Youtube to MP4 Converter: Save Youtube to MP4
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13 March 2019 Senior Program Developer
Summary
YouTube, the biggest video website in the world, contains abundant video resources, where users can create and share their videos. In this essay, we will tell you how to download YouTube videos and how to convert to MP4.
As one of the most popular video websites in the world, YouTube attracts a wide range of people, reaching 30 million visits everyday and accumulating about 1 billion view hours per month. The attraction of YouTube is owing to the high-quality videos. Users can watch MVs, movies, games, and even become YouTubers. These YouTubers usually produce videos by themselves and upload to YouTube.
These videos come from different places with different formats. If you cannot watch or open the video downloaded from YouTube, we usually use a converter to save the YouTube video to MP4.
If you don’t know how to download YouTube videos, please refer to the following methods. Otherwise, please skip to “Part 2. How to Convert YouTube Video to MP4”.
Part 1. How to Download YouTube Video
Before the converting Youtube to MP4, you need to download the target video. OFFMP4 and Renee Video Editor Pro are available for it.
Method 1: OFFMP4 (Only for Firefox Browser)
This method is suitable for Firefox users. If you don’t want to download Firefox , you can view Method 2.
① Open the menu in the Firefox and select [Add-ons].
② Search [OFFMP4-Best Video Download Helper]. In the following screen, click the button [Add to Firefox], then put this extension into Firefox browser.
③ Next, open the target video in YouTube; click the red icon in the tool bar at the top-right. Click [Show Links] to check the video format and resolution.
④ Select and click [Download] to download the deisred MP4 video to local.
Method 2: Renee Video Editor Pro
Apart from OFFMP4 in Firefox browser, video converter – Renee Video Editor Pro can help you download Youtube videos to MP4. It can also simply convert video formats and edit videos.
Warm tip Renee Video Editor Pro contains professional video screen recorder, which can record for computer screen and camera and support recording of dual screens. Users can use it to record video playing on the screen.
Note: Please shut down some programs consuming too much CPU and disk space, such as BT downloads and some instant messengers when you need to record videos with Renee Video Editor Pro.
① Click [Screen Recorder] in Renee Video Editor Pro.
② Click the button at the bottom-right to open the setting page. Then select the target recording format (MP4 in this case), quality, resolution, FPS and output folder, then click [OK].
③ Select [User-defined] in the Target column, [Computer sounds] in Audios column, the saving position in Output column. Then open the target video and click [Record].
④ Drag the box to set the screen size, then click [Record] and play the video.
⑤ As the video is finished, click the button to stop recording. The record will be automatically saved in the pre-set position.
Part 2: How to Convert YouTube Video to MP4
When the downloaded YouTube video is incompatible with your computer or mobile device, you need a Youtube to MP4 converter to change it from YouTube videos to MP4 ones. Renee Video Editor Pro is a good choice！
Warm tip Renee Video Editor Pro can help you edit videos in many aspects, such as adding special effect, cutting, merge, removing watermarks, adding logos and subtitles. What’s more, it can realize automatic re-encoding and ensure audio and video synchronization, but not slow down the playback speed.
How to use the converter to save YouTube video to MP4
① First, download and install Renee Video Editor Pro and click [Video Toolbox] in it.
② Click [Add Files] or drag the target file into the converter.
③ Select [MP4] in [Output Format], the saving position in [Output Folder]. Finally, click [Start] to run the converter to save the YouTube video to MP4.
Renee Video Editor Pro – Multi-function Video Editing Software
- Screen Recording – Record screen and webcam in Windows computer.
- Cut Videos & Audios – Users can record screen at will. User can customize the recording time, the size of the window, the resolution and the frame rate. While recording, users can adjust the speed, add customized watermark and set special effects for mouse.
- Video editing – Merge, crop, rotate, cut and transform video easily. It can change and add background music, add subtitles, make the beginning and end of the film. It also can add and remove watermarks, add a variety of filter effects and so on.
- Format conversion – Support to convert videos and audios into different formats.
- Customize the compression mode – encoding and preservation of video and audio.
- Music Function – Add background music to videos. You can create the voice over by yourself or add local music as background music.
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