5 Tools To Download And Convert Online Videos

Xenra

This web app is very easy-to-use. It downloads the YouTube videos and converts them into various formats. It can also be used to download the entire video and extract the audio tracks.

Using Xenra is very simple. Place a link of YouTube in address bar. Click on ‘Download Now’ button. Select the format in which you want you audio or video file. You also have the option for selecting its quality. Various other functions of download can also be controlled.

Once these steps are completed, click on ‘Start Conversion’. The video will be downloaded to the Xenra server. It will be, then, converted into the desired format. The smooth process gives a comfortable user experience. However, the performance depends upon the video and the its selected quality.

Once it is done, the file can be downloaded, shared and embedded.

ConvertVideoToAudio

It is not a very fast app. But it offers some exclusive file formats that are not supported by other convertors.

The website looks cluttered with lot many ads. You can only choose the format. No other settings are available. You can download the videos and convert into the formats offered. However, the quality of the video cannot be controlled.

ClipConverter

It is a very useful web app. You can use it with not only YouTube but with various video streaming websites.Audio can even be extracted or converted from various video files that are placed in your system.
To begin with, upload the video file or place the URL of the video that has to be converted.

Now select the format in which you wish to convert the file. You have the option to download the whole video and extract the audio. You can also download certain part of your video file by specifying the start & end time. This will give you a specific snippet you want. Once it is completed, click on ‘Start’.

You can download the video and convert it very quickly by using ClipConverter. It gives a link to download and a QR code. Various browser add-ons of ClipConverter are available for Safari, Chrome and Firefox.

Freemake [Windows]

In case you are not comfortable with web apps and would like to use a desktop app instead, try out Freemake. Freemake downloads and converts videos for Windows.

The video links are taken from the clipboard by the software. Copy the URL of the video. Click on ‘Paste URL’. You can install the software with the settings you want. It will immediately start downloading the videos and convert them. Once it is completed, the file can be played from the app itself.

There is an option for one-click download. Turn it off. You can select the location, format and quality for all the files separately. Audio can also be extracted from videos by using this downloader.

You must note that you need to install .NET to use this software.

KeepTube

Though KeepTube supports only the YouTube videos but there are many different methods to use it. You cancopy the URL of the file and paste it. Another way is to select a URL and add ‘keep’ before ‘youtube’ in it.

Both these methods will take you to the website of KeepTube. You can select the quality you want. You can use KeepTube to download the entire video. Videos can also be converted into MP3s.

A plugin can also be downloaded for Chrome and Firefox. You must note that a Java applet is launched by the web app. In case you do not want it, try out the non-Java version.