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Is PodTube (YouTube to iPod converter) working for anyone?
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Hey ho all,
Downloaded the free PodTube tool to download and convert YouTube videos to MPEG-4 in iPod format, ostensibly with a single click.
djodjodesign
Unfortunately, it invariably hangs at some point after downloading.
It pulls only about 3% of CPU load, and nothing ever happens.
15" Powerbook G4, 10.4.7.
I'd love for this thing to work...
Anybody else?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Long Island
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I use podner, it works with all my types of downloaded movie types.
Good luck.
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I miss the days of the G5 and XPS Pentium 4 running side by side as high-end machines.
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Posting Junkie
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You can't easily download YouTube films. They're embedded flash video (.flv files).
Podner does not convert them.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I miss the days of the G5 and XPS Pentium 4 running side by side as high-end machines.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Okay. I've actually had a couple of tries partly work (ffmpeg launched and converted the video), though I had to append the ".mp4" extension to the file and it didn't get added to iTunes.
Then a single attempt actually worked as advertised.
The last one again failed to launch ffmpeg entirely, leaving me with an unconverted .flv file on the desktop.
I have, however, discovered that iSquint ( iSquint - iPod Video Made Easy. ) - the absolutely excellent and free alternative to Podner (it actually came first IIRC) will convert .flv files.
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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For me, I have Firefox (DeerPark - the one that's compiled for Intel Macs) and I use it with this Extension called VideoDownloader (which unfortunately doesn't work with the latest version of Firefox/DeerPark). But all you need to do is go to this link and you can easily get the .flv files.
And then use iSquint to convert the .flv to .mp4
Cheers 
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iBook R.I.P. 20 Nov 2002 - 2 Aug 2005
Hello Leopard! On iMac 17" Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz 2GB, iPod 5th gen 30GB and iPhone
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Posting Junkie
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That's still a two-step process.
And it involves using Firefox.
I like the elegance of what PodTube is *supposed* to do, but unfortunately doesn't...with a single click.
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