# Is there a way to take a Youtube video and put it on my Ipod? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618 "2008-01-23T02:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/1 "2008-01-23T02:52:20Z")
Question in the thread title. And, of course, I’m only asking about videos that are not subject to copyright restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/2 "2008-01-23T03:01:28Z")
What kind of iPod? My iTouch has a direct link to YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![xiix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d6d6ee/32.png) [@xiix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xiix)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/3 "2008-01-23T03:32:21Z")
there are programs that will make downloadable files from youtube, an example garnered from 0.5 seconds of googling is [NameBright - Domain Expired](http://www.ripzor.com/youtuberipper.html) From there, you need an ipod video creator, of which there are many as well [http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/](http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/) or [koyotesoft.com](http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html) (which I think can work with the flvs that the very first link generates). I’m not personally familiar with any of these applications because I’m a mac user but what you’re asking for can definitely be accomplished and the quality should be fine because you’re trying to play it back on a small screen. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/4 "2008-01-23T04:19:41Z")
You can save a youtube video as an .flv (Flash) file from Safari by: 1. Watching the video in Safari 2. Going to the “Activity” window (under the “Window” menu) 3 Double-clicking on the video item (you can tell by the size - it should be much bigger than the other items) The file will download to your default download location. You can convert it with your favorite utility. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/5 "2008-01-23T04:55:21Z")
[QUOTE=xiix] I’m not personally familiar with any of these applications because I’m a mac user [/QUOTE] So what would you use? I’m a Mac user too. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/6 "2008-01-23T04:57:06Z")
I have used [vixy.net](http://vixy.net) with some success. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/7 "2008-01-23T14:21:30Z")
I personally use [VideoGet](http://nuclear-coffee.com/php/products.php). It downloads and converts the video automatically into iPod format ---
**Author:** ![glenarma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@glenarma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glenarma)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/8 "2008-01-23T17:39:39Z")
On my Mac, I use a combination of the free [Fast Video Download](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3590) for Firefox (a nice little icon on the status bar that helps to download any Flash video) and [ViddyUp](http://www.splasm.com/viddyup/) to convert the downloaded FLV video file - it costs around $10, but it has a lot of great iPod-centric features, including the ability to crop and take a snapshot for displaying on your iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/9 "2008-01-24T00:07:23Z")
[QUOTE=Dog80] I personally use [VideoGet](http://nuclear-coffee.com/php/products.php). It downloads and converts the video automatically into iPod format [/QUOTE] And then what do you do? How do I get it from Videoget on to my ipod? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-youtube-video-and-put-it-on-my-ipod/434618/10 "2008-01-24T00:21:46Z")
This application works well but it’s not free: [Tubesock](http://stinkbot.com/Tubesock/)