Do It Yourself (DIY) projects haven’t always been easy to do. Most of the time they’ve been done by trial and error, but now with the Internet it’s becoming easier to learn how to do projects on your own, Videos on YouTube account for a large amount of DIY projects, which has made it easier for people to understand how to do these tasks themselves that they haven’t been able to do before.

Now, YouTube and the people at Make Magazine are teaming up to help expand the DIY project even more by highlighting some people and projects for Make’s upcoming Maker Faire in Detroit on July 30 and 31. You can now Meet the Makers on Make’s YouTube page, here just some of the DIY projects you can find:

Automated Homebrewing System

Wall Monogram with Plaster Letters

The Latest In Hobby Robotics

Topics include budget, energy, economy, education, Afghanistan and healthcare. New questions will be posted in the future, but if you want to get in on the debate, you can even ask your own question for members of Congress to answer.

You can also see the top videos as voted by you, the people on the YouTube Town Hall Leaderboard. The leaderboard includes the top 5 supported videos. Additionally you can view all of the videos and sort them by issue, party, type of Congress, and state.

The pricing might not be as good as some of its competitors like Amazon Video or Netflix, but it certainly makes a statement for YouTube by offering paid and free videos to users around the world. The pricing seems to match more of On Demand services, like from your local TV provider, rather than other compatible online services or monthly rental programs. If YouTube Movies becomes more adopted, hopefully we’ll start to see a drop in prices, since $4.00 to rent a movie no-a-days seems outrageous.

The first royal wedding was televised over 50 years ago and brought in nearly 20 million viewers. I think it’s safe to say that there are going to be more than that many worldwide viewers for the Internet Age’s first Royal Wedding. Not only will it be broadcasted worldwide via some television stations, but it will also be available to everyone on the Internet.

If you’re not one to get up that early to watch the Royal Wedding procession, then you can watch the repeats that will begin right after the Royal Wedding on the Royal YouTube Channel.

If you don’t want to wait for Google to migrate your videos over you can either download them yourself to just keep it for your records, or you can manually migrate the video from Google Videos to YouTube. To do this, you have to navigate to the Google Video status page, select the videos you want to upload, and then hit the “Upload Videos to YouTube” button.

Google Video was never as large as YouTube nor could it have ever gotten to the level that YouTube has achieved.  It isn’t a surprise that Google now wants to end its service, but I’m surprised they didn’t think to migrate all of the videos over beforehand.

Now you can always find live television streaming on YouTube and see what’s coming up in the future. Right now you can find the Indian Premier League Cricket from the India Times or you can watch the Impact of the Food Industry on Global Health later today at 5:30PM PDT. This new live platform gives certain partners of YouTube the ability to have live streams, so expect to see more live streams soon.

It’s about time YouTube caught up with the streaming world, since they aren’t the first to offer a service like this. There are plenty of other streaming websites out there and I’m really surprised it took YouTube this long to offer this new feature.

Once you navigate to the YouTube create page you can select from three video creation services. Stupeflix Video Maker allows you to mix pictures, videos and other content into three different video styles: outline, top 10, or celebrate. GoAnimate allows you to create animated videos quickly and easily, check out the sample video below:

The final video create service integrated into YouTube is the Xtranormal Movie Maker which also allows you to make animated videos, allowing you to select from sets, actors, sounds and stories.

Right now YouTube only has three video creation services available on the Create page, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they add more in the future if this new service becomes well used by YouTube users.

Software/Hardware used: QuickTime Player 10 running on Mac OS 10.6.

1. Open the movie you wish to share in QuickTime Player and click the Share icon. You will have three platforms available to share your movies: iTunes, MobileMe Gallery, and YouTube.

Publish Movie to MobileMe Gallery

When you publish your movie to MobileMe Gallery only you and those you have granted access to your Gallery will be able to view and download the video you upload.

A. Enter the information for the video and click Share. The video will be converted to the appropriate form and then uploaded to the Gallery.

Note: You have the option of disallowing downloads of the video, the option to hide it from the Gallery Home Page and the ability to include a copy that is compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch.

Save Movie to iTunes

If you wish to make the movie available to other Apple devices you need to Save the Movie to iTunes.

