title: Using get_video on YouTube to download a video
body: <p>I am trying to get the video URL of any YouTube video like this:</p>
  
  <p>Open </p>
  
  <pre><code>http://youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=VIDEOID
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>then take the <code>account_playback_token</code> token value and open this URL:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=VIDEOID&amp;t=TOKEN&amp;fmt=18&amp;asv=2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This should open a page with just the video or start a download of the video. But nothing happens, Safari's activity window says 'Not found', so there is something wrong with the URL. I want to integrate this into a iPad app, and the javascript method to get the video URL I use in the iPhone version of the app isn't working, so I need another solution.</p>
  
  <p>YouTube changes all the time, and I think the URL is just outdated. Please help :)</p>
  
  <p>Edit: It seems like the get_video method doesn't work anymore. I'd really appreciate if anybody could tell me another way to find the video URL.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you, I really need help.</p>