RSSHow To: Convert Videos From YouTube
Aug 31
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There’s no question that YouTube has caught everyone’s attention. Since YouTube’s launch in 2005, the video sharing site has grown to attract several hundred million visitors every day, which is an astronomical number in terms of Web traffic. Whether it’s your favorite muscian’s newest music video, vivdeo blogs, instructional videos, funny bloopers, kittens or stunts like you would see in “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” people seem to like short bursts of entertainment, especially when it’s only one click away.
Almost always, YouTube visitors watch videos on the Internet. Without a connection to the Internet, however, there isn’t any way to get to the site or run a search for your favorite videos. What can you do when there’s no working Internet and you feel the urge to watch the video of the funny kittens for the hundredth time?
If it’s on the web, digital and does not take up too much space on your hard drive, you can be sure there’s a way to download a copy of it, and that goes for YouTube videos, too. There are many different services that will help you copy and save your favorite videos. Often the only thing you will need to do is download a specific piece of software and copy and paste the video’s Web address. You won’t have to stay chained to your laptop or desktop, either — once you have downloaded the file, you can upload your downloaded videos onto your MP3 Player or Ipod with video capabilities or even burn the videos onto a DVD and watch them on your television. Keep in mind before choosing software, though, that some services and programs are free, while others will cost money and may only work with certain browsers.
If you don’t have any software that lets you rip the video from the site, services such as convertyoutube.com will allow you to convert youtube videos. When you’ve loaded the software, all you have to do is paste the YouTube video URL into a bar and click “Download.” When you do, you’ll have the option of choosing which file format you want. They support AVI, MOV, MP4, MP3, WMV and more. Most of the popular video formats are shown on their site.
Downloading YouTube Videos isn’t that tuff but as you can see it can be useful depending on your situation.