Youtube and Google Video use the format flv, flash video, to stream the videos on their websites. If you download them using a firefox extension such as Video Downloader you might have problems playing them in your normal video player. One option would be to use a player that supports flv files such as the FLV Player. A better solution would be in my opinion to convert the flv files into avi or mpg which are widely supported and can be send to friends or burned on DVD easier.
The Riva FLV Encoder helps us to convert the downloaded flv files into avi, mpg, quicktime or wmv files. All you need to do is add a local input file (flv in this case) and select an output format by adding the extension to the file. If you want an avi file you simply name it video.avi in the form destination video file.
You may change additional parameters like movie size, bitrate, framerate and audio if you like. Please note that the results will not be good if you choose to increase the movie size for instance. Hitting Encode will start the process. Once that is finished you may preview the result and try again if you do not like the result.
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Another nifty option is VDownloader which will download YouTube & Google videos and convert them to .AVI or .MPG all at once!
And check out mash-ups YouTube NAVI or Qoogle Video for a great way to search, preview and download YouTube videos.
NB: As an example, the above mash-up links search both sites for “Numa Numa” videos. YouTube NAVI also includes a tag cloud, roll-over frame previews and a scrolling bar at the top that shows what other people are entering as search terms on-the-fly … quite an eye-opener, really! ;)
Hi !
I’d like to point you to a service called FLC Online Converter – http://vixy.net/flv_converter
A web-based free service that converts FLV movies online into many different formats:
AVI for Windows (DivX + MP3)
MOV for Mac (MPEG4 + MP3)
MP4 for iPod/PSP (MPEG4 + AAC)
3GP for Mobile (MPEG4 + AAC)
MP3
This allows a user to download the converted movie directly to one’s computer (I didn’t say PC ;-) ).
I’ve tried it a couple of times and it’s worked well – no issues with the audio sync etc. Very impressed with the service and the price!
It is cool..Is the software free to install?
If you can use linux, or Cygwin on Windows, you can get free software like ffmpeg which will convert flv to mpg and you can then go on to create dvd’s or edit your own movies from clips. (see http://zztools.blogspot.com, for example)
Yeah, there’s a better way though
http://www.youtubehack.net
That’s another web based to download and convert youtube videos (yes, it works for youtube only). So you don’t have to install any program to your linux/mac/windows.
Based on ffmpeg converter
it is easy to do that using flv to video converter.
get it at http://www.flash-video-mx.com/flv_to_video_web/
***** I just like using ZillaTube simply because it’s the easiest way to download, play and even convert youtube videos.
Fast downloading time, plays all youtube videos easily… and when i need to play or edit with windows media player, zillatube just changes it windows video.
it’s at http://www.zillatube.com
Almost a year I use SWF FLV Toolbox – convenient and multifunctional converter and also Firefox Extension for saving FLV video.
Personnaly i know VConversion.com…
Try this it’s 100% free!!
http://youtubeonlinevideoconverter.com
Supported formats: MP3, MP4, WMA, OGG, AU, AIFF, RM, AAC, 3GP, MOV, AVI, WMV, SWF, FLV, and more!
it is very nice thanks very much
this is for win, mac or for ..??
for mac I prefer to use Macvide FlashVideo Converter …anybody tried this prog?