How to: Convert Video and Files From the Web with Media Converter
If you want to convert an track of your favorite YouTube video into an MP3 so you can play it on your iPod then you might want to check out Media Converte. There are plenty other video downloaders out there but none of them is able to directly convert the video. Media Converter is a free service that’s really simple to use, you don’t need to be an expert to use this service. They also have a paid service witch has a few more bells and whistles, for this review I used the free service and was very satisfied.
You can convert video directly from a website like YouTube, Facebook, blip.tv, Metacafe ( see list below) and many more or you can upload a file from your computer. Once your on the Media Converter website a wizard will prompt you to select the type of file you want to vonvert to. You then select your type such as avi, mp4, mp3, doc, PDF and so on, click start and away you go. Once finish, you will be prompt to download the newly converted file. Really simple to do, anyone can do this.
The prices for the paid services are quite reasonable, paid is unlimited conversions. Prices: one week for 4$, one month for 15$, six months for 85$ or a whole year for 150$. Not bad if you have the need for bulk conversions.
They also have a FireFox extension which is of course a video down-loader and video converter. You can download and convert online videos directly from your Firefox browser without any need for special software. Once you install this add-on a new icon will be added to your Firefox toolbar, which will be located right next to the address bar and the google search box. When you visit a website where Media Converter is able to download the video, the icon will become blue, if it’s still grey then forget about it. Just click on the icon and the conversion wizard will open in a small popup window. The steps are really easy and it is definitely not a big deal to download your favorite stuff.
You can get the Media Converter Firefox Extention here. Enjoy!
A small list of suppoerted websites for the free service, paid service has more:
- - dumpalink.com
- - kontraband.com
- - lulu.tv
- - media.putfile.com
- - pornhub.com
- - spikedhumor.com
- - tangle.com
- - timtube.com
- - vidilife.com
- - vids.myspace.com
- - vimeo.com
- - youporn.com
- - zippyvideos.com
File formats that are supported
- 3g2
- - 3gp
- - asf
- - avi
- - flv
- - m4v
- - mkv
- - mov
- - mp3
- - mp4
- - mpeg
- - ogg
- - ogg
- - rm
- - wav
- - wma
- - wmv
