If you love YouTube videos and want to save them to your computer to watch later, you have have probably tried to save them and experienced problems with the format not opening in your media player. The videos on sites like YouTube are formatted in Flash Video (FLV) format and must be converted to play in most media players. Unfortunately, it is not as simple as just right clicking on the file. Many websites use the Flash Video format because it makes streaming videos run smoothly with limited buffering. Writer Bio
