If you’ve ever tried converting or extracting a video from YouTube or Metacafe or any of the dozens of video sites that use the Flash Video format( .FLV), then you may be familiar with the hassle. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a free service that would do the conversion for you? The answer is Yes. Sometimes good things are free, and if you haven’t already heard of Vixy.net, then you’re missing out.
The steps to converting the online videos using Vixy.net are real simple.
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Find the video that you want to convert, for example: http://youtube.com/watch?v=J7JmsMMIR4Y
- Copy the URL from the address bar where the video is located.
- Paste the URL into Vixy.net URL conversion bar.
- Vixy.net’s conversion will start. A status bar will display the conversion progress.
- Once the conversion is complete, you’ll get prompted to download the extracted file format to your computer.
Currently, the following formats are supported:
- AVI for Windows (DivX + MP3)
- MOV for Mac (MPEG4 + MP3)
- MP4 for iPod/PSP (MPEG4 + AAC)
- 3GP for Mobile (MPEG4 + AAC)
- MP3 (audio only)
Find out more here -> http://Vixy.net
I dunno’. What if one of those hacker/cracker/slacker/smacker dudes or dudettes intercepted the d=stream of downloading video goodness and inserted nasty stuff so that the party van would be at my front door and/or it was my electronic brain that had infiltrated NORAD and caused the massive ICBM and SLBM launch that destroyed all the Earth’s evil empires leading to an era of peace and prosperity or any other scenario wherein the hostile coders implanted that bad stuff (no not THAT night-time bad stuff) into my computer? Huh?