[eishiba]

I used vdownloader to download a video from youtube. Its over ten minutes and while playing the new video on my computer, about 2 minutes through, the sound cuts out, a minute later or so it comes back. It doesn't this every so often. Is this a "prevent someone from stealing" type of thing? Its footage from a video game.

[Stream Recorder]

You should contact the developer of vdownloader to solve the problem.

There are plenty of other ways of downloading from youtube:
http://stream-recorder.com/forum/tags/youtube/

My favorite tools are Replay Media Catcher (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/Replay-Media-Catcher-HTTP-RTMP-FLV-MP3-ripper-recorder.htm) 4 (free for youtube), freeware Freecorder (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-audio-stream/FreeCorder-Toolbar-Free-sound-recorder-software-Windows.htm), Jaksta Free Media Recorder (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/Jaksta-Free-Media-Recorder-freeware-download-capture-video.htm) and Video DownloadHelper.