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kainjow

Moderator emeritus
Original poster
Jun 15, 2000
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Here's a tutorial on how to convert Google videos into an iPod friendly format.

Step 1
Copy the URL of the Google Video web page that contains the video (will start with "http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=")

Step 2
Now go to the Google Video Downloader web page, and enter the URL you copied into the "Google Video Page" text field (second text field), and click Decode URL.

Step 3
In the new page, click the "download flv" link. A file will be downloaded named "videoplayback".

Step 4
Once the download is complete, add the extension ".flv" to the file, so it will be renamed to "videoplayback.flv".

Step 5
Download iSquint (free), if you have not already.

Step 6
Drag the videoplayback.flv file into iSquint's window and click Start to convert the flv file into an MP4!

Step 7
Add the converted .mp4 file into iTunes and you're done!

If there's enough demand, I may create a little program to automate this all.. we'll see :)
 
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