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Convert youtube, Google flash video to DVD
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Baldrick
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Post Posted: Jul 16, 2006 14:06 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
How to convert video from sites like youtube, google, iFilm, putFilm to DVD. It wont work with all kind of flash videos though like some newer flash videos, see Problems section for tips how to convert newer flash videos.


Tools
www.keepvid.com or videodownloader plugin for firefox, see http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=307707
ConvertXtoDVD or SUPER or Total Video Converter


Problems
Read the problems section if you can't download or convert!


Guide
Download video with www.keepvid.com
1. Copy the link(http url) from the page with the Video
2. Paste the link into www.keepvid.com input box and hit download and waaaaaait
3. Right Click on Download Link and select Save Target As
If it wont work try Videodownloader with Firefox, see http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=307707



Convert with ConvertXtoDVD
Add the flv(s) in ConvertXtoDVD and convert and burn!


or

Convert with SUPER
1. Right click in SUPER to open the file you just downloaded, Add Multimedia File(s)
2. Select vob DVD Compliant under Select the Output Container
3. Set Video Scale Size, 720x480 for NTSC or 720x576 for PAL
4. Set Aspect to 4:3
5. Set frame/sec, 29.97 for NTSC or 25 for PAL
6. Encode
( If you want smaller output file size lower the video and audio Bitrate, you can calculate the bitrate and output file size using a bitrate calculator like www.videohelp.com/calc )
7. Add the DVD VOB file in for example Tmpgenc DVD Author or NeroVision or Ulead DVD Workshop and author and burn it to a DVD.
Done.




Problems

I can't download the flv
Try Videodownloader with Firefox, see http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=307707

ConvertXtoDVD or SUPER won't encode the video
It is probably newer FLV with the VP62 codec,
Try Total Video Converter, convert to AVI or MPG DVD Directly.
or
Install this FLV Splitter, extract the file to a folder and then Start->Run and type regsvr32 c:\folder\FLVSPlitter.ax to install it.
Extract the video and audio from the FLV with FLV Extract.
Open the new avi and mp3 with Tmpgenc Plus and encode to DVD MPG file.























Last edited by Baldrick on Sep 01, 2006 05:59, edited 25 times in total
BJ_M
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Post Posted: Jul 16, 2006 14:07 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
wow -- you out did yourself on this guide !!! laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif tongue.gif tongue.gif
















j/k i hope you know
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Baldrick
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Post Posted: Jul 16, 2006 14:10 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I have spent all day making this comphrensive guide....realmad.gif realmad.gif ....

BJ_M
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Post Posted: Jul 16, 2006 14:17 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
the guide is for PAL only - some people will ask how do i make a ntsc instead .... also 5:4 aspect ratio would be for square pixel..

many flv are using the newer on2 codecs - the quality is amazing compared to the older flash / flv formats ...
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Baldrick
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Post Posted: Jul 16, 2006 14:21 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
i wouldn't call it a guide yet...just two screenshots... biggrin.gif

hech54
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Post Posted: Jul 16, 2006 15:04 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I'm not sure about converting YouTube vids to DVD format...but this guide made me take another harder look at SUPER.
Downloading it now.
Thanks Baldrick
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Post Posted: Jul 17, 2006 21:29 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
SPAM

bmwracer
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Post Posted: Jul 20, 2006 09:57 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
BJ_M wrote:
the guide is for PAL only - some people will ask how do i make a ntsc instead ....

Looks like Baldrick updated his original post: now NTSC and PAL are covered. smile.gif
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Seeker47
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Post Posted: Jul 21, 2006 12:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
> Download video with www.keepvid.com

bmwracer wrote:
BJ_M wrote:
the guide is for PAL only - some people will ask how do i make a ntsc instead ....

Looks like Baldrick updated his original post: now NTSC and PAL are covered. smile.gif


All well and good. However, I don't think you can capture stuff from sites like Atom Film. Is KeepVid the only game in town ?

BJ_M
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Post Posted: Jul 21, 2006 13:16 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
not the only way -- but the easy way
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BJ_M
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Post Posted: Jul 21, 2006 13:16 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
bmwracer wrote:
BJ_M wrote:
the guide is for PAL only - some people will ask how do i make a ntsc instead ....

Looks like Baldrick updated his original post: now NTSC and PAL are covered. smile.gif



Quote:

Last edited by Baldrick on Jul 20, 2006 04:22, edited 13 times in tota

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Post Posted: Jul 21, 2006 15:11 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
BJ_M wrote:
Quote:
Last edited by Baldrick on Jul 20, 2006 04:22, edited 13 times in tota

Yup, saw that. smile.gif
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AngusMacGyver
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Post Posted: Jul 22, 2006 07:16 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
You can use Firefox (instead IE) and its VideoDownloader extension to download video.
Maybe it's faster than keepvid.com.
smile.gif

hech54
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Post Posted: Jul 22, 2006 10:50 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
AngusMacGyver wrote:
You can use Firefox (instead IE) and its VideoDownloader extension to download video.
Maybe it's faster than keepvid.com.
smile.gif


Doubt It.
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krypt300
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Post Posted: Jul 24, 2006 21:23 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
it would be easier to convert to vcd instead of dvd..alot of the videos on youtube.com are compressed videos resulting in some pixelating..putting it on dvd won't improve the video quality but just for dvd compatabilty purposes.

crazysxycool
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Post Posted: Jul 30, 2006 17:22 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I followed the instructions and it does seem to work. However, when I view the file before burning (in Nero), it seems the audio is off 1/2 - 1 second. Is there a way to correct this?

hech54
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Post Posted: Jul 31, 2006 00:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
You are better off just keeping the .flv files(videos) on your computer and watching it whenever you want.
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lchiu7
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Post Posted: Jul 31, 2006 23:16 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
A timely post since the kids wanted to be able to watch some video offline. But found Super a bit flaky at times - it would abort and the log would point to some message about DirectShow, or CPU shortage or some other arcane problem.

Decided to use ffmpeg directly from the command line and it works every time converting flv files to AVI or MPEG2 as well as being faster.

hech54
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Post Posted: Jul 31, 2006 23:45 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
You can still watch them offline.
Keep them as .flv files and download a free .flv player.
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lchiu7
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Post Posted: Aug 01, 2006 21:13 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
The kids want to watch on a TV, not a PC so there is need to transcode and burn to DVD

vsclassic
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Post Posted: Aug 02, 2006 07:08 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
i downloaded a video from youtube and super can't encode it. i think because of its file format.... take a look at the picture

untitled.bmp

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Aug 02, 2006 07:19 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
image doesn't work. save as jpg and upload instead.

vsclassic
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Post Posted: Aug 02, 2006 07:27 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
here is is..



Baldrick
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Post Posted: Aug 02, 2006 07:32 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
try add a .flv extension, rename the file to video.flv. super might require that.

vsclassic
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Post Posted: Aug 02, 2006 07:46 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
whta do i write? how do i save it in flv format?

vsclassic
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Post Posted: Aug 02, 2006 07:46 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
what*

kschang
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Post Posted: Aug 02, 2006 13:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Just rename (hit f2) and give it .flv extension.

better life
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Post Posted: Aug 06, 2006 12:17 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
After I pasted the link and hit Download, this message came up "Unable to select database. Please try again in a few minutes". Is this the way?

better life
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Post Posted: Aug 06, 2006 15:18 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I downloaded "videodownloader-1.0-fx.xpi" but it is not openable. How can I install this .xpi?

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Aug 06, 2006 16:07 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
It is a firefox plugin. But please continue in your other topic http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1557416#1557416 . No need to post same msg everywhere.

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