Xilisoft Download YouTube Video helps you download YouTube videos easily. It offers two ways to download the YouTube videos: direct download and custom download. With the direct download, you can download YouTube videos with preferred settings, while with the custom download, you can customize the video quality and output formats. After the download is complete, you can convert the videos to other video/audio formats or some devices.

The guide below will show you how to download videos from www.youtube.com and how to convert Youtube videos to other video files suitable for various players and devices with Xilisoft Download YouTube Video step by step.

This guide is divided into three parts:

Part1: Download YouTube videos with preferred settings.
Part2: Download YouTube videos with custom settings.
Part3: Convert the downloaded videos to devices or other video/audio formats.

At first, download, install and launch Xilisoft Download YouTube Video. Below is the first interface after launch.

Part1: Download YouTube videos with preferred settings.

This program provides the preferred settings, it enables you to download optimized YouTube video easily.

1. Paste YouTube URL to the input box.

Copy the YouTube URL when you preview the video on YouTube and switch to the software, the URL will be pasted to the box automaticlly.

2. Click Download button to download the video.

It allows to view file name, resolution, format, duration, size and status in the task list. After the downloading is complete, click the "Open File Folder" to view the downloads.

Tip: You can see the default preferred settings on the "Settings" panel. And you can set the resolution and format as you want before downloading. In addition, you could change the destination path and "Max Simultaneous Downloads".

Part2: Download YouTube video with custom settings

This program allows you to customize the resolution and format of the video when downloading.

1. Paste YouTube URL to the input box.

2. Click "Advanced Download Settings" button to set the video resolution and format.

The program will offer several resolution and formats according to the source file, and you can choose one to download the video.

Part3: Convert the downloaded YouTube video

After the download is complete, click the "Convert" button on the right of the video thumbnail to convert the video to other video/audio formats or devices.

The program supports iPhone, Galaxy, HTC One, Moto X, iPad, Nexus, Kindle, Surface, Lumia, BlackBerry etc.

It enables you to customize the format from MP4, MKV, WMV, AVI, MOV, MPG, FLV, RM, MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC. You could also customize the video codec, video resolution and video bit rate. After settings, click OK button to convert the video.

You could view the status of the conversion. After conversion, click "Open Folder" to find the converted file.