Top 5 YouTube Converters Mac - How to Convert YouTube Videos on OS X

YouTube.com is a great resource to find great videos, freely upload, view, and even share video clips on your blog or website. Although YouTube encodes its video files in the Macromedia Flash format (FLV), which prevents viewers from downloading files and making digital copies on Mac, you can still download and convert YouTube videos with the help of YouTube Converter for Mac applications introduced in this article. This article will be divided into parts:

• Part 1. The Best 5 YouTube Downloader and YouTube Converter for Mac and Windows
• Part 2. Video Settings for Uploading to YouTube

Part 1. The Best 5 YouTube Downloader and YouTube Converter for Mac and Windows

1. iTube Studio for Mac/Windows

Easy Steps for Downloading and Converting Your Desired YouTube to the Format You Want

Step 1. Install and run iTube Studio for Mac

For both Mac and Windows users, the initial step is to download and install the program on your computer. This step will add a "Download" button to any YouTube videos so you can save the videos to your Mac's or PC's hard drive in one click. After the installation is complete, you can then launch the program.

Step 2. Download YouTube video in one click

Browse YouTube video as normal and when you want to download the video, just click the appearing "Download" button. iTube Studio will start downloading and/or converting video automatically. Alternatively, you can also drag and drop or copy and paste the video URL to add the video to the downloading queue.

For Windows users, you can also visit YouTube and other sites via the inbuilt web browser. All you need to do is to click the "Online" menu on the interface. To download the video, you have two ways: one is to click the floating Download button; the other is to copy and paste the video URL.

Step 3. Convert YouTube to any format you want

When downloading finished, go to the "Downloaded" tab and find the newly downloaded video. Click the "Add to Convert List" icon to send the video to "Convert" menu for conversion.

Enter the "Convert" menu, you can find a "Convert" icon on the right of each video file. Click this icon and choose an output format in the resulting dialog. Click "OK" and this YouTube converter will convert YouTube video to the selected format.

Watch the video to see how to convert YouTube videos on Mac OS X and Windows

2. MediaHuman YouTube to MP3 Converter for Mac

MediaHuman is one of the best choices for those trying to save music to play offline or wants to download sound soundtrack of a movie on YouTube to save it to your library as MP3 as well as other formats like M4A and OGG. MediaHuman is an extremely user-friendly interface for free downloads, but what even better is that it allows you to download and convert several videos. It also brings in a tag editor, letting you customize output location, audio format as well as the quality. The download speeds are incredible, and this tool preserves the original audio quality. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work well with older Mac.

3. YouTube To MP3 Converter for Mac – DVDVideoSoft

This utility is the best YouTube Converter for Mac out there. This ultimate DVDVideoSoft application smoothly converts your favorite videos to audio tracks quickly and easily. The DVDVideoSoft’s tools are freeware, and there is an option to accept or decline any installation linked to the product. It does support a broad range of playlists and what is even more interesting is that it saves all the download history for future reference. It has the capability to download batch videos from your YouTube channels and playlists. It has a user-friendly interface, and it’s completely free.

4. Youtube MP3 Downloader for Mac – Flvto

Flyto is another option that provides a simple way to download and convert online videos to MP3 and other formats including AVI, AAC, MOV and other formats. Unlike most free software, it works on almost all operating system including Windows and Linux. It’s completely safe, free and legal and no matter how many files you want to download, this app will give you the audio quality you need. One of its interesting features is a built-in audio and video player when you convert your YouTube video.

5. YouTube Video Converter for Mac – ImTOO

ImToo is a powerful YouTube Video Converter for Mac, with a strong collection of output files and editing tools allowing the user to clip videos, choose audio track and customize other parameters. ImTOO youTube video converter for Mac also has a built-in preview player allowing the user to check the video effects when editing the videos. The software is allowing you to select videos, audio codices, video and audio bitrates and much more, unfortunately, unlike other tools that convert YouTube on Mac, this one does not allow merging several videos into one file. The interface is somewhat cluttered but it user-friendly. One of its best features is its ability to split a large video file into several ones to fit an iPod device.

Part 2. Video Settings for Uploading to YouTube

Want to upload a video to YouTube after converting and editing? According to YouTube's handbook, YouTube can accept almost any video format for upload, but the following settings give the best results.

• Video Format: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred
• Aspect Ratio: Native aspect ratio without letterboxing (examples: 4:3, 16:9)
• Resolution: 640x360 (16:9) or 480x360 (4:3) recommended
• Audio Format: MP3 or AAC preferred
• Frames per second: 30
• Maximum length: 10 minutes (we recommend 2-3 minutes)
• Maximum file size: 1 GB

Note: Still many Mac users counter problems while upload videos to YouTube from iMovie or QuickTime. Learn more about iMovie to YouTube.