Tuesday, April 3, 2007

How to download files from YouTube and convert them



Warning: You have to do this at home, on your own computer. You can't download programs and install them on the university computers.

Click here for information on the VideoDownloader.

Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion... and other 60+ video sites ! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc)! Directly!

VideoDownloader adds a small icon on the status bar at the bottom of your Firefox window, and a toolbar button. Just click that and download the video you are watching !



Once the file is downloaded (as an "flv" file - otherwise known as "flash video" file) you must rename the file to "nameofvideo.flv. Then you must convert it to an "mpg" in order to use it in Premiere. To do this, you have to download another program called...

Free Riva FLV Encoder 2.0
Transcode your existing Flash Video (FLV) format files with Riva FLV Encoder. Click here to visit the web site where you can download it.

Once you've selected your INPUT Video, you simply change the name of the the OUTPUT Destination Video File extension to "mpg." Then click the Encode button. It'll take a few minutes, but the mpg video will appear (wherever you saved it).

If you're using an Apple/Mac, try this link: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/visualhub.html for a conversion program.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well said.

Anonymous said...

There’s a bunch of free YouTube downloaders out there, some work ok, others are just crap,
You should find any of them. Maybe this post can help you http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/15928890/the-easiest-way-to-download-youtube-videos