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How to Download Videos from YouTube and View Them On Your iPod

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youtube2ipod How to Download Videos from YouTube and View Them On Your iPod

There are so many ways you can download videos from YouTube, I will be using iDesktop.tv, my preferred method of downloading and browsing videos from YouTube. With this tutorial I will show you how to download the YouTube video, save it as .MOV file, and then convert it using iTunes so that your iPod can play it. If you have any questions or suggestions please let me know.

1. Go to iDesktop.tv [this site will let you browse all of the videos available on YouTube but in a simplified manner.]

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2. Find the video you would like to download, and click the download link.

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3. The video will then be placed on the bottom of the page on a queue. You have option of selecting various file types depending on what you would like to save the file as.

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4. Since I would like to put this video in my iPod I will save it as a .MOV file [click on the Quicktime icon], it will then start the conversion process …please wait.

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5. Once the file has been converted you will be prompted for to Open or Save the download, Save to Disk, click OK

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6. Open iTunes and drag the video over to your Library – you can also put it in your iTunes folder if you’d like.

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7. Right-click on the video you just added to the library and select Convert the video for the iPod/iPhone

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Wait for conversion to finish

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8. Now sync your iPod and enjoy your YouTube videos on your iPod!

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    Thank you so much! This is great. By the way I found a website to Download YouTube Videos

  • JohnXY

    I’ve been looking for a lot of time now in order to discover a simple way to be able to download youtube videos .
    There are a lot of them including software tools , firefox plugins , various scripts etc.. Well most of them are good at doing their work .

    But I will mention a trick that it’s the easiest that I’ve found. This method includes using http://www.tubeleecher.com.

    Ok here are the steps involved

    1) go to http://www.tubeleecher.com
    2) get the youtube link you want to downlod
    3) paste it in the textbox on tubeleecher web page
    4) save the video and you’re done

    You can play the video you just downloaded with a flash player.
    Download it here http://download.cnet.com/FLV-Player/3000-13632_4-10467081.html

    I’ve found also a youtube video showing the whole procedure of getting video from youtube with the method described above.
    Watch it here — >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h87N9F_mdc

  • JohnXY

    I’ve been looking for a lot of time now in order to discover a simple way to be able to download youtube videos .
    There are a lot of them including software tools , firefox plugins , various scripts etc.. Well most of them are good at doing their work .

    But I will mention a trick that it’s the easiest that I’ve found. This method includes using http://www.tubeleecher.com.

    Ok here are the steps involved

    1) go to http://www.tubeleecher.com
    2) get the youtube link you want to downlod
    3) paste it in the textbox on tubeleecher web page
    4) save the video and you’re done

    You can play the video you just downloaded with a flash player.
    Download it here http://download.cnet.com/FLV-Player/3000-13632_4-10467081.html

    I’ve found also a youtube video showing the whole procedure of getting video from youtube with the method described above.
    Watch it here — >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h87N9F_mdc

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