# What can I use to convert you tube videos to Itunes files? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495 "2010-02-10T23:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 14, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/21 "2010-02-14T03:57:03Z")
> [@Iolanthe](#): > > Will any of these work in the opposite direction? As in, I have some itunes video files that I want to convert so I can burn them onto a DVD that is playable in a standard DVD player? Purchased videos? These are protected by DRM, and are somewhere between difficult and impossible to convert. I’ve never found a way to do it. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/22 "2011-04-10T14:03:28Z")
Viddyup and Tooble don’t seem to work any more. What are the current recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/23 "2011-04-10T15:13:44Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Viddyup and Tooble don’t seem to work any more. What are the current recommendations? [Video Download Helper](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/) seems to have the highest popularity and ratings of all the Firefox addons for this purpose–and those work on both Macs and PCs. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/24 "2011-04-11T01:19:21Z")
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve successfully installed the DownloadHelper extension in Mozilla, but using it for conversion apparently requires something called ffmpeg. I went to the website for ffmpeg, but I can’t make heads or tails of it, how to downoad, install and use it. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/25 "2011-04-11T01:28:25Z")
[Online Video Converter](http://onlinevideoconverter.com/) is easy-peasy. OVC downloads the files and then converts them from its own site and then lets you download the converted files to your computer. From there you can have iTunes pick them up and list them in your library. I’ve found that it works best to create a folder on my desktop (though it could be filed anywhere) and have the program download songs into it. That way iTunes can always find the songs. It often can’t locate them if you move them to another location and then you have to reload them into iTunes from their new location. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/26 "2011-04-11T01:36:15Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Viddyup and Tooble don’t seem to work any more. What are the current recommendations? I’d recommend installing the ClickToFlash extension for Safari. It will automatically load YouTube videos in h.264 which you can right-click on and choose “Download video” and it will download as a native .mp4 file that should play fine in iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/27 "2011-04-11T01:41:33Z")
Mac OS probably loads the entire video in one of your /tmp files when you play it in your browser. So if you want to download it without messing around with new software, you can probably google for the location in a minute or two (I’d do it for you, but I think it depends on what version of the OS you have). ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/28 "2011-04-11T04:39:50Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > Try this. > > Go to the YouTube video you want, say > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=tAGdJqaa3ag](http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=tAGdJqaa3ag) > > Replace the “y” in the url with a “3” like this > > [3outube.com](http://www.3outube.com/watch/?v=tAGdJqaa3ag) > > You will be given the opportunity to download the video as either a .mp4 or .flv file. You should be easily able to get it to an iPod from there. Sorry, we couldn’t find [www.3outube.com](http://www.3outube.com) You sure about that? ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/29 "2011-04-11T20:04:03Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > I’ve been using ViddyUp! for a while to convert YouTube and other flv video files to Itunes videos. But it’s started running into problems and Splasm hasn’t produced an update in years, so I’m looking for other options. Any suggestions? Tooble ---
**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:** [April 11, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/30 "2011-04-11T20:26:37Z")
As I noted in Post 22, Tooble no longer works reliably. I often get a failure. ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/31 "2011-04-11T21:46:23Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Sorry, we couldn’t find [www.3outube.com](http://www.3outube.com) > You sure about that? Note that you’re replying to a post that’s over a year old. Evidently the site went belly-up in the meantime. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/32 "2011-04-11T22:25:22Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > As I noted in Post 22, Tooble no longer works reliably. I often get a failure. Did you update? Although the downloads window on mine is a little wonky it still actually downloads. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/33 "2011-04-11T23:23:34Z")
Yep. I updated. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495/34 "2011-04-19T12:33:42Z")
I’m starting to have trouble with Tooble. I’m finding keepvid to be very useful in it’s demise especially with it’s handy bookmarks bar button. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-use-to-convert-you-tube-videos-to-itunes-files/528495.md?page=1)