The very best download and converter that I have found is Media-Convert. I made a video, and uploaded it to YouTube, and then downloaded it. Throughout all these tasks I tried out many down loaders and converters and most were a disappointment in some way or another. The worst was when one of the programs I was testing said it had made a conversion and it had not. That was a time waster and very frustrating.

Media-Convert is browser based, and offers many different options as far as your input and output formats. It converted into many formats and from many formats very reliably.

All you do is copy the URL of the YouTube Video that you want to download and enter it into the URL box on the Media-Covert screen. Then you select your output format. What format do you want your output video to be in?

Here is a little guideline of the most popular formats used today:

.MOV - was developed by Apple Computer and Apple Quicktime and is used by proprietary Apple Quicktime Player

.AVI - is defined by Microsoft and is a common computer format that is used by programs such as Camtasia, for example The .avi format is the most common format for movies on a computer and can be opened in Windows Media Player as well as other players if the appropriate codecs are installed.

.FLV - is a flash compatible file and is an open format that is supported Adobe Flash. It is also supported by non Adobe/Quicktime programs. Open these programs with Adobe Flash player.

.WMV - is Windows Media Video and can be opened using Windows Media Player

.MP4 - MPEG4 is an International Standards Organization (ISO) format. You cannot open it with Windows Media Player unless you install DirectShow-compatible MPEG4 decoder packs. You can however, open this format on Quicktime Player or any similar player.

.MKV - Matroska Multimedia Container is and open standard free Container format. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content like movies or TV shows. Open these files with a video media player (you need a CCCP playback pack to play/view this format).

.3GP - These are multimedia files for wireless networks. It is the video format used to view and record video on mobile phones, etc. You can use Apple Quicktime or RealPlayer to play this format.

.M4V - This format is used in Apple Itunes and Ipod. It can be renamed to MP4 file extension. MP4 is a streamable format that supports all kinds of media content. Use Media Player Classic to play this format.

.VOB - Video file format used on DVDs to store movies. Use any DVD to open these files.

The above guideline should help you choose your output format - as you can see when examining the list above, it all depends on what type of player or what players you have available to you and what formats they support.

You can find Media-Convert here:

http://media-convert.com/

There was one additional browser based converter that worked well also. The one draw back to it was that you do not get your converted file immediately. This browser based conversion service emails the converted file to you. It took some time for the email to reach me, which was a drawback in my mind as I wanted the converted file NOW. The name of this converter is Zamzar. If you are interested in trying out Zamzar, you can find it here:

http://www.zamzar.com/

May your conversions always work properly! Happy converting to you.

You may want to use a program on your PC to download and convert YouTube videos rather than a web based (browser based) converter like Media-Convert. I have searched for several days, and then some, for a reliable program that is free that you can use to download and convert your YouTube videos into different formats that you might want.

I found that this was not as easy as it might seem. I kept running into all sorts of difficulties, such as download and install difficulties, conversion problems, and flat out bugs in the software that I had downloaded. Most of the programs that I reviewed sounded great, their descriptions read as if the program would do most everything I needed and more. But when it came to delivering on these descriptions, they all fell short except for one little program called YouTube Download & Covert from Cubed Labs.

Here is the URL for the Youtube Download & Convert program from Cubedlabs:

http://www.cubedlabs.com/

This program has a simple to use interface and converts to the most popular video formats, including Ipod. This program actually converted the videos that I tested out on it - which is more than some of the programs I have downloaded have done.

The one drawback to converting with a program locally on the PC as opposed to converting the video on the web using a service such as Media-Convert is that it takes much longer on the PC than it does on the web to actually perform the conversion of the video format. If you are interested in the fastest way to download and convert your videos, I recommend using the web based converter as opposed to a program installed on your PC.

Enjoy!

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