The following guide will show you how to download YouTube videos for Windows Movie Maker, convert YouTube videos (FLV) to WMV/AVI format for Windows Movie Maker and put YouTube videos into Windows Movie Maker. It is divided into three parts:

Part 1. How to download videos from YouTube?

I'd like to recommend using the online YouTube downloader called GrabTube to download videos from YouTube. With this online converter, you can download and convert YouTube video to MP3, 3GP, AVI, FLV or MPG. It is as easy to use as:

1. Browse on over to http://www.grab-tube.com/converter where the converter lives and you will see a screen that looks like this:



2. The URL bar at the top of the screen lets you simply paste a URL of the YouTube video to download. Drop down the format next to it and hit the download button.

3. You will see the next screen with links to download the file to your computer. With the file, you can then use the service to convert it to another file type.

Part 2. How to convert YouTube videos to AVI/WMV for Windows Movie Maker?

The videos downloaded using GrabTube are in MP4/3GP/FLV format. In order to put them onto Windows Movie Maker, you still need to convert the videos to AVI/WMV format. I always use Clone2Go Video Converter to convert between common video formats including AVI and WMV. Apart from a video converter, this piece of software can also be used to download videos from YouTube. So, back to Part 1, if the size of the video you are going to download from YouTube is larger than 40 MB or if you failed to get a high Internet connection, you can just give this video converter a shot.



Note: Windows Movie Maker needs external codec to decode mp4, xvid and mpeg2 video. To skip this trouble, please select "Customized AVI Movie(*.avi)" profile and adjust "video codec" to "msmpeg4v2", "video size" to "Original" to get AVI video accepted by Windows Movie Maker.

Part 3. How to put YouTube videos to Windows Movie Maker?

After you get the output video clip downloaded and converted from YouTube, now you can begin to put it into your Windows Movie Maker.

Click on "File". Then click on "Import into collections". A window will appear. In the window, navigate to the video clip you downloaded and converted from YouTube just now. Then double click on the file. You'll see the icon for the file in your Windows Movie Maker "Collections".



About Windows Movie Maker:

Windows Movie Maker is a totally free program that comes with Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Vista (also called Windows DVD Maker). Below are the media formats accepted by Windows Movie Maker:

Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv
Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .mlv, .mp2
Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff
Windows media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv
MP3 format audio: .mp3

The following article will share with you how to download and convert YouTube videos to iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod touch on Mac for free using Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader for Mac.

Clone2Go Free YouTube Video Downloader and Converter for Mac is a piece of free software specially designed for Mac OS X users to download and convert online YouTube videos as FLV, 3GP or MP4 files. You can follow the steps below to learn how to download YouTube videos to iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod touch on Mac OS X for free with the help of this freeware Mac YouTube Downloader.

Step 1. Download Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader for Mac, install and run it.

Note: This Free Mac YouTube Downloader is compatible with Intel based Mac OS X 10.5 or above. Below is its main interface:

Step 2. Add YouTube videos

Visit YouTube.com and open the YouTube videos you'd like to play on your iPod. Copy the video link from the address bar of your browser.

Paste the link to the "Video Link:" box and click the "+Add" button, then it will be added to the manager panel at the top of the interface. To add more videos, just copy and paste the link to the the box and click the "+Add" button again. Then there will be a list of URL of Videos showing in the manager panel.

Note: You can click the "-Remove" button to remove the links you don't want.

Step 3. Specify output format and output folder

To download YouTube videos for viewing on iPod, choose "MP4" from the "Output Format" options. Tick the "HD MP4 if it is available" download YouTube HD videos as HD MP4 files for your iPod.

Click the "..." button to locate to the folder you want to output the downloaded YouTube videos to.

Note: After the downloading and conversion process, you can click the "Folder" button to locate this folder and get the output videos.

Step 4. Start to Download

Click the "Download" button to start downloading and converting YouTube videos to iPod. When the downloading begins, the downloading process is clearly shown in the manager panel. You can also get the video information such Title, Duration, File Size, etc from the manager panel. You can also terminate the downloading and converting process by clicking the "Stop" button.

Note: The video size of the output files may not fit the screen of your iPod. In this case, you can upgrade Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader for Mac to Clone2Go Video Converter Professional for Mac and import the output videos into the program. From the "Profile" drop-down list, choose "Apple iPod Nano/Classic MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4) as the output format to convert the output video files for playback on iPod.

Step 5. Sync output video files to iPod

Launch iTunes. Click "File -> Add to Library..." to import the output video files to iTunes libary. Then you can sync them to your iPod.

The following article is going to show you how to convert DVD to BlackBerry, convert video to BlackBerry and download and convert YouTube video to BlackBerry on Mac OS X using Clone2Go DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac.

