Do you want to convert your favorite YouTube videos to a desired video format before downloading it? If your answer is yes then Clip Converter is a free online help you can try using. It allows you to select and convert YouTube videos into its available video and audio formats before downloading it.

Once you copy paste the YouTube URL to the Media URLbox as shown above and click continue, the website tries to detect media. Once media  is detected the following page is displayed.

As you can see above, there are a variety of video and audio formats you can choose from. Conversion Optionsinclude audio volume, channel, bitrate, video bitrate , aspect ratio as well as video start and end options. Customize the conversion the way you want. However, you can also download straight away without any conversion by clicking Download.

Once you are done, click Startat the bottom left corner to initiate the conversion. Your video will then be converted. As the Conversion successfully completeddialog appears, click Downloadto get the converted video.

If you only want the audio, the tool offers a wide range of formats. Simply select MP3, M4A, AAC, WMA or OGG as the conversion format.  Clip Converter browser addons for Firefox , Chrome and Safari are also available. Go to the browser addon page to download it.

Out of tons of similar alternatives, Clip Converter do not seem to stand out in a unique way. However, the extensive list of supported conversion formats for video as well as audio definitely makes the tool a useful one. Also the bookmarklet that can can be down;loaded from the browser addon page is a helpful aid in case you need a browser shortcut to convert (and download ) videos while watching them. The conversion speed is quite impressive if not the best among the lot. For me, it is definitely worth a try. Enjoy conversion and downloading with Clip Converter.

[Windows Only]

There are thousands of great songs on Youtube, and if you’d like to have them as MP3 files, there are plenty of ways to get them. Here are some methods we’ve written about before:

• Download and Convert YouTube Playlist to MP3 With YouTube Playlist Converter
• How to Convert and Download YouTube Videos
• Free Audio Extractor – Convert FLV MP4 to MP3
• Download Youtube Videos As Mp3 files with just 1 Click

Now I’ll tell you about one of the easiest ways to get all the music you want.

[Windows and Mac] Today at the office, I wanted to share a funny video with my friends. I normally download videos from Youtube instead of sharing the links. That’s because our office network doesn’t stream internet video very well.

I used the Deturl bookmarklet to download the video as a high quality MP4 file, as shown below.

The only problem is that most of the people at work don’t have any applications that can view MP4 or FLV files. However, that’s not a problem since I’ve found a great stand-alone viewer named Wimpy FLV Player.

Wimpy is downloaded as a ZIP file, and you’ll see the following files inside it.

To share the video, all I had to do was to put a copy of the Wimpy EXE file in the same folder as the video I wanted to share. All my buddies had to do was to drag the video and drop it onto the Wimpy EXE file.

Here’s what it looks like …

Wimpy plays the following kinds of files:

Video:       – MPEG-4 files that use the H.264 codec
- FLV
- MP4
- 3GP

Audio       – MP3
- AAC
- M4A

There are three main ways to open videos:

• Open up a file location by clicking on the folder icon
• Drag a file and drop it inside of Wimpy
• Open up a video location on the net by clicking on the globe icon

It also has 14 skins that change it’s looks just a little.

Download Page for Wimpy FLV Player

Here’s the video I was showing you above in the screenshots:

I am hunting Wabbits!

Link to video

Techie Buzz Verdict

Any time I run into a stand-alone application that does a job well, I have to give it high praise. Wimpy is small but mighty and I have no problem recommending it to all Windows and Mac users.

Techie Buzz Rating: 4/5 (Excellent)

[Windows Only] Currently there are many different ways to convert one video format to another. You can make use of several video conversion services online. If you’d like to convert video on your PC using software, we’ve written about a few, such as Free Video And Audio Converter and Quick Media Converter.

Today, I tried a converter called ‘Any Video Converter‘, and I’ll show you a some of the features.

Any Video Converter lets you convert between a large number of video formats such as AVI, FLV, MOV, MP4, MPG, M2TS, MTS, RM, RMVB, QT, and WMV. You can manually adjust the settings for each format or use several presets. The program can also trim and crop portions of video and merge multiple video files. Other features include batch conversion, YouTube downloads, video snapshots and more.

I was the most interested in downloading YouTube videos and converting them to files for Windows Media Player. Most YouTube downloaders or rippers will give you FLV or MP4 formats and Windows Media Player is not always able to play them.

First I went to YouTube and copied the URL of a video I wanted. Then I fired up ‘Any Video Converter’ and clicked on the YouTube icon to paste in the address. I also used the pull down menu at the top right to select the WMV profile.

Once I had the YouTube URL listed, I clicked the “Convert” button and the program automatically started downloading and converting the video from YouTube. I ended up with the original MP4 and a new WMV file in the “My Documents/Any Video Converter” folder on my PC. It works fast and does a good job.

Another feature I liked was the ability to take snapshots of a video using the video preview area of ‘Any Video Converter’. All you have to do is start the video playback and click the snapshot button (circled below).

After you are done clicking a few snapshots, you’ll find the PNG image files in the Snapshot folder under “My Documents/Any Video Converter”.

Here’s a snapshot I took of a video named “Kissing Monkeys”. You’d think only a mother could love a face like that. Don’t be so quick to judge … check the video link below.

