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Small, durable, convenient and multi-functional, the MP4 player can serve a variety of purposes: no matter whether it's transporting files from one place to another, listening to music, watching movies or reading e-books. And with the new touchscreen MP4 becoming more commonplace, personal media players are more user friendly than ever. It is no surprise then that an increasing number op people have started to view their MP4s as essential in their daily lives as the phone or keys.
This has coincided with an explosion of songs and videos being posted on the internet in the internet-friendly “.SWF” or “.FLV” formats. Thousands of incredibly watchable videos have been posted on portals like YouTube, Metacafe and Google Video drawing massive visitor numbers and creating huge interest, both in the sites and the video themselves. It is not surprising then that a growing number of people are looking for MP4 converter software, and asking the question How can I watch YouTube videos on my MP4;
Thankfully, these videos can be downloaded and converted to a MP4 player-friendly format. Here’s how you can download MP4s and play them:
Get The Video - The First thing that you will need to do is get the actual video from the site. There are numbeous ways that this can be done and a Google search on “how to download YouTube videos” could potentially turn up millions of hits. Funnily enough, a search on YouTube will be just as fruitful with the tutorial on the JimmyR.com channel being especially popular and thorough.
More popular programs include the Firefox add on, download helper, andRealPlayer 11 as well as sites like downloadyoutubevideos.com, keepvid.com, Orbitdownloader.com or the downloading function on gadget news site techcrunch.com. However, a bigger list of sites could probably be found by entering the search term 'FLV downloader' on Google, Yahoo or any other search engine.
Most YouTube video capturing programs and sites are fairly simple to operate as all you need to do is insert the video’s URL (web address) into the entry box and let the program do the rest. To successfully convert the videos for some programs you will need to save them as ‘.FLV’ after capturing them although download helper and RealPlayer 11 will select the format for you. Some FLV download software, like vixy.net, flivix.com, modifyvideo.com or zamzar.com will even convert files into MP4-friendly formats for you but can take some time to do so.
Convert the video - If you decide you can't wait there is no shortage of MP4 converter programs which can be downloaded off the internet for free. Some popular ones include Mediacoder, accessible by visiting the open source software database sourceforge.net and Super, which can be downloaded from software designer erightsoft.com. Finding the location of the download link was so confusing makers put together the page http://www.erightsoft.com/dlhelp.html to help people it. However these are just two of the programs and a search on sourceforge.net or freewarefiles.com is likely to bring up more.
Once you have converted the files you may find that you have to convert them in to a format more favoured by your MP4, which can usually be done on software which came with the player. However, you now have access to a wide new world of varied content to go along with your brand new touchscreen MP4. Why limit yourself to a world of torrents and CDs when there is a whole world of music and movies just waiting to be put onto your MP4 player.
Category: IPodMP4 Downloads, How To Download YouTube Videos And Watch Them On Your MP4 Player was written by:Author:Rose LiAdded: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:53:04 -0500 This Article Has Been Read 6154 times View all Rose Li's articlesAbout the Author: Rose Li is the PR Manager for Chinavasion.com. Chinavasion.com is the world's leading online drop ship wholesaler for MP4 players and other consumer electronics. Accredited by Validated Site, ScanAlert, and Verisign, and listed in all the leading B2B directories. Chinavasion.com is the market leading online wholesale electronics shop for eBay dropship sellers and importers worldwide. For more details visit: http://www.chinavasion.com |
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