This Mac DVD to BlackBerry Converter actually combines three main features into one program: DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac, Video to BlackBerry Converter for Mac and YouTube Video Downloader and Converter for Mac. To convert DVD, video and YouTube video to BlackBerry on Mac, just follow the steps below:

Step 1. Download Clone2Go DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac, install and run it.

Step 2. Add DVD/Video/YouTube Video

1. Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie you are going to watch on your BlackBerry. After the movie is imported, there is a list showing each DVD chapter/title. From the table, you can know about the Name, Duration, Video Size, etc about the DVD movie.

Note: Check out the longest DVD chapter/title, which is usually the main content of the DVD movie.

2. Click the "Add Files" button to import video files from your Mac HDD.

3. Click the "YouTube" button to open the "Clone2Go YouTube Downloader" window. Then you can start to download and convert YouTube videos simply by copying/pasting the URLs of them. Learn more about how to download and YouTube videos on Mac.

Step 3. Choose Output Format

After loading DVD movie, video files or YouTube videos, go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose the output format that best fits your needs. To convert DVD/video/YouTube video to BlackBerry Video/Audio on Mac, choose the "BlackBerry" category from the list. From the subcategory, choose "BlackBerry Tour 9630 MP4 series (*.mp4)" if you want to convert DVD/video/YouTube video to video file for viewing on your BlackBerry Tour 9630.

Step 4. Start Converting DVD/Video/YouTube Video to BlackBerry on Mac

After making all necessary settings, click the "Convert Now" button to start to convert DVD/Video/YouTube Video to BlackBerry on Mac.

There are a few Tips and Tricks while using this DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac to convert DVD/Video/YouTube Video to BlackBerry video/audio format for syncing to BlackBerry Tour, BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl, etc.

Tips 1. Trim DVD Title or Chapter

If you only want part of the DVD movie for viewing on your BlackBerry, you can trim the DVD movie in either of the following two ways:

Method 1. Specify the "Start Time" and "Stop Time" under the manager panel within the accuracy of second.
Method 2. Trim the movie while previewing it. You can click the "Trim Begin" and "Trim End" buttons to get the certain part of the movie/video while playing it back.

Tips 2. Customize Profile

If you fail to find the most appropriate output format from the "Profile" list for your player, you can click the "Customize..." button next to it to customize a profile. In the following "Profile Settings" Window, you can adjust Video Size, Frame Rate, Encoder, Bitrate; Audio Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder, Bitrate, etc to meet your specific needs.

Tips 3. Select DVD Subtitle/Audio Track

A common DVD movie has several DVD subtitles and audio tracks. You can select any available DVD Audio Track and Subtitle to convert. Just extend the "DVD Audio" and "DVD Subtitle" drop-down menu and choose your favorite audio track and subtitle.

Note: If you want to remove DVD subtitle, just select "None" from the drop-down list. Likewise, if you want to rip DVD without audio, you just choose "None" from the "DVD Audio" menu.

Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader for Mac ( http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-youtube-downloader.php ) is a piece of free software specially designed for Mac OS X users to download and convert online YouTube/Google videos for free.

With this Mac Free YouTube Video Downloader + Converter, you are able to download online movies, TV shows, music videos from YouTube.com as FLV, MP4 or 3GP files and even download YouTube HD videos as HD MP4 files if available.

This Free YouTube Downloader and Converter for Mac can also help you download and convert YouTube (HD) videos to popular video format ready for viewing on portable players such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, Mobile Phone, etc.

Apart from YouTube, Clone2Go Free YouTube Downlaoder for Mac can help you download and convert videos from Google, Break, MySpace, Blip, etc as well.

You can learn more about Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader for Mac from http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-youtube-downloader.php and download it via http://www.clone2go.com/down/clone2go-youtube-downloader-mac-intel.dmg for free.

If you are fond of some video clip from a DVD movie and want to edit it in Apple iMovie project, you got the right place! The following tutorial will share with you how to convert DVD to iMovie friendly video format and import DVD into iMovie for editing.

Video formats accepted by iMovie include MPEG-2 and AVCHD, DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video), QuickTime Movie, MEPG-4. In order to import DVD movie into iMovie, you need to convert DVD to iMovie compatible format first. It is very easy and fast to convert DVD to iMovie format using Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step 1. Add DVD Movie

Download the latest version of Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac, install and run it. ( Free Download )

Click the "Open DVD" button to import your DVD movie. Or you can click the "File ->Open DVD Disc/Folder" in the top menu of Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac to add the DVD movie.

Step 2. Select output format: "MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)"

After the DVD is imported, go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose "MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)" as the output format.

Step 3. Start converting

When all settings are done, click the "Convert Now" button to start convert DVD to iMovie format.

Step 4. Export the output file to iMovie

Launch iMovie, go to "File > Import > Movies...". Select the converted MP4 video then click "Import".

That's it! Now you can edit your videos in iMovie. Enjoy making your own movies!