How to Convert Videos

Maybe you have collected tons of videos and want to put them on your iPad to kill time, or you just want to enjoy the theme music of the movie with your MP3 player. But you may be disappointed to find that the videos can't work on your portable players and you have no idea of how to get the theme music of movies. Try VideoCool Video Converter - a handy video and audio converter - you can freely convert videos to the format you want in just a few clicks. Inside with High Quality Engine, this converter offers the best audio and video quality. With fully customer-oriented design, this free converter enables users to adjust all video and audio parameters as they like. Furthermore, it is able to download YouTube videos. Download & install VideoCool Video Converter and follow the instructions below.

Step 1. Choose Download Wizard Mode

Launch VideoCool Video Converter. There are two options at start. Choose "Download video from YouTube" mode (If you want to convert local video files, choose "Convert audio/video (previously downloaded) from file").

Step 2. Paste URLs & Select Download Settings

Copy the URLs of available YouTube videos and click "Paste" to paste them to the "Input URLs" section. You can click "Remove" button to delete the selected URL or click "Empty" button to clear all added URLs. The program will auto-check if the URLs are correct and pop up a window if wrong URLs are pasted. You may check the "Prefer YouTube high quality" and the downloader will download the video in default queue. There's a "Config..." button to activate the window in which you can queue the preferred quality. Click "Select..." to choose download folder. Then, click "Download" to start download.

Step 3. Start Download

After you hit "Download" and the program will detect the URL you paste to find the real download link. Within few seconds, the name of the video will be displayed and the download is started. You can view the file info, downloading speed, time estimation and a progress bar.

Step 4. Add Downloaded Files

When the download is finished, a general summary about the download will be displayed in the window. Click "Open Folder" to directly open the download folder. Click the "Convert the downloaded file(s) now!" button below to add the downloaded videos to the conversion list.

You are allowed to add more videos to the list by "Add Video..." button. You can remove any or all of the imported videos with the "Delete" & "Clear" button and queue the files by "Move Up" or "Move Down" button or by dragging the listed videos.

Step 5. Choose Output Settings

Click "Select..." to choose output folder. Choose an output format from "Video", "Devices" and "Audio" tabs, containing various supported formats, are available for you. For specific needs, you can specify output quality with many well-configured quality presets for every format in the "Presets" dropdown list. Then, click "Convert" to start conversion.

Step 6. Start Conversion

After you hit "Convert" and within few seconds, you can view some progress information as well as a process bar. There are also post-process options to play a sound to remind you/shutdown the computer when the conversion is finished.

When the conversion is finished, a brief task report will be displayed. Click the "Open folder" to directly open the output folder in case you don't know where your output file is saved.