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How To Download YouTube Videos June 17, 2008

Posted by Eli Blumenthal in Computers, How-To, Mp3 players and iPods.
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Summer is almost here as schools are starting to close, and that means people going to camp, beaches, vacations you name it; We are all on the go. Many of us take our iPods because we can’t live 1 minute without it, but what about all the videos on YouTube that we watch for enjoyment; how can I get that on to my iPod for me to take on the go? Click the “More” button for the answer.

YouTube videos onto your iPod or other video playing device= one simple FREE download: the YouTube Downloader. Just follow the steps below.

  • Download the YouTube Downloader here. (Don’t worry bout viruses btw, for one, I use it and my PC is fine, and, if that isn’t enough for you, 1 million+ people downloaded it too.)
  • Go to YouTube and go to the video you want to download
  • Copy the site address (URL) from the top of the web browser (where it says http://youtube.com….)
  • Paste the site address and make sure the circle “download video from YouTube” is checked.

Pic of what YouTube Downloader looks like, and what should be checked at this point

  • Select the spot you want to save to a place you’ll remember like the Desktop, for example).
  • Click the circle “Convert Video {previously downloaded} from file” and from the list, click which file type you wish (video designed for cell phone, iPod, iPhone/iPod Touch, just sound)
  • Delete the original file so you don’t have confusion with the two now different files (old is saved .FLV)
  • Add file to iTunes by going to the Add File to Library under File
  • Go to your converted file (saved where other file was saved)
  • Add file to iPod/ iPhone

See, that wasn’t too bad. Let us know how it goes or if you have any questions in the comments.

Comments»

1. prodigitaltips - June 18, 2008

Interesting – but you can do it with your Real Media player too. You can activate the download bar for any video & define a folder to store the download YouTube videos.

Cheers! Jay
http://www.promediablog.com/
http://www.prodigitaltips.com/

2. zev - June 18, 2008

thnx i ve been wondering how 2 download youtubies 4 sometime

3. youtube downloader - June 19, 2008

TubeTilla is another free YouTube Downloader and Converter. You can download and convert YouTube videos to WMV, MP4 and MP3.

4. youtube downloader - June 20, 2008

Very useful article.

5. Ari - April 5, 2009

Nice. You can also go to keepvid.com, and you don’t have to download any software. You just enter the YouTube video URL, pick low-quality or high-quality, and it downloads the video.