Download & Save an Online Video

Please Note: The district does NOT permit you to use any computer to show any online video if it is copyrighted and has restrictions which prevent its download and use. You may not redistribute any online video that you have downloaded to others, nor repost downloaded videos to another source.

General Directions

• Use an online conversion service such as Zamzar or Vixy
  • http://vixy.net/
  • http://www.zamzar.com
• Install a browser tool
• http://www.downloadhelper.net/install-converter.php
• Install a desktop tool
• YouTube Downloader
• AVC
• Convert the file to a type that can be played on your local computer.
• Install a FLV Player
  • FLV Player
• Everyone should have Windows Media Player, so the best choices are .avi, or .wmv
• Download and save it onto media (USB thumbdrive) that you can take it with you. If you need a quick tip on how to save to a usb drive, check out the usb tutorial.

Specific Directions:

1. If you want to convert online.

• Use Zamzar
• Make sure you convert it to a format that can play on your computer - best bet is wmv or avi
• After Zamzar converts it, you will receive an email which has a link to the downloaded video. Click on the link & download it to your computer (or USB drive). If you need a quick tip on how to save to a usb drive, check out the usb tutorial.

2. If you want to use a desktop tool

• Use either YouTube Downloader or AVC (you must download & install these first) to download the video.
• Play the video with a FLV player or from within YouTube Downloader or AVC, you can convert to a file type that you can play on your computer (best best is wmv or avi).

Great Sites for Educators

• National Geographic
• TeacherTube

Check out the full tutorial if you need more details.

Common Audio File Formats

• wav - standard audio file format used mainly in Windows PCs
• mp3 - the MPEG Layer-3 format is the most popular format for downloading and storing music
• ogg - a free, open source container format supporting a variety of codecs, the most popular of which is the audio codec Vorbis
• wma - the popular Windows Media Audio format owned by Microsoft
• aac - the Advanced Audio Coding format is based on the MPEG4 audio standard owned by Dolby. A copy-protected version of this format has been developed by Apple for use in music downloaded from their iTunes Music Store.
• atrac (.wav) - the older style Sony ATRAC format. It always has a .wav file extension.
• ra - a Real Audio format designed for streaming audio over the Internet.

Source: http://www.nch.com.au/acm/formats.html

Common Video Formats

Flash Video Format (.flv)
Because of the cross-platform availability of Flash video players, the Flash video format has become increasingly popular.

AVI Format (.avi)
The AVI format, which stands for audio video interleave, was developed by Microsoft.

The AVI format is supported by almost all computers using Windows, and can be played on various players.

Some of the most common players that support the avi format are:

• Apple QuickTime Player (windows & Mac)
• Microsoft Windows Media Player (Windows & Mac)
• VideoLAN VLC media player (Windows & Mac)
• Nullsoft Winamp

Quicktime Format (.mov)
The QuickTime format was developed by Apple and is a very common one.

MP4 Format (.mp4)

The MPEG-4 video format uses separate compression for audio and video tracks; video is compressed with MPEG-4 video encoding; audio is compressed using AAC compression, the same type of audio compression used in .AAC files. The mp4 can most commonly be played on the Apple QuickTime Player or other movie players.

Mpg Format (.mpg)
Common video format standardized by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG); often used for creating downloadable movies. It can be played using Apple QuickTime Player or
Microsoft Windows Media Player.

Windows Media Video Format (.wmv)
WMV format, short for Windows Media Video was developed by Microsoft.

3GP File Extension (.3gp)
The 3gp format is both an audio and video format that was designed as a multimedia format for transmitting audio and video files between 3G cell phones and the internet. It is most commonly used to capture video from your cell phone and place it online.
This format supports both Mac and windows applications and can be commonly played in the following:

• Apple QuickTime Player
• RealNetworks RealPlayer
• VideoLAN VLC media player
• MPlayer
• MIKSOFT Mobile 3GP Converter (Windows)
  

Real Media Format (.rm)
RealMedia is a format which was created by RealNetworks.

Flash Movie Format (.swf )
The Flash movie format was developed my Macromedia.

Source: http://www.libtiff.org/video-formats.html