Upon returning home, I recently purchased a 30 GB video iPod. One of the best purchases I’ve ever made. I then discovered youtube.com. I then wanted some videos I found on youtube.com to go on my iPod. So a simple google search and this is how you do it.
Option #1:
Update: Thanks to my buddy Eric Torrie, I found a free online converter at http://vixy.net/. You still need firefox extension to figure out the location of the FLV.
Option #2:
How To:
- First: Download FireFox
- Second: Download ‘Video Recorder’ Firefox extension | Visit Site: Video Download Firefox Extension
- Third: Go to your favorite youtube.com video. Mine’s: Movie Voice
- Fourth: Click the little VideoDownloader button on the ultra bottom right of firefox. (note: you must install the firefox plugin and restart firefox before you will see this.) Click the Download Link button. Rename the file with the ‘.flv’ file extension, i.e.: MovieVoice.flv.
- Fifth: Download YouTube to iPod Converter | Visit Site: Total Video Converter
This will allow you to convert flv’s to mp4’s (iPod’s video filetype.) - Sixth: Open YouTube to iPod Converter. Select your FLV file. Wow. That’s a lot. Now click ‘Convert’. Bing, bang, boom. 30 seconds later you have a mp4 file.
- Seventh: Drag and drop your perfect little MovieVoice.mp4 file into iTunes. Sync your iPod. You win.
Is it Legal?
Yes. Yes it is. Try me. I mean, let’s try YouTube.com’s privacy statement.
Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public profile page, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name (not your email address) is displayed to other Users when you upload videos or send messages through the YouTube Sites and other Users can contact you through messages and comments. Any videos that you submit to the YouTube Sites may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public.