YouTube, MySpace Video To DVD Possible

 
By Sherri February 25, 2007



While I’m not one to condone piracy in any form, the question of how to burn YouTube or MySpace videos to DVD often comes up. When the material’s not copyrighted, a handy, dandy DVD burn can be achieved.

The folks over at Digital Inspiration have put together a very good guide on how to make this happen, but they do have some warnings about anticipated quality. Don’t expect a great recreation, they warn: “Before you decide to watch Youtube videos on TV via your DVD player, keep in mind that the video quality will be very low - The video resolution on sites like YouTube or Google Video is 320x240 while DVD frame size is 720x480 for NTSC or 720x576 for PAL.”

If quality isn’t a concern, the process to make a burn is fairly simple. All it takes is downloading the video to a computer’s hard disk in Flash Video format. Tools like iTube and keepVid.com can help.

The second step is getting an authoring software program. They recommend DVD Flick for doing so, because titles, subtitles and other neat features can be added to make the presentation a little cooler.

Making a DVD burn of a MySpace or Google Video file is more than possible, but be warned, don’t do this at home with copyrighted materials. The Internet police are out in full force lately and their presence is only just being felt.

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Labels: dvd burning, myspace, youtube