{"id":239,"date":"2009-12-25T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T22:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coldstreams.com\/video\/?p=239"},"modified":"2009-12-25T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T22:55:56","slug":"download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/2009\/12\/25\/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The above is the new official way from Google\/YouTube. Its in test mode now but accessible by following those instructions.<\/p>\n

If you use Firefox, there are also many plug-ins available that can enable you to download .FLV and .MP4 video files from YouTube.<\/p>\n

Recently, YouTube’s HD videos are downloadable as MP4 video files but only in non-HD modes suitable for use on an iPod. If you want the HD versions, you need to download the .FLV file and then probably convert to MP4.<\/p>\n

To download the FLV files, use Download Helper<\/a>. A type YouTube video will show several alternative downloads for the currently playing video.<\/p>\n

One blogger, Rishabh Singla<\/a>, attempted to determine what the different types mean and came up with the following table:<\/p>\n

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  1. Basic \/ Normal<\/span>: <\/span>FLV; 718 KB; 1x; Low<\/li>\n
  2. HQ18:<\/span> MP4; 1.4 MB; 2x; Medium<\/li>\n
  3. HQ22: MP4; 4.5 MB; 6.4x; Very high <\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. HQ35:<\/span> FLV; 2.7 MB; 3.9x; High<\/li>\n
  5. HQ37: Container?; Size?; Factor?; Super<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    However, since the new Download feature has been added to YouTube, I do not believe that HQ44 is consistently an HD “very high” quality video, as shown. Some times it is, but sometimes, the FLV file option is much better.<\/p>\n

    When the FLV file is better, I download the FLV and either play it with VLC – or, I convert it to MP4. If you are using Windows, look for the free FLV to Zune file converter. If you play with the various options, you can do a very nice conversion to 1280×720 MP4 format. (I need to update this post later – I can not seem to find which FLV to Zune converter I have and where I got it from. Meanwhile, here<\/a> is a different free converter – I have not tested.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files. The above is the new official way from Google\/YouTube. Its in test mode now but accessible by following those instructions. If you use Firefox, there are also many plug-ins available that can enable you to download .FLV and .MP4 video files from YouTube. Recently, YouTube’s HD videos are downloadable … Continue reading Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}