This tutorial will guide you how to save Youtube, MySpace, iFilm and GoogleVideo videos using free tools.
What You Will Need
Firefox
VideoDownloader Extension for Firefox
MediaCoder
Instructions:
1) Download and install all of the free tools listed above.
2) Goto a site (such as Youtube, MySpace, GoogleVideo, iFilm, etc.
3) Search and find a video you would like to keep.
4) Click the VideoDownloader Button in the bottom right part of your Firefox Browser window.
5) A window will pop-up. Click the button that says ‘Download Link.’
6) Click ‘Save to Disk’ and then click ‘OK’ in the ‘Downloads’ window.
***NOTE: If the file you download does not have the extension .flv, then rename the file and end the name with .flv***
7) Start up MediaCoder
8) Drag and Drop the .flv file(s) into the large white area
9) Click the ‘Video’ tab in the lower left-hand section on the window and select ‘XviD’ in the ‘Format’ drop-down menu.
10) Click the large ‘Start’ button (third from the right at the top of the window) to begin transcoding the video(s).
11) Once a window pops up saying that the transcoding has completed, then you are done!
Now that you have the videos in .AVI format, you can use Nero, dvdSanta, or some other DVD video burning program to burn these videos onto a DVD so you can watch them on any standard DVD player!
Enjoy ;) …..
PS: This tutorial is written by hippo from dvdhelp.us
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