Tutorial: Burning DVDs from YouTube and Google Video Clips (2363 hits)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (View user info) at 2007-07-16 16:35:56 EDT
Several people online have asked me how to do this lately, so I thought I'd just make a quick tutorial to streamline my explanation.
Burning DVDs from YouTube and Google Video source files a great way to save all those favorite online clips to be enjoyed and shared while offline. There many excellent documentaries, speeches, and programs available for free on YouTube and Google Video that might be difficult and/or expensive to obtain in DVD format otherwise. Creating DVDs from YouTube and Google Video clips is a good way to spread information to others who lack the luxury of a good broadband connection or a computer.
Here's what you will need, assuming you have a working DVD burner (all downloads are free):
1: Mozilla's Firefox Browser: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
2: One of the following Firefox add-ons:
a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2390 (This add-on is recommended since it works with more websites than just YouTube and Google.)
b: http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/archives/2005/11/greased_google.php (Follow the instructions on this page completely if you choose this add-on.)
3: DVD Flick http://www.dvdflick.net/download.php
After installing Firefox and the chosen plugin completely, go to one of the supported video sites such as YouTube or Google Video and choose a clip you want to download. If you have correctly installed the Firefox plugin, you should now see a link on the page to download the source .flv file.
For example, if you installed the greasemonkey plugin and you are on YouTube, the link should be at the very top of the page and will say "Save As to download Flash video" in red; on Google Video, a blue link will appear on the right hand side of the page saying "Find Flash Video".
Click the appropriate link to download the source flash file (.flv) to your desktop.
The file may not have a file extension when download is complete, so it will need to be renamed with a ".flv" extension. To do this, *right click* on the file, click "rename" and type a filename of your choosing followed by ".flv". Now the file is ready for use to be played or burned to DVD.
Note: For playback of Flash Video files, I suggest VLC Media Player (also called "VideoLAN"). http://www.videolan.org/ This is the most useful cross-platform video player out there. Beside Flash video files, it literally plays everything from DVDs to .avi, mpeg, .wav, .mp3, .mp4, and even .mov files, which makes it the perfect Swiss Army Knife for your multimedia arsenal.
To burn to DVD, open DVD Flick and add the file you just downloaded to the DVD project. You can burn more than one clip to a DVD. The bar on the left hand side of DVD Flick window will tell you how full the final DVD will be. There are several other options that DVD Flick will allow, such as adding chapters, and I suggest using the help button to explore these options more in depth.
That's all there is to it.
User Reviews
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-07-18 13:03:13 EDT (#)
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My most recent post is all in good fun I hope you realize. I like your music but I saw an opportunity and I took it...
http://www.ubersite.com/m/110250
Submitted by particle_man58 (user info) at 2007-07-18 05:37:46 EDT (#)
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So that's how you do it.... note to self: Try this later.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-07-17 15:07:24 EDT (#)
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+2 for a reality-based post.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-07-17 08:53:45 EDT (#)
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I bet you are going to give DVD's of loose change out for haloween instead of candy...
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-07-17 08:51:11 EDT (#)
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ill bookmark this for future reference, thanks!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-07-17 07:54:27 EDT (#)
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I use democracy to play flvs generally http://www.getdemocracy.com/downloads/
Have you installed perian? http://perian.org/
Perian particularly helps with Front Row stuff
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-07-17 07:44:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-07-17 12:43:20 BST (#)
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Indeed.
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Anyway, it's not like it really took anything away from my points, is it?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-07-17 07:43:20 EDT (#)
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Indeed.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-07-17 07:42:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-07-17 12:39:44 BST (#)
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MAC stands for Media Access Control, Hurty.
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O RLY? K THNX. Mac then, cunt.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-07-17 07:40:19 EDT (#)
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geeks
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-07-17 07:39:44 EDT (#)
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MAC stands for Media Access Control, Hurty.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-07-17 07:30:13 EDT (#)
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I've yet to get a .flv to play with sound in VLC.
Couple things. This is hardly friendly to MAC/Linux/anything apart from corporate whore Windows users.
Also, why the fuck would you bother? Sound and image quality (especially on Google Video) is fucking woeful.
Don't bother.
Oh, for MAC users, iSquint is an excellent .flv converter, free too!
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2007-07-17 02:39:50 EDT (#)
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ubmitted by thorpe (user info) at 2007-07-16 22:30:59 EDT (#)
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I might even try this... with my SNAZZY NEW COMPUTER.
Turns out it is reasonably better than the one I described last week. It's not a Dell, for a start. It's a 3.2 not 2.4 processor, dual core not single, still 1GB of RAM but it's DDR2(something). And the hard drive is 160GB not 40.
But the main thing is it has USB PORTS ON THE FRONT, and the keyboard IS NOT STAINED WITH SALSA.
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My PC is water cooled.
I've never god the video downloader plugin to work.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2007-07-16 22:30:59 EDT (#)
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I might even try this... with my SNAZZY NEW COMPUTER.
Turns out it is reasonably better than the one I described last week. It's not a Dell, for a start. It's a 3.2 not 2.4 processor, dual core not single, still 1GB of RAM but it's DDR2(something). And the hard drive is 160GB not 40.
But the main thing is it has USB PORTS ON THE FRONT, and the keyboard IS NOT STAINED WITH SALSA.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-07-16 20:16:21 EDT (#)
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btw, mr. internet...find me a version of the new documentary "No End In Sight"
it looks interesting and based on real sources.
go on now.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-07-16 19:59:52 EDT (#)
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I hope you burn your face off.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-07-16 18:21:08 EDT (#)
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You use windows?
FIGHT THE POWER ETS!
What about Linux and Mac users? For them, your final step is an insult.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-07-16 17:25:46 EDT (#)
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wow this storm is a real filthy cockface huh?
what an utter slob. Go blow a donkey you fucking ass rimming mouth breather.
Submitted by AlahAckbar (user info) at 2007-07-16 17:24:26 EDT (#)
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again.
Submitted by Dexter-Brown (user info) at 2007-07-16 17:23:13 EDT (#)
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Time to go make a thousand copies of loose change.
Submitted by AlahAckbar (user info) at 2007-07-16 17:22:46 EDT (#)
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Plus two for ETS.
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-07-16 17:22:27 EDT (#)
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You are a sad animal in a happy world.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-07-16 17:21:46 EDT (#)
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without the bold this is meh
still informative though, thanks.
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-07-16 17:20:24 EDT (#)
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YOU KILLED MY FUN
Submitted by URNVUS (user info) at 2007-07-16 17:10:37 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2007-07-16 16:51:11 EDT (#)
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Why do you think I made this tutorial.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2007-07-16 16:50:26 EDT (#)
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Now you can burn pro Ron Paul propaganda DVDs and hand them out on street corners.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2007-07-16 16:46:48 EDT (#)
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Also, if you insist on not using Firefox with the plugins I mentioned, you can use the following site to download the video: http://www.videodl.org/
It will allow you to simply copy and paste a URL and find the source .flv file.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2007-07-16 16:37:32 EDT (#)
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You can still have as much fun as you want on that post. Flail away!
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-07-16 16:36:26 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/110193
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-07-16 16:36:11 EDT (#)
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you killed our fun, douche