Rip, mix, save and convert YouTube videos for your iPod with TubeSock

I really like that app and I am so short at the frontier to buy :) I like the smooth way dealing with youtube-films and as I am a mac-head I reylly like not to be forced hacking stuff like at my openbsd-times ..... so downloading, converting and so on is not manually done by me....... and the price is okay for that handy piece of software :D

Hey, I'm the developer of TubeSock. Thanks to everyone for the interesting comments. I wrote the app because someone asked me how to save YouTube videos to their iPod, and I described the steps (as summarized by posters above), and they acted like I was explaining how to build I carburetor. Some people don't like having to figure stuff out. Or they like the convenience factor. I've grabbed a lot more videos now that I have TubeSock. But if you like doing it another way, do what you like.

I download youtube videos from http://video.qooqle.jp
but i'll try the other the comenters have mentioned.
thanks =)

I've been thinking of how to make a program similar to this - ideally, it would download the latest videos from break.com or youtube or wherever, convert and dump them onto your ipod video. Since I'm just learning to program, it's beyond me. Could it be done with Automator? Any suggestions?

Personally, I like the Firefox plugin called "video downloader" (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/) simply because it works on YouTube, and about 60 other streaming video sites. And best of all, it's free!

After that, like almost everyone else, I dump it into iSquint, and the rest is history...

The reason I won't pay is because I don't want to pay for something that is closed source and has the chance of being dropped if the developer feels like moving on to something else. If he makes it open source, I'd have a better feeling about giving him money for his effort knowing that even if he gives up on it, the project would remain alive.

Its pretty similar to why I won't buy DRM music. I want to know that the music I buy can be played how I want it to be played. I only buy CD's. To me, CD's are open. DRM is not.

download with youtubex.com
play with vlc
convert with isquint

Completly agree with you Raz :-) I just dont mind watching the video's of the internet, never been chocked or anything and im only on a 4meg connection (nearly 500k/sec download i get) and i know for a fact over there in the states the internet speeds are alot higher, so whats the point? Most people have access to the internet all the time.

Geez you people who always moan about shareware prices really annoy me. $5? Gimme a break, that means he has to sell 3x as many copies to make the same amount of cash, and no, lower prices don't automatically make sales scale like that. Some people want to make a living selling Mac software, sure it's nice to have a bit of freeware, but without people making and buying shareware apps you wouldn't have nearly the diversity or quality of applications you see on the Mac today.

I already use the javimoya.com website to convert online videos such as YouTube and iSquint to convert... And that's for free. I don't feel there's anything wrong with the method I and others use so I'll stick with that until I feel the need to convert to TubeSock.