An easy to follow guide to download & play Youtube videos in your iPod!
First, you will need:
And then…
- Go to http://keepvid.com and in the green form put the link to the Youtube video you wish to download (ex. http://youtube.com/watch?v=WVQZeWoWVng) Then, select “Youtube” and click in the “Download” button.
- After the “Loading” text dissapear, right click on the “Download link” and select “Save as…“.
It’s very important that you change the file extension from “HTML” to “FLV“, or it will not work.
- Go ahead and start RivaFLVEncoder, you?ll notice that the interface is as simple as they come. Assuming you?ve already downloaded your “youtube_video.flv” file to your desktop, select “Browse” from the “Input” area. Locate your previously saved FLV file and select “Open“. Your FLV file is now loaded and ready for encoding using the Riva encoder. If you look in the “Output” area, you?ll notice that Riva has conveniently selected an “Output Directory” [where the converted file will be saved] and the “Destination video file“. The output file name still has the FLV file extension (Which we do not want). Before hitting the ?Encode? button towards the bottom of the window, change FLV to AVI. Once you?ve added the appropriate title and file extension, select “Encode” and wait for Riva to work it?s magic. After the completion of the encoding process, you will find a new AVI video file located on your desktop.
- The final step involves the actual conversion to the iPod MP4 format. There are two options depending on your resources or personal preferences. The first is to utilize Quicktime Pro’s export feature to convert the AVI file. The second choice (And the one recommended by this HOW-TO) is to use the Videora iPod Converter.
21 responses so far ↓
1 dario123 // Aug 3, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Hey thanks!
2 Edward // Aug 8, 2006 at 8:41 am
hey, i went to the kepvid.com and never found that green form to fill in things .. its like a search machine.
3 ipod video // Aug 15, 2006 at 7:44 am
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4 jure // Aug 20, 2006 at 12:26 am
thanks!
5 jure // Aug 20, 2006 at 12:28 am
thanks
6 interloper // Sep 5, 2006 at 8:45 pm
You’re taking the long way around! Once you’ve viewed a movie at YouTube it should be stored in your Browser Cache. It doesn’t have file extension, but you can see the address where it came from. Copy that file somewhere, then just tell videora to convert it. No keep vid, no FLV encoder
7 alex // Oct 12, 2006 at 9:47 pm
when i try and import the videos into itunes a message pops up saying “the file can’t be imported because it does not appear to be a valid exported file@. What does this mean and how can i get the videos into my itunes
8 thomas // Dec 2, 2006 at 3:32 am
I use Savetube to save youtube videos.
9 dave // Dec 3, 2006 at 2:53 am
The encoder software doesnt respond i dont know whats wron when ever i press the button to encode the program just stops responding do, i even installed the software again but same results can anyone tell me a solution plzzz
10 Shane // Jan 10, 2007 at 10:33 pm
i don’t get the part where u convert the flv to the avi….
11 missMatrix // Feb 4, 2007 at 11:56 am
ok…here is my suggestion…it’s easy and I really mean EASY as all the job is done for you in just one step…
THIS can help you save your favourite clips from more than 20 video servers…try this out –>
1. download this app (is called VideoGet)
http://www.zdnet.com.au/downloads/0,139024485,10582200s,00.htm?idl=n
- if the download doesn’t start immediately click on the link(dw.com.com)
2. and install….NOW you only have trial version…so here we go downloading again:
http://rapidshare.com/files/14741985/VideoGet.exe
3. use downloaded file from rapidshare to replace VideoGet.exe in the folder where you installed the trial… voila…it’s done!
…now launch the program and enjoy!(to upload video URL click the large plus, choose the type of conversion and to start downloading click the down arrow…ain’t it neat?
if you have questions…ask
12 Mac DVD Ripper // Jun 9, 2007 at 2:42 pm
FLV converter provide you with all popular FLV converter, encoder,decoder and other powerful tools that you can easily deal with youtube (.flv file)
13 sarah // Nov 17, 2007 at 5:16 pm
it doesnt work,
i save them as flv files, flvencoder wont convert them.
total viedo converter will do it, but then i tunes cant find the files it creates. even though they ARE there…
14 Jacob Toms // Dec 14, 2007 at 12:09 am
Great thing saved me tons of cash, i am enernally grateful to you
15 Jt // Jan 7, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Hey, for that person who was having trouble with the flv encoder not responding, it does that. just minimize it and wait for it to run its course. If you look where the file is being converted to right-click the file and click on properties then exit properties and click on properties again you will see that the file size will have gone down. Wait and see that evernually the flv encoder will go back to normal.
16 agunit22 // Jan 20, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I dont get the part where you convert the flv to avi either. Are you talking about The destination video file? For example mine says “Dane Cook- Car Crash.flv” then i coverted and it says “Dane Cook- Car Crash.avi” and a thing pops up and says the “encoding has failed” What do I do?
17 adam // Jan 20, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Thanks
18 drcshine // Jan 25, 2008 at 1:49 am
Nice guide, you may also use vixy.net to download and convert flv video to ipod, it’s tatally free, I found a step by step guide about how to use it, so share it here
http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/free-download-youtube-video.html
19 danke // Jan 28, 2008 at 5:48 am
I know a program called YouTube Downloader that is specially designed for downloading YouTube FLV video from the Internet and converting YouTube FLV video for playback on iPod, iPhone and other popular mobile devices off the Internet.
So I think it is a very practical program and also a pretty good FLV video converter. Share with you here http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/youtube-downloader.html
20 Durga Prasad // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Thanks a ton dude..!!! I was searching for this for along time. Thank you .
21 Lindsay // Feb 23, 2008 at 3:59 pm
this is soooooo helpful
your a life saver!
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