I'm just wondering if that's possible. I would like to take a video off youtube, put it into iMovie HD 06', and edit it.
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Put a youtube video in iMovie?
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You'll need to save via Keepvid.com and then convert the video to a format iMovie can use
1. Copy the URL of the YouTube video clip to the clipboard.
2. Go to http://keepvid.com
3. Paste the URL you copied into the text box and hit submit.
4. A link will be displayed in a few moments for you to click and download.
5. Once the download is complete, add the .FLV extension to the file.
That's it. You should be able to open the file in any App that uses Quicktime such as iMovie, iDVD, Toast etc...
2. Go to http://keepvid.com
3. Paste the URL you copied into the text box and hit submit.
4. A link will be displayed in a few moments for you to click and download.
5. Once the download is complete, add the .FLV extension to the file.
That's it. You should be able to open the file in any App that uses Quicktime such as iMovie, iDVD, Toast etc...
download a youtube converter software in imtoo. I remember one version is free, and can download the video but do not convert it.
you can have a try.
you can have a try.
Little known (I think?) trick for downloading YouTube or Google Video.
1) Go to the YouTube website, ie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IuSLTBqbQE
2) Open Activity Monitor (Option + Command + A)
3) In the listing of files, find the one that is in MB, not KB (you might have to look around, but the video file is generally the largest)
4) Double click that file, it'll download
5) Add .flv to the file that is downloaded
6) Use any program to convert it to appropriate format (I use MoviePod)
1) Go to the YouTube website, ie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IuSLTBqbQE
2) Open Activity Monitor (Option + Command + A)
3) In the listing of files, find the one that is in MB, not KB (you might have to look around, but the video file is generally the largest)
4) Double click that file, it'll download
5) Add .flv to the file that is downloaded
6) Use any program to convert it to appropriate format (I use MoviePod)
You can also extract the audio from one of the iMovie menus(not at my Mac and can't remember which one) and then delete it.
cant you directly download youtube videos that are in 1080 as mp4s with safari and the activity monitor? imovie will work with that with no conversion necessary am i right?
Here's a Safari extention that puts a Download button into Youtube webpages.
https://github.com/jonathanboom/YouTube-video-downloader-for-Safari
https://github.com/jonathanboom/YouTube-video-downloader-for-Safari
Please please help!!!
I cant get the quick time player to go with the imovie thing so please help!!!!!!
I cant get the quick time player to go with the imovie thing so please help!!!!!!
Is the code for this Extension safe for using with Safari for Lion 10.7 ?
https://github.com/jonathanboom/YouTube-video-downloader-for-Safari#readme
I don't know, I just tested it in Safari 5.0.5 on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and I can see the Download button and click it, but don't see a download link.
Maybe use ClipGrab to download the YouTube video?
ok thanks. I downloaded Clipgrab and installed on my pc. Then I'll move the videos to my Mac.
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ClipGrab is available for Mac OS X too.
Otherwise:
You could use KeepVid, or you could use ClickToFlash, or you could use Safari's Activity window, and all of these are free.
Not sure, but I have been using the Youtube 5 extension for Safari on OS X 10.7 for a long time now. It reduces how often flash is used and lets you download the mp4 files. You can find it at http://www.verticalforest.com/2010/10/27/youtube5-version-2/.