Watching YouTube videos on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch is simple. Just point your browser to YouTube.com or download the free YouTube app from the App Store. Find a video you're interested in, and you'll be watching a video it in no time (remember: watching a lot of video over a 3G or 4G wireless connection can eat up your monthly bandwidth limit pretty quickly, so Wi-Fi may be better).
But what about your favorite YouTube videos? What if you want to watch them over and over again — even when you're not connected to the internet? This is especially important on the iPod touch, since it only has a Wi-Fi connection, not an always-on cellular connection like the iPhone.
In that case, you need to download YouTube videos to your iPhone or iPod touch. There are a number of tools that make this a simple task.
Software for Downloading YouTube Videos to iPhone
There are a lot of tools that can save YouTube videos. Some are websites, some are programs that run on your computer, and others are apps that run directly on your iPhone. While this list is far from comprehensive, here are some of the tools that can help (I haven't reviewed any of them, so I can't say which is best; it's a good idea to read reviews before you buy the paid apps):
- ClipGrab (software for Windows, Mac, and Linux; free)
- KeepVid (web-based tool; desktop version available; free)
- Replay Media Catcher (software for Windows and Mac; US$29.95)
- Zamzar (web-based tool; free).
How to Download YouTube Videos
The exact steps required to download videos depend on which tool you're using. Different tools have different settings and steps. These instructions roughly apply to most tools to download videos.
- Choose a tool from the list above, or by searching for another option at the App Store or your favorite search engine.
- Once you have the tool installed and opened, go to YouTube (either in the tool or in your web browser) and find the video you want to download. You'll probably need to copy and paste the URL of the video into the download tool.
- When you're saving a video, choose the MP4 video format. Some tools won't give you this choice, but instead just offer the option create a video for iPhone/iPod. That works, too.
- When the video is done downloading, it will either be saved to your computer or saved in the app on your iPhone. If you downloaded the video on an iPhone, skip to step 6. If you saved the video on your computer, drag the video into iTunes to add it to your iTunes library.
- With the video now saved in iTunes, sync your iPhone with your computer. In the Movies tab of the iTunes syncing screen, check the box next to the video you just downloaded from YouTube. Click the Sync button in the bottom right corner of the screen.Spider-Man The Lizard Sanction (Marvel Comics) [Diane Duane] on Amazon.com. Illustrated with line drawings at the start of each chapter, a new Spider-Man adventure. Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App. Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction Mass Market Paperback – August 1, 1996. Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App. Spider-man the lizard sanction download torrent 2017. Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction by Diane Duane - A multi-voice, fully dramatized. Abridged Audio Download. In Stock: Available for immediate download.With that, the YouTube video has been downloaded to your device just like any other video—and you can watch it whenever, and wherever, you want. You can view it in the pre-installed Videos app.
- If you saved the video using an app, the video may be saved directly in the app you used to download it. If so, you should be able to watch it there.
- If it's not saved in the app, check the pre-installed TV (or, on older versions of the iOS, Videos) app. In it, you'll see all the videos on your device, including the one you just added. Tap it to watch the video.
But Should You Download YouTube Videos?
You can save YouTube videos, but does that mean you should? I'm definitely not an ethicist, but it seems to me that in many cases you probably shouldn't.
When people or companies post videos to YouTube, they want to share their content, but they may also want to make money. Many video creators get a share of the ad revenue generated by their videos. Some people, in fact, make videos as their full-time jobs and depend on ad revenue to live. When you save videos offline, those ads can't play and the creators of the video can't earn money.
Besides the video creators, YouTube itself makes money from the ads. It's a little harder to be sympathetic to a huge company, but it has employees and expenses and both are paid, at least in part, with ad revenue.
I'm not necessarily saying you shouldn't save videos, but if you do, at least make sure you understand the consequences your actions have for other people.
Dealing YouTube Videos on With Older iPods
Some older iPods can play video, but none of them can connect to the Internet or run iOS apps. If you want to watch video on those models, you'll need to use a web-based tool or desktop software to download YouTube videos to your computer and then sync them to your iPod, as described in step 5 above. The older iPod models that can play video are:
- iPod Video.
YouTube isn't the only place you can download video from. You can watch Netflix offline by downloading videos there. Learn more in How to Download Movies From Netflix on to Your Mac or iPad.
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How can I save videos from YouTube and play them on my iPod?
There are a variety of ways to save videos from YouTube and play these files on your video-capable iPod or simply within iTunes.
YouTube originally used the Flash Video (FLV) format and the iPod uses the MPEG-4 (MP4) and H.264 formats. Consequently, getting a video from YouTube onto the iPod initially involved:
1. Bypassing the restrictions that make it difficult to save YouTube videos.
2. Converting the video from FLV to MP4.
However, now that the vast majority of YouTube videos already are available in MP4 format the only real challenge is bypassing the save restrictions.
One quick way to perform this task is to download a program designed exclusively for the purpose.
For the Mac, an inexpensive option is TubeSock and there also is the freeware Tooble. For Windows, there are compatible versions of TubeSock and Tooble as well as other programs.
Mac & Windows Software Options
To use TubeSock, just paste a URL from YouTube or DailyMotion into the program -- or use the 'bookmark' script. It's a relatively expensive US$15, but also offers a useful MP3 audio 'extraction' option for those interested in saving the audio from a YouTube clip without the video.
Tooble is a free standalone application that makes it easy to search for and view YouTube clips, as well as save, convert, and import videos of interest directly into iTunes for later viewing. The program is completely free and reported to have 'no spyware, malware, viruses or advertising'. A 'Pro' version also is available for US$5.99 which adds support for additional video websites and audio extraction.
The Windows-compatible versions of TubeSock and Tooble offer the same features and functionality as the Mac-compatible versions.
Website Options
Governing texas chapter 4. If you want to save videos from YouTube, but not automatically convert the clips from FLV format (if necessary) and import them into iTunes, the easiest way to save clips from YouTube is to use TubeGrip or KeepVid.
Just copy the URL of the video you want to save from YouTube, paste it into the appropriate field provided by the websites, hit return, and click the 'High Quality' download option (listed as the 'Download MP4' link on SaveVid), as this file will not need to be converted. Note that due to recent changes at YouTube, all three sites now require authentication of a Java applet before it is possible to download the video file.
To add the saved video to iTunes, just drag it onto the application icon or into the player.
It is hoped that this information will make it easy for you to start expanding your collection of iPod video clips.
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