If you have favorite videos on the web, you can use download software
to convert YouTube videos into different formats such as MP4, FLV, 3GP,
AVI, DivX and WMV. Depending on the type of download YouTube software
you use, you can save the videos on your computer or view them right
from your iPod or mobile phones.
MPEG-4, commonly known as MP4, is a format file created to provide
DVD quality of audio and video in a very small file size. It is ideal
for playing on portable MP4 players like the iPod Video and mobile
phones that are equipped with a technology to playback MP4 files.
There are sites on the web that allow you to download YouTube videos
and save them in MP4 format. These sites do not require a converter as
they use compressed domain transcoder technology to converts FLV to MPEG
quickly and with less losses.
On the other hand, you can download a converter software to convert
videos from YouTube into different formats like the MP4. Some converters
can convert YouTube videos into several formats while a few can convert
into one or two file formats.
FLV stands for Flash Live Video and it is the type of video file used
by YouTube, Reuters and Google videos. Some converters retain the FLV
extension file of the video instead of converting into another format.
There are video and audio players that can play FLV files.
The 3GP is a multimedia file created by the Third Generation
Partnership Project of 3GPPP used on 3G mobile phones. It can also be
used by 2G and 4G mobile phones. With this technology, it is possible to
play and view videos from mobile phones and Pods.
The file extension .3GP is a simplified standard of the MP4 designed
to reduce the amount of storage required and decrease the bandwidth
requirements established to accommodate for mobile phones.
Another file format into which you can convert YouTube videos is the
AVI. AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave, and it is a multimedia
container format that allows you to playback synchronously audio and
video files like the DVD video format.
The AVI files support multiple streaming audio and video, and also
use the file format extensions created by the Matrox OpenDML group. AVI
was creadtMicrosoft in 1992 as a component of its videos for Windows
Technology.
DivX files use the media format DMF or DivX Media Format with .divx
as its file extension. As a media container format, it is used for the
MPEG-4 Part 2 codec. Its features include interactive video menus,
multiple subtitles, multiple audio tracks, and multiple video streams.
You can convert YouTube videos into .divx files and have them played
on your DivX player, which you can download for free from certain
websites. Another option file for you to consider is the wmv.
WMV stands for Windows Media Video. It was originally developed by
Microsoft for internet streaming applications as a competitor of
RealVideo. If you convert YouTube videos into WMV file, you must have
Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, MPlayer, VLC Media player or KMPlayer