Click to see the video

Those are the only features I’ve tried so far, but based on that, I’m guessing everything works as advertised. However, this is a free version of a commercial product, and the author does pop up an occasional recommendation to buy the paid version. That’s the only thing I didn’t like very much.

Download ‘Any Video Converter’

Techie Buzz Verdict:
I found ‘Any Video Converter’ to be useful, flexible and unique in some ways. If you need to convert video formats, you’ll find it’s easy to use and does a good job.

Techie Buzz Rating: 3/5 (Good)

1-Click YouTube To MP3 Converter 2.0 is one of the easiest downloader-cum-converter for Youtube videos. The main beauty is that, you do not need to open the browser every single time to grab an URL. Just use the search feature provided in the tool to find the video. All you have to do now is drag-n-drop the video URL to the input field and you are ready to download/convert it. You could also do it as shown in the screenshot.

1. Download 1-Click YouTube To MP3 Converter 2.0. Install the tool.

2. Now to convert any video, go to YouTube, copy the URL of the video and paste it in the space provided(Refer the screenshot). You can convert multiple videos at one go. Just copy paste the URLs one per line. You can also also search for videos right from the tool window. Just drag and drop the URLs from the search results to the URL field to add them.

3. You can convert the video to mp3, wmv, wav and m4a formats. Make your choice from the dropdown to the left. You could also download the video as flv.

4. After you are done configuring the conversion process, just hit Get/Convert button at the left bottom corner.

I hope this will make this task easier for the Youtube addicts as well as music lovers. Feel free to share your ideas about this free tool via comments.

UTube Ripper

UTube Ripper is an application written in Gambas, that works exclusively on Linux. With this free application, you can download YouTube videos in a simple and efficient way.

Using UTube Ripper, you can also convert YouTube videos, which are in flash format, to a non-flash format. Using the “Rip audio only” option within this application, you can extract audio from a YouTube video, and then convert it into MP3 format.

You can download the .deb package (debian package for Ubuntu) for UTube Ripper from here.

Techie-Buzz Rating: 3.5/5

VDownloader is a small Windows application that tries to be a video addict’s favorite companion. The simple interface allows you to search several video sites, view the videos, then download and convert them to your favorite video format.

I first tried VDownloader nearly a year ago. Since then, I haven’t used it much. I was reminded about it when a friend of mine contacted me to let me know that it has a new home page.

Previously VDownloader was offered as a simple zip file that you could unpack and place on your PC. Now the author is offering it as a executable installation. I was actually happier with the zip file.

The first thing I noticed this time around was that the author would also like you to install a “Browser Sync” application. If you don’t want it, be sure to use the “Custom Install” option to skip installing it. I haven’t tried that app so I can’t recommend it.

They also install a shortcut to Ebay on your desktop. If you don’t want it, delete it.

Once you’ve installed and launched VDownloader the first time, you’ll see four icons on the left sidebar for Download, Search, Browser and Settings.

I recommend that you go to the Settings and set up your default download folder. Otherwise, you may   have a problem finding your video files once you’ve downloaded them.

The search window allows you to type in search terms that help you discover new videos at your favorite video sites.

The Browser window actually lets you use a little web browser right inside of VDownloader. Buttons at the top of the window make it easy to download anything you find interesting.

The Download window shows you a history of all the videos you have downloaded and those that you are currently downloading.

You can save videos as AVI, MPG, iPOD/iPHONE, PSP, 3GP, NOKIA N8×0, VCD, SVCD, DVD, FLV or MP3 (audio only) and export videos to a mobile device.

All in all, I have found this application is pretty useful. Maybe you’ll like it to.

Problems? You can contact the author of VDownloader.

Download VDownloader from Download.com or from the author’s sites at vdownloader.com or vdownloader.es.

We have written posts on how  you can download YouTube videos in 1 click and highlighted a Firefox extension that will download videos from multiple sites, but what about converting YouTube videos while you download it?

To fill the void, here is a simple and free tool called Save2PC that will help you download and save YouTube and Google Videos as AVI or MPEG files, without having to use any other additional conversion software.

Simply paste the URL of a video into the program, press Start , and the AVI, MPEG or FLV file will be downloaded into the selected folder. If you decide to download the file in FLV format, check out our pick of the best free FLV player to play those files.

Download Save2PC Free Light Edition

I watch a lot of videos on YouTube and many a times I tend to download those videos and save it on my drive. The problem occurs when a video tends to have multiple parts I have to download all of those one by one.

That was till I came across a solution to download multiple files from YouTube in one click. 1-Click YouTube Batch Downloader is a real life saver for me as it allows me to download multiple files in one click rather than having to navigate through each URL.

The one thing that makes this software unique from other YouTube downloaders is that gives you a option to download multiple files at once. The videos can be converted into mp4, wmv, and mov formats. You can also join multiple videos to create a single file which is another feature that rocks.

Watch the Videos below to see the 1-Click YouTube Batch Downloader in action.

Downloading Multiple Files

Join Multiple Videos to make it One file

Download Individual Video with 1 Click. No more Save As… No more renaming to .flv!

If you like what you see in the videos don’t wait go ahead and download the Free 1-Click YouTube Batch Downloader.