Slowing down You Tube video?

[bkhooper]

Any way to do this? Alot of great music and instruction on YouTube but when trying to figure out specific licks, etc...it would be awesome if it could be slowed down a bit.

[terzinator]

couple of ways, but might require more than one step...

There are sites that can turn a YT vid into an MP3 file... http://flvto.com/ is the best one I've found... Then you can use something called Amazing Slowdowner to change pitch/speed. Great app. http://www.ronimusic.com/ That's what I do, anyway.

Others have used Audacity to do both processes. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ I've used Audacity to break up big MP3's into smaller files (to separate individual tracks from a jam or rehearsal or performance), as well as to import music from analog sources (tape or LP), but I've never used it for YouTube conversion or slowing down music.

[Brad Weiss]

If you use Safari you can download Youtube videos using [command+option] A. Once you've got the video, you can watch it on quicktime, and slow it down with [command] K. Easy.

[JLM]

I'm not the technical one of the house and I'm currently at work but my better half found some free download programs on the net and she actually takes what ever u-tube video I want and runs it thru these then burns them to disk. Then I can take them to whichever room she's not in and pop them in the cd player and do pretty much whatever I want to .
If you'd like pm me and I'll work with her tonight or the weekend to figure out how to get the links to you.
John

[Rod Freeland]

I recommend using RealPlayer (free) to download and convert the video (to .m4v) and Transcribe! ($50) to play it, slow it down and learn it. Transcribe! is a fabulous program, much better than Amazing Slowdowner. Check out users' praise: http://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/reviews.html

[Tim Lee]

I like KeepVid.com and then use the slowdown in quicktime not as great as some programs but the price is right. Just use the AVcontrol in quicktime.

[Ivan Kelsall]

Tim - I used to use Keepvid a lot,but found it a bit tedious to have to copy & paste the URL & i also found that not all YouTube vids.would download.
There's a Freeware prog.called "SaveTubeVideo" which places a tool bar above your web browser. When you're watching a YouTube clip,you have the option of downloading the video clip or the MP3 with a single click.
http://www.savetubevideo.com/
Rod - I used RealPlayer for ages & it's a great piece of software. But beware !. I goofed up & thinking that i was doing an up-date,loused the programme up. I un-installed it & then re-installed it,but it caused my PC to crash - you know the ''Blue Screen of Death'' thing ?. I tried a few times but the same thing happened. I eventually went into my PC registry & found literally 100's of
files that RealPlayer had put installed.I deleted all i could find,tried again,but to no avail. It seems that if you un-install Real Player,a lot of residual files still remain in the PC registry & unless you can find & remove them all,Real Player won't re-install.At least that seems to be the case with my PC. I still find the odd RealPlayer file in the registry,over 6 months & a lot of deleting later,
Ivan

[farmerjones]

I'm curious to know what's the vid/tune in question?

[Mike Bunting]

I had good luck today, downloading Imtoo (http://www.imtoo.com/index.html) and converted a Youtube to an avi' (it will allow you to chose your format. I then did the synch thing and put it over on my iPad. It was the youtube of Mike Compton and Maria Duff doing Alabama Baby. It is free too.

[Tim Lee]

Ivan- Darn it not mac os! but I will put it on the laptop. Thx

[Ivan Kelsall]

I use this freeware prog.for all my video conversions. It's simple,foolproof (for me it has to be!) & it's very easy to use :-
http://www.any-video-converter.com/p...or_video_free/
Ivan

[Phil Goodson]

If you download it as a avi file and playback with quicktime, you can see the control panel with cntl-K and then decrease the video playback speed to half speed.

[BradKlein]

Phil and Tim, Thanks so much. I had never noticed the control panel that allows Quicktime you to cut the playback speed to half, AND control pitch. That's a pretty wonderful practice tool, and FREE. Amazing times we live in.

[Nonprophet]

If you use Firefox, you can download an add-on called "download helper" that allows you to quickly and easily download YT videos. It automatically converts them to MP4 format, and then you can playback the videos in Quicktime and use the command-k option to slow down the playback.

NP

[gregjones]

http://www.slomodirector.com

Speed varies 40-200%, w/ no pitch change. Loop selected video sections and repeat up to 10 times.

[walt33]

Once you've got the video, you can watch it on quicktime, and slow it down with [command] K. Easy.

Does "command K" work with QuickTime Player, or just the full version? I have a lesson in mov format and trying command K in QuickTime Player doesn't do a thing.

[harryb]

If you're using Windows 8, try Media Player Plus (available in the App Store) - you can open YouTube videos (and local media files), then slow or speed them up without changing pitch.

Hope this helps.

[Jim Garber]

I am on a Mac and use DownloadHelper in Firefox to convert to mp4 format. Then I can load it (just the sound) into Amazing Slow Downer and use it like any other sound file.

[BradKlein]

Many folks have probably notice that in the two years since this thread was started, Youtube began offering a 'native' way to slow down videos. It's located on the popup menu that you access with the 'cog' or 'gear' on the lower right of the screen. Remarkably useful for learning music. And you can say in the voice of the old-timer, "When I was your age we used to have to download youtube videos and slow them down using third party software!!! You kids don't know how good you have it."

[Jim Garber]

Many folks have probably notice that in the two years since this thread was started, Youtube began offering a 'native' way to slow down videos. It's located on the popup menu that you access with the 'cog' or 'gear' on the lower right of the screen.

Maybe I am missing something. I see the gear on the playback screen but don't see anything in the dropdown -- left-click and you get setting for Quality; right-click and you get a list of things not (I think) relevant. I clicked settings and did not see it there. Please, Brad, more info...

[pglasse]

..."When I was your age we used to have to download youtube videos and slow them down using third party software!!! You kids don't know how good you have it."

Tenor sax great Sonny Rollins says that when he was a kid he'd drag his hand on the side of the turntable to slow down the 78rpm discs of Charlie Parker recordings so he could hear the lines better. We have it easy now.

[Pete Counter]

VLC player also has a slow down feature on the main control panel, lower right corner. www.videolan.org. its Free and plays any video files.

[BradKlein]

Maybe I am missing something. I see the gear on the playback screen but don't see anything in the dropdown -- left-click and you get setting for Quality; right-click and you get a list of things not (I think) relevant. I clicked settings and did not see it there. Please, Brad, more info...

Hmm. Maybe it's not on ALL Youtube videos. It's on this one, at least for me using Safari. Give it a try, Jim.

[Jim Garber]

Maybe it only works if the musicians play super fast and clean. I see that it works also for Andy Statman.

it does not work for Sierra Hull on Acutab. It is prob a feature that some folks want to disable.

[BradKlein]

I never actually listened to the video above on half speed, until now. I have two observations:

- the boys sound really stoned during the stage patter

- that forked deer still sounds good at 50% !!

Brad