are copied to your device. You can find them all in the playlist of the Apple standard video player.

Even though our guide focused on YouTube 1080p Download, the scheme is exactly the same for 50 more popular websites. Simply spot the video (let’s say on Facebook), copy its URL and SYC will recognize it.

Summing up

Downloading videos in HD quality is much easier than before. Right now, you can just copy the link to the whole playlist, and it will be saved on your device or HDD. With the new update, you can download HD YouTube videos to your iTunes library just as seamlessly.

By the way, with its help, you can extract the sound from any YouTube video, and save it as an MP3/M4A file as well. This is a great feature, for those who enjoy music videos on YouTube.

Everybody can find something interesting on YouTube, so it's no wonder that users often want to watch its videos offline on their gadgets. To save videos, users install special browser extensions or even fully functional program downloaders.

Softorino YouTube Converter can transfer all the YouTube videos directly (!) to Apple mobile devices. This downloader is designed to download YouTube HD videos extremely easy and simple.