youtube converting

[phaedrus]

is there any way to get a YouTube video into some kind of iPod video format? or even just the audio part to the video works.

thanks.

[youdontknowme]

Use this to get the video:
http://keepvid.com/

Use this to convert to MPEG-4:
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/download.htm

[phaedrus]

ok, i get it through the keepvid and it becomes get_video.flv.htm .

i try the media coder but it doesn't transcode due to an error...

what am i doing wrong?

[Sceptile_Master]

Change get_video.flv.htm to video_name.flv replacing video_name with whatever you want. Because from the looks of it the media coder will think your feeding it a webpage.

[phaedrus]

um, i'm still encountering problems...

could someone do it for me possibly? just pm me with the attachment or email me. pm me for the email if it doesn't show up. i'm not particularly tech-savvy so this would really be helpful.

the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoHa4noRhU

many, many, many, thanks.

[Sceptile_Master]

OK I'll it to your e-mail address as an .mpg video.

EDIT: Done now, you can check your emails for it.

[phaedrus]

haven't recieved it as of yet. i'll pm you my more proper email as it may be able to recieve larger files.

[Sceptile_Master]

Yeah it said it failed when i just logged onto my gmail account then so I've sent it to your other account.

[Mewfour]

What I do is is when I find a video I want to save, I delete everything in the URL except for the video ID, then I paste before that http://youtube.com/get_video.php?l=165&video_id=, so it would look something like this:

BEFORE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AcPvRdd6OY

AFTER:
http://youtube.com/get_video.php?l=165&video_id=7AcPvRdd6OY

You should get a popup asking what to save it as. Just type in something and end it with .flv.

What I use afterwards is a program called Cinemaforge, and to my knowledge, it's free. I've been using my trial for ages now and it doens't look like it's going to quit. The bad part is, once you convert the video from .flv to an .mpeg, the filesize will balloon. So a 35 meg .flv video will somehow become something like 70 megs of .mpeg, along with a few .jpg files for thumbnail use. From there, use a video editor such as Windows Movie Maker, and there you can convert it to a .wmv to a much smaller filesize.

[phaedrus]

well, i have an mpeg of it.

but when i "Convert Selection For iPod" in iTunes, i lose the audio. is there anything i can do?