YouTube has a wide variety of videos available for both entertainment and education. Users can download videos for offline viewing inside the YouTube app. Even with a YouTube Premium subscription, videos remain inaccessible and locked in BLOB files instead of common formats such as MP4, MKV, and MP3, which could be designed for offline playback.
The converters will give you a simple and flexible way to convert a YouTube video format for offline viewing on your computer. But do they really work? Stay tuned while I share my experience.
(1) Y2meta
Composing the first part of the list is Y2meta, a US-based one-stop solution for users for conversion of YouTube videos to various audio and video formats that have been serving the users for over a decade. Along with converting videos into various formats that suit individual or business use, this tool allows you to convert videos to any format of your choice: MP3, M4A, AAC, MP4, 3GP, AVI, MOV, or MKV. Y2meta Converter provides downloads of videos supporting 2K, 4K, and 8K resolution, limited to MKV and WEBM formats.
You can convert and download videos in just the click of a button with the “Download” button using this very popular free YouTube video converter, which also has browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.
Advantage:
- Support a multiple formats
- Download YouTube videos upto 1080p Quality.
- Do not compromise your original quality.
(2) Y2mate
Y2mate is certainly one of the best YouTube Downloader free link converters, especially for users who want an ad-free experience. The standout feature is the ability to disable annoying download pop-ups right on the page, thus providing for a smooth operation. It supports video downloads from YouTube, Facebook, DailyMotion, and Vimeo.
The site allows the conversion and download of high-quality YouTube videos in 720p. If, however, you’re looking for options higher than that, you can download videos in MP4 or WebM format without audio. If you’re just after audio downloads, there are M4A and WebM OPUS formats available on Y2mate.
Advantages:
- It provides a simple user interface.
- Support a wide range of devices and browsers.
- It’s a free and secure YouTube Downloader.
(3) FLVTO
FLVTO has very quickly gained popularity as a well-known and trustworthy online free YouTube converter. This one’s features-high-quality video downloads with a maximum resolution up to 1080p. You can also select the audio bitrate from 64 kbps to 320 kbps. The website allows downloading in three formats: MP3, MP4, and WebM.
One extremely important thing to keep in your mind is that when converting YouTube videos to MP4 using 1440p or higher resolutions, they’ll be using AV01 encoding. That particular format may not play well with Windows Media Player because, by default, it may not support it. You may have trouble playing it unless you have the required software or codecs installed.
Advantages:
- Support for High-Resolution Videos
- Ad-Free Experience
- Free to Use
- Multiple Format Options
- Audio Bitrate Selection
(4) OnlineVideoConverter.vip
This website, available for free, is one of the best YouTube converters you can find on the net online. It is free of viruses and allows downloading videos not only from YouTube, but also from TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
The website claims to convert YouTube videos into audio MP3 but usually downloads audio as WEBA; furthermore, it sometimes recognizes M4A audio, resulting in the audio converting into MP4 instead of the expected audio file. So it’s not so pleasurable if you’re very attuned to MP3 or M4A format.
Advantages:
- Convert Multiple files at once.
- Supported a range of streaming platforms.
- No required software.