A. When you choose to save the movie to iTunes, QuickTime will provide you with the option to format the video according to its destination. So if you plan to view the movie on your Apple TV, make the selection and click Share. The same applies to Computer and iPhone & iPod.

Once the video has been processed it will be available on the Videos section in iTunes.

Publish Movie to YouTube

Publishing movies to YouTube requires that you open the browser, sign-in to YouTube and upload your video. With QuickTime Player you can upload your videos without ever having to open a browser window.

A. When you select the YouTube option you will first need to Sign In to your account. If you check Remember this password in my keychain you can skip this step in subsequent uploads.

B. You are asked to enter information about the video you are uploading including the category it belongs to. When you are done entering the information, click Next.

The video will be converted and automatically uploaded to YouTube.

Note: QuickTime Player will impose the 10 minute rule even though you may not have the restriction in YouTube.

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I came across this software a few years back, while frantically searching for a good application or website that could easily download and convert YouTube videos. I must say, I spent a lot of time experimenting with all sorts of websites just to end up being disappointed. Not to mention, I downloaded and installed several applications that claimed to be the ultimate solution for all video downloading needs, but only if you purchased it. I was looking to save money so I kept searching for free software, until I ran into aTube Catcher. Ever since then I needed no other media software. The software has gained popularity over the last few years and it’s functionality as well as interface has changed remarkably. The latest version, 2.2.527 provides you with a one stop solution for all your video and digital content needs. And what’s best thing is that the application is free! Here’s a list of what this great application can do for you.

Downloads and Converts Almost Any Video

To download as well as convert videos from any video hosting portal, all you need to do is copy the video URL and paste it in the URL space given in the software. The older versions simply allowed you to convert the media files into a few basic formats such as WMV, WMA, AVI, etc, but this latest version allows you to convert a video file from YouTube, Google Video, DailyMotion, etc into any file format you wish for! Be it MP3 (medium and high quality), 3GP, DVD (PAL and NTSC), XBOX, Zune, MP4, iPOD, iPhone, and the list goes on! With just one simple click, your entire video file is converted into all the major file formats needed for playing on various devices. Imagine downloading your favorite videos and playing them on any device you like!

Search Videos and Music Online

This software also allows you to conduct a video search using YouTube. All you have to do is enter the video name and the search results will appear within the application. You have a list of all video clips (the site takes videos from YouTube) related to that search term. What’s best is you can view, download and convert all at the same time! If you want to search for an MP3 file, no longer do you have to crawl Google. Let aTube do the crawling for you! Enter the song name and you will find hundreds of files listed along with their download destination. You can even listen to the song, before deciding to download it. Isn’t that simply cool?

Burn CD’s and DVD’s

As if the above qualities were not enough, you also have the option of burning those very same converted files (or any other file you want) into a DVD, CD, VCD format for the DVD and CD player! This was not possible before and one had to go to great lengths to download, convert and then burn it for a DVD player compatible format! For anyone who is a media geek, I suggest you start using aTube Catcher and enjoy it’s all in one services!

Download a free copy of aTube from the developer website.

Nitin Aggarwal is full time blogger and an Internet marketing enthusiast. He started the company Offshore Ally which offers competent virtual assistant and call center services. Connect with him via Twitter.

The coverage includes exclusive Grammy footage that has never been seen before. Learn a little about the Grammys and the background of some of the artists by checking out the YouTube Grammy Live page. There’s even a unique Dual Screen Experience that will be streaming during the show.

This special pre-Grammy coverage includes:

Friday, February 11 EST

• 10:30PM-12:00AM – MusiCares Person of the Year

Saturday, February 12 EST

• 12:00AM-5:30PM – GRAMMY Moments
• 5:30PM-10:00PM – Special Merit Awards
• 10:00PM-12:00AM – Pre-GRAMMY Gala

Sunday, February 13 EST

• 12:00AM-3:30PM – GRAMMY Moments
• 3:30PM-4:00PM – Red Carpet
• 4:00PM-6:15PM – Pre-Telecast Ceremony
• 6:15PM-8:00PM – Red Carpet
• 8:00PM-11:30PM – Dual Screen Experience
• 11:30PM-1:00AM – GRAMMY Celebration

YouTube has also created multiple playlists including the Grammy nominees. You can check them out here.