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How to download a Youtube video to edit into iMovie?

So for a school project I need to download a few videos from Youtube and edit them into my own "documentary." This is on a Mac, and as far as I know i would be using iMovie to make this project. How do I get the videos off Youtube and onto iMovie to edit them and cut out the parts I don't need? Is this even possible? I don't know a lot about computers in general so please be as detailed as possible. Thanks in advance and I will pick a best answer tomorrow.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Here's my best advice.

    Try out EasyMovieConverter.com . It is a free online converter that is on the web page so there is nothing to install and is totally safe. It uses the HD versions of the Youtube videos, so you get a true 128kbps stereo and the highest video quality hands down. There are many options to boot such as mp3, video for windows, iPod, PSP, cell phones, and even MOV for mac.

    Just a quick how-to to get up and using it fast:

    1. Grab the link/website address to the video to convert from Youtube.

    2. Go to http://www.easymovieconverter.com/ and enter the url on the text box on the main page.

    3. Choose the type to convert it to.

    4. Hit the download button. When it is converted, a button to proceed to the download page appears.

    5. Download it, and enjoy.

  • luques
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Download Youtube Videos To Imovie

  • 1 decade ago

    well theres a free program called youtube downloader which lets you download the video and convert it to whatever format iMovie accepts. I use a windows computer so im not aware if the program works on macs but its worth a shot

  • 1 decade ago

    You need to convert youtube videos to imovie suitable format like mov or mp4. This software will help you a lot, just download directly and convert easily.

    http://www.applemacvideo.com/mac-youtube-downloade...

    Hope you resolve your problem asap!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    this will help you.... Use 'zillatube'. This is the easiest (and also the fastest) way. - it gives you good quality videos and more

    Zillatube produces good quality wmv/mp3 video or sound formats from youtube that are compatible with windows movie maker(or windows media player), and more.

    You can also mute or filter out the sound of the video if you want to.

    Just get those clips you want , save & convert them, and then mix/match with pix/sound/etc using windows movie maker(included in your windows machine) to create new masterpieces..

    It is very easy to download and convert videos. Then edit those converted wmv videos with windows movie maker.

    It works very well - http://www.zillatube.com/

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I recommend you a free tool that can help you download youtube video easily. and it can convert the donwloaded video to many portable player or mobile phone. such as, iPod, iPhone, Nokia, BlackBerry and son so.

    you can get this tool at here:

    http://www.nextvideosoft.com/

    this free tool called "Next Video Converter"; Beside downloading YouTube video, Next Video converter can also help you convert video and Rip DVD to most popular video formats including DVIX, Xv iD, MOVE, RM, RM VB, MPEG, VB, DVD, MV, and AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod, PSP, PS3, iPhone, XBox360, Zune, Apple TV, Archos, iRiver PMP, Epson Player, Creative Zen, Rubi Blue, Sony Walkman, Commodore PMX, Palm TX, Game Boy, SmartDisk, Windows Mobile Smart phone, Nokia, BlackBerry, Ketti, LG, Sony-Ericssonon, Samsung mobile phone, etc.

  • 1 decade ago

    I use windows too and use the site bellow for convert online the youtube videos to avi and wmv format but you can convert to flv, mov, mp4....

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