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How to Download a YouTube Video to Your Cell Phone

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Web users all over the world have discovered the unique and addictive content on video mega-site YouTube. But YouTube's content isn't just for Internet users--those with Web-enabled cell phones can also experience everything this site has to offer.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Computer and Internet connection
  • Multimedia messaging (MMS) enabled cell phone

    Set Up Your YouTube Mobile Profile

  1. Step 1

    Go the YouTube home page (see the Resources section below).

  2. Step 2

    Create an account if you don't already have one by clicking 'Sign Up,' or log in to your existing account.

  3. Step 3

    Click the 'My Account' link.

  4. Step 4

    Find the 'Account Settings' heading and click 'Mobile Upload Profiles.'

  5. Step 5

    Select the 'Create Mobile Profile' button and enter all the required information.

  6. Step 6

    Click the 'Create Profile' button. You can now download YouTube videos onto your cell phone.

  7. Download YouTube Videos onto Your Cell Phone

  8. Step 1

    Load the YouTube home page on your Web-enabled cell phone.

  9. Step 2

    Click 'Log In' and enter your username and password.

  10. Step 3

    Browse through the available videos to find content that interests you. You can search for recent videos to see the latest offerings from YouTube viewers or search through categories to find specific types of content.

  11. Step 4

    Click on any individual video to download. You'll need your mobile account information if you wish to upload content.

  12. Step 5

    Use the controls within the video player to stop and start the content. Enjoy!

Tips & Warnings
  • Type 'Download YouTube To Cell Phones' in the search box on the home page to bring up videos submitted by viewers on how to watch YouTube video content on a mobile phone, or access the YouTube Help Center.
  • Note that YouTube does not currently have a way to conduct a 'SafeSearch,' which means that videos you access may contain adult language or themes not suitable for children.
  • Although YouTube does not allow users to download videos directly to their cell phones, you'll be be able to upload and view any available content on your phone.
  • Make sure your cell phone is MMS enabled before trying to view YouTube videos on it. In addition, your calling plan must also support Web connections.

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qaz54 said

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watadoo said

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on 3/9/2009 youtube is starting to block third party downloaders. bad, bad gootube. I use doubleTwist, an application that is primarily all about syncing media to all my devices and phones and then sending said media to friends. however a cool thing they've just added in their mac build is the ability to drag a youtube video URL straight into your media library and have it download. then you can move it to your phone, your psp, another computer in your network. pretty sweet. www.doubletwist.com free of course.

max0211 said

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on 5/29/2008 YouTubeRobot.com today announces YouTube Robot 2.0, a tool that enables you to download video from YouTube.com onto your PC, convert it to various formats to watch it when you are on the road on mobile devices like mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, PSP, or Zune.

Product page: www.youtuberobot.com
Direct download link: www.youtuberobot.com/download/utuberobot.exe
Company web-site: www.youtuberobot.com

max0211 said

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on 5/29/2008 YouTubeRobot.com today announces YouTube Robot 2.0, a tool that enables you to download video from YouTube.com onto your PC, convert it to various formats to watch it when you are on the road on mobile devices like mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, PSP, or Zune.

YouTube Robot allows you to search for videos using keywords or browse video by category, author, channel, language, tags, etc. When you find something noteworthy, you can preview the video right in YouTube Robot and then download it onto the hard disk drive. The speed, at which you will be downloading, is very high: up to 5 times faster than other software when you download a single file and up to 4 times faster when you download multiple files at a time.

Manual download is not the only option with YouTube Robot. You may as well schedule the download and conversion tasks to be executed automatically, even when you are

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on 3/15/2008 You can Download YouTube Easy and Convert to your Portable Player all-in-one Process at
IF YOU WANT A PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY WORKS !!!http://www.YouTubeRobot.info/

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