Convert a YouTube video to a lightweight, web-ready WebM file.
YouTube is an online video sharing platform filled with all kinds of content that can inspire the creative process. At Motionbox we make it easy for you to repurpose YouTube content as long as you have the correct permissions. If you are a business owner or creator who posts on YouTube we provide the tools to make repurposing your content easier. You can convert your YouTube videos to webm and many other formats. Within our editor you can even edit YouTube videos.
WebM is an audiovisual media file format. WebM is perfect for HTML5 video and the HTML5 audio elements. The video container was Initially developed by On2, Xiph, and Matroska. Later on Google picked up the project and actively maintains the WebM container format. The inital release for this container was May 18, 2010. From the webmproject.com site, this is how webm is described (WebM is an open, royalty-free, media file format designed for the web.). The WebM file structure is based on the Matroska container.
Copy the URL of the YouTube video and paste it into the converter above. We validate the link and start pulling the video automatically.
Motionbox fetches the video and converts it to webm in the cloud. You will see a preview as soon as it is ready, usually within seconds.
Hit Download to save the webm file for free, or open it in the Motionbox editor to trim it, add subtitles, and animate text on top.
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