| Title: |
YouTube, Google Video Download and DivX Conversion Guide |
| Description: |
A guide on how to download and play YouTube/Google Video clips and then convert them to DivX/AVI files, all using free software. |
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DVDGuy |
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Beginners |
| Software Used: |
Dr. DivX, ffdshow, FLV Splitter, Google Video Player, Media Player Classic |
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Step 1.2: Downloading Google video using Google Video Player
Lots of Google videos now offer downloads, done through Google's Video Player. The player saves the Google video in the GVI format, which is actually the same as AVI. If Google does not offer you the download button, then you need to go back to the previous step (step 1.1: Downloading the video using UnPlug).
If Google Video does not offers the download to you, please go back to step 1.1
First, download and install
Google Video Player.
Next, go to the Google video page that contains the video you want to download and locate the "Download" button (see screenshot above). The drop down menu next to the download button has two options. The "Windows/Mac" option saves the video in GVI format (again, same as AVI) that uses MPEG-4 ASP (similar to DivX/XviD) for video and Lame MP3 for audio. The "Video iPod/Sony PSP" option saves the video in MP4 using H.264 for video and AAC LC for audio. This guide will cover the "Windows/Mac" option (GVI), although you can download it in MP4 format if you wish and refer to our
MP4 Usage Guide for further instructions on how to play/convert this format.
Anyway, select the "Windows/Mac" option and click on the "Download" button. This will hopefully start the Google Video Player (if it doesn't start, you might need to restart your browser). The Video will start to stream/play, and at the same time, Google Video Player will be saving the video to your hard drive - the default save directory is "My Documents\My Videos\Google Videos" (you can change this in the "File" -> "Preferences" window). Once the video has streamed fully, the GVI file should now be saved to your hard-drive.
You can now rename the file extension to "AVI" and it will be a perfectly playable AVI file. If you can't see the ".gvi" extension (and hence, can't change it to ".avi"), you will need enable it in Windows by going into Tools -> Folder Options -> View and deselecting the "Hide extension for known file types" option" - see
this image for more details.
And you're now finished with this guide, so you can skip the rest of the steps (lucky you).
