A friend at one of my schools asked me, because I'm a geek, whether I knew how to download videos from YouTube and then strip the video to be left with an mp3. At the time, I did not, but I flexed my Google-fu and figured it out in pretty short order. It was easy enough that I thought I'd share it with you all.
These instructions are for Mac-based downloading and stripping but the PC version is similarly straight forward so it should be easily adaptable.
1. Find the video you want to download on YouTube or other video sites (I've not tested it on Vimeo or other spots though so YMMV).
2. Copy the URL and paste it into the box at VideoDownloadX (warning, I got two pop ups on the page). Change the suffix on the to be downloaded file to flv (very important).
3. Download the appropriate application for your OS on Vixy. They do have an online converter but I wasn't able to get it to digest my paste URL properly.
4. Once you have the Vixy.net Converter Desktop application, open it up and browse to the downloaded flv file (you did remember to change the suffix, right?). Load it in, select the end product you want (mp4 for iPhone/Touch, mov for desktop or mp3 for just audio) and let it rip. You should end up with a clean file.
5. Import into iTunes or your player of choice and enjoy.
I tested this process out with a sweet video of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones song Kinder Words and it worked like a charm. Great song and a pretty good video too.
Note, in doing this you are almost certainly stepping across the ethical DRM divide with the exception possibly being live performances. So, do this at your own risk.
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12.05.2007
Debt Reduction Tips from Zen Habits
Ten Key Steps to Get Out of Debt
1. Canceled the credit card
2. Eliminated non-essential expenses
3. The spending plan
4. Cash and online bill payments
5. The emergency fund
6. The debt repayment plan
7. Debt is my first bill
8. Rewards
9. Increased income
10. More increased income
All of these are expanded on at Zen Habits but this is a good list to build from. Number eleven that I might add would be Choose a less expensive place to live. Meaning that I happen to have chosen to live in one of the most expensive places in the US, the Bay Area. Our housing prices are ridiculous, our gas is the most expensive in the nation (but I don't complain too loudly because Euros and Japanese have it waaaay worse) and everything is an hour or two apart. But, on the plus side, we do have the ocean, redwoods and only a passing understanding of how much winter really sucks.
But I've got more than a passing understanding of how much a debt load can suck. As well as I've got an understanding of how awesome it feels to make that final payment on a car, motorcycle or credit card and to get a statement with $0.00 balance. Or, even better, overpaying just a little bit and getting a check back from those people you've been paying for so long.
1. Canceled the credit card
2. Eliminated non-essential expenses
3. The spending plan
4. Cash and online bill payments
5. The emergency fund
6. The debt repayment plan
7. Debt is my first bill
8. Rewards
9. Increased income
10. More increased income
All of these are expanded on at Zen Habits but this is a good list to build from. Number eleven that I might add would be Choose a less expensive place to live. Meaning that I happen to have chosen to live in one of the most expensive places in the US, the Bay Area. Our housing prices are ridiculous, our gas is the most expensive in the nation (but I don't complain too loudly because Euros and Japanese have it waaaay worse) and everything is an hour or two apart. But, on the plus side, we do have the ocean, redwoods and only a passing understanding of how much winter really sucks.
But I've got more than a passing understanding of how much a debt load can suck. As well as I've got an understanding of how awesome it feels to make that final payment on a car, motorcycle or credit card and to get a statement with $0.00 balance. Or, even better, overpaying just a little bit and getting a check back from those people you've been paying for so long.
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