Convert and Download Online Videos for Free

Don't settle for watching videos online on Youtube, watch what you want when you want and in the format you want. You can convert and download your favorite videos for free and watch them offline anytime. More and more people are using thier PC as primary means of entertainment instead of TV. Did you know you can get over 3000 STATIONS on your PC or Laptop for free!! Click here to learn how to turn your PC into a Super TV!

Still you may want to download the online video which in most cases is in FLV (Flash Video) format and dont know what to do with it! There are some free online multimedia sites that provide the ability to download and convert public and private videos to different video formats for your: mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Windows, Mac or Linix PC.

Below is a list of the 10 Top free conversion sites that let you specify the URL of a video or upload your own , then you select the media type to convert it to any of these popular video codecs Divx,Mp4,Mpeg,AVI,MOV, etc... and download it to your PC.

1.Video CodeZone

Convert and download videos from popular websites without installing any software or downloading scripts to your PC. This is not just a service that allows for download of videos but you can save those videos in most formats. No Registration required.

2. MediaConverter

Multi-file type converter and splitter supporting video, sound, ringtones, images and documents:

Audio file conversion (any to any):

  • mp3
  • ogg
  • wav
  • wma (only decoding supported)
Video file conversion (any to any):
  • 3g2
  • 3gp
  • avi
  • flv
  • m4v
  • mkv
  • mov
  • mp4
  • mpg
  • mpeg
  • psp (only encoding supported)
  • rm
  • wmv
Office files conversion:
  • doc to odt or pdf, xls to ods or pdf,ppt to odp or pdf,odt to doc or pdf,ods to xls or pdf ,odp to ppt or pdf
3. Mux

Mux an automated web service bot living within the massive grid of the Video Computing Cloud (VC2).

VC2 is comprised of a grid network of servers and storage, powered by Amazon Web Services. Mux claims they can convert any video file your throw at them!

4. Vixy







Allows you convert a Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube's videos,etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online. It is using a compressed domain transcoder technology. It converts FLV to MPEG4 faster and less lossy than a typical transcoder.

When you submit a URL, it will download and convert to the video format, and then you can download the converted file.


5. All2Convert

Convert Internet videos and video from your computer in different video formats (3gp, mp4, mov, avi, wmv, swf, flv, mpeg etc.) for your cell phones, iPhone, iPod, PSP, PC. After video convert you can transfer this videos to your cell phones, iPhone, iPods, PSP via USB cabel, Bluetooth etc.



6. ConvertDirect

Online flv converter for Flash video files such as those used by Youtube. Supported output formats include avi, 3gp, mp3, mp4, wmv, mpeg, mov and psp. You can watch your vids on PC, iPod, Zune, PSP and various mobile phones.

7. MovAVI

Other than requiring no software to install (that's true about everyone on this list) the guys from MovAVI are also proud of the fact there are no ads on their site to interrupt you while you are enjoying their free service. Add up to 5 files limited to 10 min each and 100 Mb total size. Enter your email address and MovAVI will notify you when your files are ready. There is also a cool feature allowing you to merge your files videos into one large movie.

8. Flvix

Youtube Google Video dedicated online flv converter. Flvix comes from the folks who do Pingoblog, a cool ping service for bloggers. Very simple yet efficient interface. Converts Youtube and Google videos and serves them for download in avi, mov, mp4, 3gp and mp3 formats for PC, Mobile phones, iPod and PSP.

9. ConvertTube

Youtube dedicated online flv converter. Allows you to convert Flash video files as used by YouTube to popular PC, iPod, PSP, iPhone and mobile phone formats such as wmv, mov, mp4, mp3 and 3gp. Same as Vixy, this service also claims to be doing its job faster and less lossy than a typical video transcoder.

10. Zamzar

Zamzar is a free online file conversion dedicated to transforming songs, videos, images and documents into different formats. With this service the focus is on high-quality file conversion for as many file formats as possible. The basic free service lets you converting files up to 100MB each. In case you are an online video conversion freak and "want more Zamzar" you can signup for basic, pro or business account and get to convert larger files (up to 1Giga!), a personal inbox for online file storage and faster file conversions (pricing and signup here). Nice and clean interface design. Fun to use.

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