iPod is a series of portable media players owned and developed by Apple inc. The first iPod came to commercial production in 2001 and now presently only iPod Touch is in production. iPod is a nice device for listening to music and watching videos. The iPod devices also let you download content from iTunes and you can also transfer your media from your Mac or PC to your iPod. Most people prefer YouTube for downloading high res audio. This is because YouTube is free and it remains always loaded up with the latest music videos. You have to convert those YouTube videos to MP3 before transferring them to your iPod device. Here we are presenting some cool ways to download music from YouTube to iPod.
Here is a list of some tools which will let you download YouTube music videos as MP3 songs. After downloading those songs in MP3 format you can easily transfer the music to your iPod device. Please note that this tutorial works with all types of iPod devices like iPod nano, iPod Touch 5, iPod Touch 7, etc.
StreamFab YouTube to MP3 converter is a nice tool for downloading your favorite YouTube music videos as MP3 songs. For this purpose, you will need a PC and DVDFab 12. With StreamFab YouTube to MP3 converter, you can convert and download individual YouTube songs or can download the entire YouTube playlist. Here’s a quick tutorial to use this free tool.
YouTube music will be downloaded with easy clicks shown above. You can save them on computer HDD or transfer them to mobile devices for offline play whenever possible. In this way, downloading music from YouTube to iPod is no longer a matter.
If you aren’t using a PC then you can use onlinevideoconverter.com from your smartphone and download YouTube music directly to your phone storage. You can then transfer the downloaded music to your iPod device later. Online video converter is a free service that lets you download and convert your favorite YouTube music video to MP3. The only thing you may not like about this service is annoying ads. So better use an adblocker to use it without intrusive ads. Online video converter lets you convert YouTube to iPod without a computer.
AVC by Anvsoft is a free video converter that also provides a way to download YouTube to iPod. With the help of an AVC free video converter, you can download YouTube to iPod within a few clicks. First, you have to download the video in MP4 and then you have to convert it to MP3.
Note: Unlike StreamFab YouTube to MP3 the AVC doesn’t support YouTube playlists. So you can only download one song at a time.
You simply need iTunes for this purpose and a PC or a Mac computer. Here are the steps below to transfer the downloaded and converted YouTube MP3 songs to your iPod.
1. Open iTunes on your PC/Mac and click ‘File>Add to Library’.
2. Locate the MP3 files and select them all then click ‘Open’. All the MP3 songs will be transferred to your iTunes library.
3. Now connect your iPod device to your PC/Mac with the supplied USB cable. Click the ‘View’ menu and select ‘Show Sidebar’.
4. Your iPod will be visible in the sidebar in ‘Devices’. Click your iPod icon.
5. Then click the ‘Music’ option in the left sidebar. Then check ‘Sync Music’ and select the Songs that you want to transfer to your iPod.
So this is how you can download music from YouTube and transfer it to your iPod device. We explained three tools for this with StreamFab YouTube to MP3 being the best tool because it supports YouTube batch-download too. You can download single songs with it for totally free. You can also try some free tools like AVC and online video converter which aren’t good for downloading YouTube playlists.