Download Videos & Songs Off Youtube | Walkthrough

In this post, I’m going to walk you through how to download videos off of YouTube to put on your personal computer to use whenever, wherever. The websites I will be using to do this are YouTube(Obviously), and MediaConverter(To convert and download the YouTube video).

There are two main choices that I am going to run through.

• The first choice is to download the video as a video format, just like you see it on YouTube.
• The second choice is to strip the audio from the YouTube video. This is VERY useful when you hear a song you really enjoy but don’t want the video attached with it.

So here we go! My 12 step walkthrough…

1. Find the YouTube video you wish to download.
2. Go to www.mediaconverter.org. Once there, you will see a “Conversion Wizard“. Choose the second option which is “Convert a Video or Music by URL“.
3. Copy the URL of the YouTube Video / Song you wish to download. (Ex youtube.com/watch?v=Nm58A_IKAys)
4. Go back to the Media Converter website and paste the URL under the second option. (Like stated in step 2).
5. Click “Next Step” and you will be asked to “Choose the File Type to Convert“.
6. If you would like Video AND Audio, choose the video format you would like. (MP4 will work with iPods | Other formats you may be familiar with are .MPG, .MOV, .WMV, .AVI).
7. If you would like to strip the audio from the video, then choose the audio format you would like. (I recommend .MP3).
8. Now, name the file you are downloading. (You don’t have to, but if you don’t then it will be hard to know what’s what).
9. Click “Next Step“, then click “Next Step” again, skipping the 4th step. (It isn’t needed for our purpose).
10. Now you should notice the file being downloaded to the Media Converters server.
11. Once downloading is complete on the website, it will automatically convert the file and give you an option to download it.
12. Once all is done, download the file to your computer.

There you have it! How to download YouTube Videos or Audio directly to your computer in 12 easy steps.