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My granddaughter performed in a musical program and the video is on YouTube. I wanted to download to a DVD so I emailed it to myself and put it on a flash drive, then put it on a DVD, but it won’t play. Is it possible to do this?
LeRoy T. of Navarre, Fla.

>> Answer: LeRoy, after I received your question I emailed you for more information, but after waiting a month and hearing nothing back, I’ve decided to go ahead and answer your question, because I think this is a fairly common desire among computer users nowadays. The basic answer to your question is “Yes, it’s possible,” but it requires several steps, a little knowledge, some special software and some practice. Based on your email in which you said you simply emailed it to yourself, I’m guessing you didn’t get the actual video, but rather a hyperlink, or perhaps the HTML from the page in which the video is embedded.

YouTube (and many other sites that feature videos embedded in web pages) use a video format called .FLV (Flash Video). By design, when your browser encounters such a video, it loads and plays it. You need special software to download these videos rather than play them. Search Google for “YouTube Video Downloader” and you’ll find many free ones. Once you successfully download a video, you’ll likely end up with a file that has an .FLV extension, which will not play in the Media Player built into Windows.

The next step is to convert the video into a more common format, such as .AVI or .MPG. Many of the YouTube downloaders offer this as an option. If yours doesn’t, you’ll need video converter software. My recommendation again is to Google it.DVD Extra Camelot and other Blu-ray upgrades