Youtube videos to ipod?

[Tobi]

Hey guys

Anyone of you who knows how to convert your youtube videos (FLV file) to MP4 files (for ipod) ??

Any convert program that is free, and can convert full movies?

Help please...

[Jono]

www.viloader.net   :thumbsup:

[moby]

www.mediaconverter.org

i always use that one nice and simple

[Bov]

Prism video coverter :thumbsup:

[Lozza]

This way you can download high quality youtube mp4s and it doesn't lose any quality because youtube store mp4s of their videos

Step 1: Copy the URL of the video eg http:// uk.youtube.com /watch?v=-azCNJGMi1g

Step 2: now add &fmt=18 (format 18 on youtube is mp4) to the end of it so you got http:// uk.youtube.com /watch?v=-azCNJGMi1g&fmt=18

Step 3: go on keepvid.com and paste this into the box and click download

Step 4: then, it should say

Download links
Links found on http:// uk.youtube.com /watch?v=-azCNJGMi1g
Report any problems to: keepvid.com@gmail.com

›› Download ‹‹  (get_video.flv - Low Quality)
Right-click download link, choose 'Save Target As...', and rename file to get_video.flv

›› Download ‹‹  (video.mp4 - High Quality)
Right-click download link and choose 'Save Target As...' to download

Right click ›› Download ‹‹ and press save target as next to where it says video.mp4 - High Quality



This way is much better than a converter because it doesn't lose any quality



http://blog.jimmyr.com/High_Quality_on_Youtube_11_2008.php

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[Tobi]

wow thanks you guys, i really appreciate your help! :cheers:

[KellerFS]

I have a good way.....

Get FIREFOX. It is way better than IE for sure...

Anyways, once you get firefox, you can have a BOOKMARKS TOOLBAR FOLDER. It should come up above your tab bar.....

Add this bookmark to the BOOKMARKS TOOLBAR FOLDER:

javascript:if%20(document.getElementById('download-youtube-video')==null%20&&%20!!(document.location.href.match(/http:\/\/[a-zA-Z\.]*youtube\.com\/watch/)))%20{var%20yt_mp4_path='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_id='+swfArgs['video_id']+'&t='+swfArgs['t'];%20var%20div_embed=document.getElementById('watch-embed-div');if(div_embed){var%20div_download=document.createElement('div');div_download.innerHTML='<br%20/>%20<span%20id=\'download-youtube-video\'><a%20href=\''+yt_mp4_path+'\'>Download%20as%20MP4</a>%20'+%20%20((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari')!=-1)?'(control-click%20and%20select%20<i>Download%20linked%20file%20as</i>)''(right-click%20and%20select%20<i>Save%20'+%20(navigator.appName=='Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer'?'target':'link')%20+'%20as)</i>'))+'</span>';div_embed.appendChild(div_download);}}void(0);

Now when you go to YouTube video, click the Bookmark in the toolbar. Under the EMBED part of the decription, a link should come up in BLUE and underlined, like a link should be. it should say, DOWNLOAD AS MP4.

Now right-click on the link and select "Save Link As". Now when choosing the save location, save it to say, My Documents or wherever, but save it as the filename, then .mp4 at the end. If using Vista, change the "Save File Type", to all files.




I know it sounds like alot of work, but beleive me, it is way worth it, you can download the videos quick as with no conversion, no quality loss, then import staright in to iTunes or to iPod. Hope this huge load of crap helps you man....

[Bov]

Try to download the videos from www.keepvid.com then i think the video format will work

[Mr. T]

All these youtube downloaders is actually not nessesary, because when you watch a video, and it's done buffering, it gets automaticly saved in a temporary folder on your PC, depending on which browser you use. If you use Opera, it's in "C:\Users\*your username*\AppData\Local\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\".

[KellerFS]

All these youtube downloaders is actually not nessesary, because when you watch a video, and it's done buffering, it gets automaticly saved in a temporary folder on your PC, depending on which browser you use. If you use Opera, it's in "C:\Users\*your username*\AppData\Local\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\".

Cool! What format is it in though?

[Mr. T]

All these youtube downloaders is actually not nessesary, because when you watch a video, and it's done buffering, it gets automaticly saved in a temporary folder on your PC, depending on which browser you use. If you use Opera, it's in "C:\Users\*your username*\AppData\Local\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\".

Cool! What format is it in though?

All these youtube downloaders is actually not nessesary, because when you watch a video, and it's done buffering, it gets automaticly saved in a temporary folder on your PC, depending on which browser you use. If you use Opera, it's in "C:\Users\*your username*\AppData\Local\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\".

Cool! What format is it in though?

FLV. You have to put the ".flv" in the file name manually though, because all the files are like this ("opr0D94" etc.):

It's not hard to find the video though, you can see it on the file size, because the youtube videos usually are over 2000 kB, while the other files (images etc.) are all less than 1000 kB.

A great thing about this is that you can go back and find videos you watched earlier. For instance if a video suddenly gets deleted on youtube and you watched it before it got deleted, you can just go into your temp. folder and look for files over 2000 kB around the time you watched it, and you'll find it.

[KellerFS]

Sweeeeet.....Could I put it as a .MP4 file extension? and would that change it and would it work?