Want to know how to put YouTube videos on iPod? This article will cover what you need to start downloading videos from YouTube and finally transferring them to iPod. Here, I may not be able to cover every single steps on how to put YouTube videos on iPod, but links will be provided for detailed procedures.

Before you learn how to put YouTube videos on iPod, you need to know how to download videos from YouTube. In order to do that you can either use the Firefox plugin called Video DownloadHelper or you can use an online download service called KeepVID. Both tools are free.

To use Video DownloadHelper, you need to be running Firefox. It is easy to use. Once installed, you will see its icon on the menu of Firefox. Whenever, you go to any YouTube video page, you will be able to save the video file in FLV format to your PC. One thing to note: you will need to wait for the full video to finish loading before you can save it using Video DownloadHelper or else it will not be complete.

To use KeepVID, refer to this article on how to download streaming video using KeepVID. KeepVID has recently added the feature for users to choose whether to download the MP4 version of the video. This way, you can skip the video conversion part.

So you have downloaded some videos, how to put YouTube videos on iPod?

If you use Video DownloadHelper, the downloaded YouTube videos are flash video files that cannot be played on iPod. Therefore, you will need to convert those videos to iPod compatible format which is MP4. You can use this free online tool to convert video or you can use a more professional tool known as Quicktime Pro. Again, if you use KeepVID and download the MP4 format of the videos, no conversion is required.

Once the video is converted, import it into iTunes and do a sync to transfer the video file to your iPod. If you are not sure of how to put YouTube videos on iPod using iTunes, read this useful article on how to put videos on iPod which has the step-by-step instruction.

Knowing how to put YouTube videos on iPod is great isn’t it? Now you can watch YouTube videos on the go with your iPod. If you also looking for the latest movies, music and TV show downloads for iPod, read this review on iPod video downloads.

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