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Step 1. Download Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter

This is a clearly free program. There is no spyware or adware. It's absolutely safe to install and to run!

Step 2. Launch Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter

Follow Start > All Programs > DVDVideoSoft > Programs > Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter or just click the DVDVideoSoft Free Studio icon on the desktop.

The interface is very simple and self explaining. There is a field for YouTube URLs, a field for an output path, and the lists with preconfigured profiles.

Step 3. Add YouTube Video Links

Use your Internet browser to select and copy YouTube link you want to download.

Click the Paste button and wait a few seconds while the program is detecting YouTube video.

If you download many videos at one time it can be useful to save the list of these YouTube links.

Just make the right click of the mouse and select the Save list... item or press Ctrl+S.

Step 4. Select Output Options

Click the Browse... button and choose the location where you would like to save your downloaded files. Click Ok.

By default the output file name is the same as YouTube video title is. If you want to change it click the Output Name... button. The new window will be opened.

There are some parameters in it (Name Prefix, Postfix and others) witch you can set as you like.

In the bottom of this window you can see the pattern of the output file name. It's formed according the current options.

Note: the pattern is the same for all output files during one session, it's not allowed to set the unique pattern for each file.

Step 5. Set Tags

If you want to convert video files to MP3 format you can add more information about your output audio files.

Click the Tags... button to set the tags for output files.

In the Tags window specify the track number, title, artist and other parameters as you want.

Click OK to switch back to the main program window.

Step 6. Select Output Format Preset

In the list of Devices select Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Apple TV, Sony PSP, Mobile Phones with MP4 or 3GP video support or MP3 audio only.

In the list of Profiles select one of the available pre-configured presets.

Step 7. Setting Options (optional)

There are some options you can set as you like.

Tick the "Auto-paste URLs from the Clipboard" parameter and all YouTube links from the Clipboard will be detected and added to the program automatically.

Tick "Use proxy server" option to use a proxy server. Then enter Address and Port.

You can find information about proxy Address and Port in your browser settings.

Internet Explorer users go to Tools->Internet Options->Connections tab->LAN Settings...

Firefox users go to Tools->Options->Network tab->Settings...

You can also contact your network administrator for this information.

Step 8. Convert Video

Click the Download button and wait just a few seconds.

Step 9. Transfer Video to iPod

Open Apple iTunes and drag the newly converted video files to the library window. If you have selected "Automatically update all videos" for the video preferences for your iPod, the new video will be automatically transferred when you connect the player. If you have selected "Automatically update the selected playlists only," make sure that you drag the new video to one of the selected playlists.

Note: You'll probably want to update the information of the video when you move it to the iTunes library. To do this, select Videos from the left-hand column and go to list view. Then, click the file for which you want to edit info and select Get Info from the File menu (or simply right-click). You can edit the boxes found under the Info tab.

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