How to download video files from the Web (with KeepVid or Video DownloadHelper) and convert them to WMV format (using VLC Media Player) for viewing in Windows Media Player or editing in Windows Movie Maker.

4. Download via KeepVid: (1) Finding URL at YouTube

6. At KeepVid.Com Open a new window or tab in your Web browser Enter www.keepvid.com in the Address Bar Paste in the URL of the video that you just copied from YouTube Click the Download Button

7. Downloading Video at KeepVid.com using Firefox

8. Downloading Video at KeepVid.com using Internet Explorer Rename File-Be sure to add .flv to end of file name

9. Rename & Save FLV file The file name MUST end with .flv (a period followed by letters FLV) WS445 students might want to save all their videos in the Documentsideo folder on their USB stick. Can later save their Windows Movie Maker project files and final movie in same folder – everything will be collected together .

12. Find VLC on USB stick Using the Pstart launch menu (USB stick as distributed to WS 445 students) Actually can convert many different file formats – FLV or MP4 to WMV is what we are using in WS 445

13. Find VLC if Pstart Menu does not Open Navigating the folders on USB stick distributed to WS445 students

14. VLC Media Player – Watch Videos, Convert Files With the VLC Media Player, you can view more videos than you can with Windows Media Player – VLC can display almost all video formats. Just click Media>Open File to find the video you want to view. You can convert videos from one file format to another or you can save just the audio part of a video. You can also take a still photo of any frame in the video. Just click Pause, then click Video > Snapshot (by default saves in My Pictures folder). VLC is free software. Download a version to use on your laptop or desktop PC from www.videolan.org . You can download a portable version to use on a USB flash drive from http://portableapps.com/ .

15. Converting Videos with VLC Before you begin converting a video, it is best to close all other applications running on your computer – to conserve resources. If you have a video running in VLC, stop it before you begin a conversion. Close your Web browser, Word, and anything else you have open. After you click Convert/Save, a new window will open where you select the file to be converted – see next slide.

16. VLC – Find the File to Convert

17. Telling VLC how to convert the file

18. VLC-Watch Progress of Conversion How to tell when conversion is finished Progress Indicator Note Streaming at top of VLC window – indicates conversion is in progress. Conversion has finished – No STREAMING in title bar of VLC window.