Upgrading from the current 720p, 1080p is the highest-quality YouTube videos available for public that can now be seen on flat screen TVs. Whether we buy a 1080p YouTube HD movie for a limited time or find free 1080p HD movies and interesting 1080p high-definition clips on YouTube, with no doubt, we would like to download and save them to iTunes for transferring to portable devices like iPod, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV etc.
So, read on to get the best solution to save 1080p YouTube HD movies to iTunes on Mac.
Method #1: Save 1080p YouTube HD Movies to iTunes on Mac with "Download YouTube Videos as MP4 and FLV" Add-ons
"Download YouTube Videos as MP4 and FLV" is a small extension which adds a download button on the YouTube video pages, so you can download videos as MP4 or FLV. The extension is based on a Greasemonkey script. If you use Chrome, Opera, Safari or Internet Explorer, install the script. There's no free trial version for download, you can download this add-on only if you making a small contribution to help support its continued development, say $2.
Here are the formats you can save using this extension:
* MP4 360p (480×270, 480×360) – all videos are available in this format. Use it if you want to play videos on a mobile phone (iPhone, Android) or to save space.
* MP4 720p (1280×720) – HD format, available for an increasing number of videos. Use this format if you want to play videos on an iPad.
* MP4 1080p (1920×1080) – HD format, available for less videos than MP4 720p.
* MP4 4K (up to 4096p) – HD format, available for a few videos.
* The highest-quality FLV version available: FLV 240p (320×240), FLV 360p (320×240, 400×226, 640×360) or FLV 480p (640×480, 854×480).
After downloading YouTube 1080p HD videos with "Download YouTube Videos as MP4 and FLV" Add-ons, you can free play them using:
* VLC (Windows, Mac, Linux / play both MP4 and FLV videos) – recommended video player
* Windows Media Player 12 for Windows 7 (play only MP4 videos)
* iTunes and QuickTime Player (Windows, Mac / play only MP4 videos)
* Video players for mobile devices (for example, MP4 360p videos can be watched on an iPhone, iPod Touch and on most Android phones, while MP4 720p videos can be watched on an iPad)
Method #2: Save 1080p YouTube HD Movies to iTunes on Mac with Advanced YouTube Converter HD for Mac
Maybe "Download YouTube Videos as MP4 and FLV" Add-ons is enough for those who only need to save YouTube 1080p HD video to iTunes as MP4 video format, but for those who requires luxuriant output video formats or need to save 1080p HD videos as iTunes MP3 audio formats, Enolsoft YouTube Converter HD for Mac may the best choice for them.
"Enolsoft YouTube Converter HD for Mac" is all-in-one YouTube 1080p HD video downloader and converter, gives an easy and fast solution to batch download multiple YouTube videos (including YouTube HD 720p, 1080p videos and YouTube HTML 5 videos) at a time and then convert the downloaded YouTube HD videos, as well as local FLV videos, to popular video and audio formats (including HD). Allows Mac users to enjoy YouTube 1080p HD videos offline with many portable devices like Amazon Kindle Fire, iPad 2, iPhone 4S, iPod, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Motorola XOOM, PlayBook etc.
Here are the formats you can save using Enolsoft YouTube Converter HD for Mac:
* Standard Definition Videos: H.264 Video(*.mp4), MPEG-4 Video(*.mp4), MPEG2 PS Video(*.mpg), DVD MPEG2 PS Format(*.vob), Super VideoCD MPEG2 PS Format(*.mpg), MPEG1 Video(*.mpg), MOV-QuickTime Video(*.mov), M4V-iTunes Store Video(*.m4v), ASF-Advanced Streaming Format(*.asf), AVI-Audio-Video Interleaved(*.avi), DivX Video(*.avi), Xvid Video(*.avi), WMV-Windows Media Video(*.wmv), FLV-Flash Video(*.flv), SWF-Shockwave Flash(*.swf), RM-RealMedia Video(*.rm), MKV-Matroska Video(*.mkv), 3GPP-3rd Generation Partnership Project(*.3gp), 3GPP2-3rd Generation Partnership Project 2(*.3g2), Digital Video File(*.dv), WebM Video File(*.webm), MPEG2 TS Video(*.ts)
* High Definition Videos: HD H.264 Video(*.mp4), HD MPEG-4 Video(*.mp4), HD MOV Video(*.mov), HD MKV Video(*.mkv), HD MPEG2 Video(*.mpg), HD ASF Video(*.asf), HD AVI Video(*.avi), HD WMV Video(*.wmv), HD FLV Video(*.flv), HD MPEG2 TS Video(*.ts)
* Audio Formats: AAC-Advanced Audio Coding(*.aac), M4A-MPEG-4 Audio(*.m4a), AC3-Dolby Digital Audio(*.ac3), MP3-MPEG Layer-3 Audio(*.mp3), WMA-Windows Media Audio(*.wma), WAV-Waveform Audio(*.wav), OGG-Ogg Vorbis Audio(*.ogg), AIFF-Audio Interchange File Format(*.aiff), FLAC-Free Lossless Audio Codec(*.flac), AMR-Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio Codec(*.amr), MKA-Matroska Audio(*.mka), MP2-MPEG Layer-2 Audio(*.mp2), AU-SUN AU Format(*.au)
After downloading YouTube 1080p HD videos with Enolsoft YouTube Converter HD for Mac, you can free play them using:
* Apple Device: iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, Apple TV, iPod, iPod nano, iPod Touch etc.
* Apple Software: iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, Final Cut Pro etc.
* Game Console: Xbox 360, PSP, PS3, Wii, NDS etc.
* Tablet: Samsung Tab, BlackBerry Tab, HP Tab, Dell Tab, Motorola Tab, ARCHOS Tab, Amazon Kindle Fire etc.
* Mobile Phone: Android Phone, BlackBerry Phone, Windows Phone, Symbian Phone etc.
* Portable Video Player: Walkman, Zune, Palm, Creative ZEN, Sansa, ARCHOS, iRiver etc.
* YouTube: FLV-Flash Video(*.flv), H.264 Video(*.mp4), HD H.264 Video(*.mp4), WebM Video File(*.webm)
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