Convert YouTube videos to WMV with one click

Posted Jan 4th 2007 10:04AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Tips, Mobile, Downloads, Streaming

Zunemytube is probably the simplest solution I've seen so far for saving and converting YouTube, Google, and MSN Soapbox videos.

Here's how it works:

Download and install ZuneIEPlugin.
A new icon shows up on your Internet Explorer window with a Zune symbol.
Browse to a video you want to save on Google, YouTube, or Soapbox.
Click the "Zune It" button.
The program will download an .flv file and convert it to a Zune-compatible .wmv file.
The videos will be saved in your "My Videos" folder, under subfolders for Google Video, YouTube, and Soapbox.

I know I made that look like six steps, but seriously, once you've selected the online video you want to watch, it's only one click.

To be honest, I've gotten pretty lousy video quality downloading and converting YouTube videos this way. That's probably because I'm downloading a highly compressed video file and converting it into another highly compressed video file. But I've managed to convert a few videos from Google that came out pretty nicely.

[via jkOnTheRun]

Reader Comments

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1. I just downloaded the beta. Apparently they do not support MSN Soapbox.

Posted at 1:53PM on Jan 4th 2007 by Christian

2. That's interesting, because it creates a Soapbox folder. I only tested it with YouTube and Google.

Posted at 1:54PM on Jan 4th 2007 by Brad Linder

3. I just downloaded and tried it. The beta does not support MSN Soapbox (yet?).

Posted at 5:29PM on Jan 25th 2007 by Dimmy

4. When I "Zune It", it only seems o create a flv version in the folder, no wmv.

Posted at 9:57PM on Feb 22nd 2007 by Zack

5. yes, any update on when soapbox videos might be supported?

Posted at 7:41AM on Mar 25th 2007 by Chris

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