Saturday, April 18, 2009

How to download online videos to iPod/iPhone/PSP?

iPod/iPhone/PSP can play only MP4 and H.264 video, online videos(complete list of online video website) is stream video (.flv), so you need special software to capture the stream video to MP4 video, and then sync it to your iPod via iTunes. Here’re some ways to do that:

Online FLV Converter:Vixy
1. Go to online video website, such as YouTube and find a video that you love. Copy the URL that in the Red box. Like this format: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs


2. Open free online flv converter http://vixy.net, just copy the video URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs to the input box, choose the output format as iPod video, and then click start.



3. When the conversion finished, we got the download link of the output video. Click the download link to download the video and save in your computer (remember where you save it in),then sync it to your iPod/iPhone/PSP.

The website service's deficiency don't setup output format's detailed specification and support output formats little.keepvid.com is also this kind of website.

Firefox + videodownloader
1. If you’re using Firefox browser, just install a plug-in named videodownloader(download link:https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390)

2. After installing videodownloader, restart Firefox. In the bottom right, you'll see a little box. Go to the video you want to download, double click that little box.


3. select download link,then you could download the streaming video you want. (Note, you have to rename the file extension from “html” to “flv”when you save the link. (Make sure your compute is show file extension)



4. Convert the flv video to MP4 video with Aneesoft Video Converter,it is freeware.Then sync it to your iPod/iPhone/PSP.

If you are Macer,you may use iFunia YouTube Download Converter for Mac, it is easy to use and only $29.

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