It is free (available for both Mac and Windows) and should be in every editor’s toolbox. MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 is a Swiss Army knife of post-production. Then again maybe MPEG Streamclip has been able to do this all along! I’m sure it’s all entirely legal but could be broken by YouTube at any point so your mileage may vary. I was using the beta version 1.9.3b7 to make this work. Leave that checked and you’ll get an HD version of the clip if it is available. If you notice in the above image there’s a radio button for HD. There I choose the iTunes button that has presets for most Apple devices:ĭownload is my favorite option and it will do just that: download the YouTube clip to your hard drive.
I’m usually wanting to convert the clip to an MP4 for playback on an iPhone or iPad so I choose Export to MPEG-4. Open will open the YouTube clip in the MPEG Streamclip window where you can then do just about anything with the clip that you would with any other clip in an MPEG Streamclip window.Ĭonvert takes you to the MPEG Streamclip task box. There’s a number of option here worth exploring but the most important ones are on the left. You’ll then get a dialog box where you can paste the YouTube URL: First, find your YouTube clip of choice and copy the URL. Have you ever tried to download a YouTube clip? If you Google “how to download YouTube videos” then you’re faced with an overwhelming number of links and options that often don’t work or look to be some type of scam. I’m not sure how long MPEG Streamclip has had this function but I’m going to chalk it up to you learn something new every day. That is one of those tasks that has come up time and time again and I’ve often struggled with how to make it happen. File this post under “how in the hell did I not know MPEG Streamclip could do this!” This being take the URL of a YouTube video and convert it into a usable file.
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