Anonymous writes "YouTube.com is a great resource. Not many sites allows users to freely upload, view, and share video clips like YouTube does. YouTube even lets users easily post videos on their blogs and personal web sites. But because anyone can upload a video clip on YouTube, copyright violations are rampant.

In an effort to prevent the widespread distribution of illegal copied video files, YouTube encodes its video files in the Macromedia Flash format, which prevents viewers from downloading files and making digital copies.

Here's a step-by-step tutorial from MethodShop.com on how to hack video files off YouTube.com and convert them for an iPod Video. This hack will work with Mac OS X using Firefox or Internet Explorer.


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