[Slowhand] YouTube videos to iPod

[Steve Proctor]

One can download YouTube videos if using Windows.  You need two free programs.  TubeYou is available from PC World's website at:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64509-order,1-page,1/description.html

The file is saved in .flv format.  I suppose there are programs that can view this format, but I use a great program called Super available from:
http://www.erightsoft.com/home.html

This program converts one video format to another.  To convert to .mp4 suitable for an iPod or iPhone, I use these settings.  Other settings may work, too:

1) "Select the Output Container:"  mp4
2) "Select the Output Video Codec:"  H.264/AVC
3) "Select the Output Audio Codec:"  AAC

In the "video" section, set the following:
"Video Scale Size:" 320:240
"Aspect:" 4:3
"Frame/Sec:"  30 (I think 25 works, too)
"Bitrate:"  1248
"Options:"  Hi Quality, 48K Audio

In the "audio" section, set the following:
"Sampling Frequency:"  44100
"Channels:"  2
"Bitrate kbps:" 64
DVD Language Select..." default

This doesn't work for every YouTube video, but I have had relatively good luck.

Best,

Steve
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