Filed under: Internet, Video, Windows
Convert YouTube videos to Windows Media with one click
by Brad Linder Jan 4th 2007 at 1:30PM
Sure, there are plenty of ways to grab a video from YouTube, save it as an flv file, and convert it the file format of your choice. But Zunemytube's got to be the simplest method I've seen so far.All you have to do is install the plugin for Internet Explorer and a little Zune icon will pop up in your toolbar. Then you surf YouTube, Google Video or MSN Soapbox and find videos you want to save. Once you've found a video, all you have to do is click the "Zune It" button in your toolbar and the program will automatically download and convert the video into a Zune-compatible windows media video file. The program creates individual folders for Google, YouTube, and Soapbox videos in your "My Videos" folder.
I have to say, the video quality leaves something to be desired when converting YouTube videos. This is probably because you're taking a highly compressed video and converting it to another compressed video format. I had a bit more luck with Google Videos.
The program only works with Internet Explorer, and I was only able to test it with IE7. Anyone try it with earlier versions?
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kojo87 said 3:04PM on 1-04-2007
damnit. i've been waiting for something like this for converting videos for my Toshiba Gigabeat and now it's only a IE plug-in? where's the Firefox extension?
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Pop Ion said 7:39AM on 1-09-2007
This crappy application broke my video/audio codecs when I've tryed to uninstall it.
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Gelinho said 9:31AM on 2-13-2007
A buddy used it with IE 7 a month ago and it erred when converting the .flv to .wmv.
I just tried it with IE 6.0 with Google and YouTube videos and it all went smoothly.
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