subject: Watch Youtube Videos In Windows Media Player [print this page] YouTube has got a lot of video songs which are really good. If you favorite player and music library is Windows Media Player, read on. This article introduces an easy way todownload YouTube videos into Windows Media Player and keep it as a local copy.
Why Failed to Watch YouTube on Windows Media Player
Though YouTube accepts videos uploaded in most video formats including AVI, MKV, MOV, MP4, DivX, FLV, OGG, OGV, MPEG-4, MPEG, VOB, WMV and 3GP, it only allows exporting and downloading YouTube video in few formats like FLV, MP4 or WebM format. However, Windows Media Player cannot import FLV and WebM video.
How to Download and Import YouTube to Windows Media Player?
In order to successfully download and import YouTube to Windows Media Player, we have to download and convert YouTube to Windows Media Player compatible video or audio format.
To download YouTube video files and manage them on Windows Media Player, iSkysoft YouTube Converter for Mac would be a great helper. It can easily and quickly download YouTube videos and then convert them to Windows Media Player supported formats, such as .asf.wma.wmv .wm, etc. Audio extraction is available, too.
You should launch iSkysoft YouTube Converter for Mac first and make sure it be installed exactly. Click the Add URL button to copy the URL of YouTube video, you may add as many YouTube URLs as you want for downloading to your computer. Now HD and HTML 5 videos from YouTube are available for download with iSkysoft YouTube Converter.
B)Drag the URL to the iTube Studio for Mac dock icon to start downloading.
C)Go to Download menu and choose Enter a URL, then click OK
Step 2. Start Downloading YouTube Videos
The YouTube videos will start downloading automatically after you add the YouTube videos URLs into YouTube Converter. Make sure your Internet is connected to YouTube website and the URLs of YouTube videos are correct.
Step 3. Convert YouTube Video to Windows Media Player Format
Finally, once the file has been downloaded itll be removed from the Download tab and transferred to Convert tab. Just click the Gear button at the right side and change the output format you like from the Convert to drop-down menu list. Select the best video format for each video file and specify a directory to save the YouTube video files. After all settings has done hit the Convert button to start YouTube video to WMV conversion on Mac.
Step 4. Opening Videos in Windows Media Player
Open Windows Media Player. Click File and Open. Navigate to the directory where your converted video is located and click Open. If the video looks small, click on the button in the lower left hand corner of the screen to enter full screen mode. When youre completed playing the video, click on the button again to exit full screen mode.
