Nowadays, YouTube is more and more popular around the world. As we know, YouTube can be regarded as the most popular video-sharing website which provides us with a variety of videos. And more and more people tend to download YouTube video for offline enjoyment. In this case, the format and definition of videos downloaded from YouTube might not meet people's requirement. Hence, people might consider downloading and converting YouTube video to other video formats in high definition that meet their requirement, such as HD mp4 format. HD video is defined as the video of higher resolution and quality than standard-definition. The experience of watching HD video is better than others. When you want to watch a video you saw on YouTube but you have no suitable devices but only have your TV and a Blu-ray player, and you might need to download and convert YouTube to HD for better enjoy videos without YouTube. And this post will introduce detailed guide on how to download and convert YouTube to HD effectively.

Part 1. How to download YouTube videos?

To convert YouTube to HD, it is recommended to download YouTube videos first. And there might be some people have no idea to download desired videos from YouTube. No worry, CleverGet Video Downloader can help you.

CleverGet Video Downloader, a comprehensive online movie downloader that could not only download online videos, but also free movies, paid movies and even live streams, could help you easily complete online free movie download tasks in simple clicks. With it, you could easily download free movies from various free movie or video websites like YouTube, Twitter, Tubi, Facebook live, Vimeo and various other free movie sites.

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Step 1: Kick off CleverGet Video Downloader

Visit the YouTube website from your browser, then copy and paste the link from your address bar. If you have the link already saved somewhere, proceed to step 2.

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Step 2: Choose the desired video

Paste the link into the address bar of CleverGet, which should open the video webpage. From the list presented, select the ideal video with parameters that suite your needs (such as quality and format).

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Step 3: Proceed to download YouTube videos

Once you have confirmed everything, click the download button to initiate your download.

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Part 2. How to convert YouTube to HD with Leawo Video Converter?

After getting the downloaded YouTube video, you can turn to convert YouTube to HD mp4 with the help of Leawo Video Converter. Leawo Video Converter is a professional video converter that is able to convert all popular formats in high speed without quality loss. Besides, it provides rich editing features.

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    1. Convert video and audio files between 180+ formats without quality loss
    2. Support 720P, 1080P and even real 4K video output
    3. Create photo slideshows from photos stored on camera, computer, camcorder, etc
    4. Built-in video editor to trim, crop, add watermark, apply special effect, etc
    5. 2D to 3D converter with 6 different 3D movie effects available

Step 1: Import the source video files into Leawo Video Converter

Click Add Video from the toolbar to import the source files. Batch importing is supported but it will slow down the entire conversion process if your files are too large.

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Step 2: Change the output format

Click Change under the format drop-down menu to navigate to the Profile panel, where you will be able to change the output format to the target one.

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Step 3: Adjust the parameters of video

Twist the parameters to make your video file smaller if needed.

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Step 4: Set an output directory to save the converted file

Click the Convert button and you will see a sidebar pop up to let you specify a directory to save the output file. After that, click the round button Convert below to start conversion. This process will take a couple of minutes depending on how large your file is.

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When conversion kicks off, you may view the green progress bar to monitor the real status. Once 100% is done, you will be able to find your converted files under the directory you set previously.

Part 3. How to convert YouTube to HD with YouTube to HD video converter online?

In addition to Leawo Video Converter, you can try other methods like YouTube to HD converter online. Search online you will find lots of such online converters like onlinevideoconverter, clipconverter.cc, Office Converter, Convert Files and so on. Such YouTube to HD converter online is convenient since you don't need to download any other software or programs. Here I would like to take clipconverter.cc as an example to show you simple steps.

  • Step 1. Paste your YouTube URL at 'Video URL' and press Continue.
  • Step 2. Select HD (mp4) as the output format.
  • Step 3. Press the 'Start' button at the bottom to start the conversion.
  • Step 4. After the conversion is finished, you can download the converted file.

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The solutions listed above are all efficient for downloading and converting YouTube to HD. As for me, I prefer CleverGet YouTube Downloader and Leawo Video Converter since it is efficient and convenient to download and then convert YouTube video to HD in high speed without quality loss. As for YouTube to HD converter online, you need more time to upload and download YouTube videos. Besides, the uploaded files has limit on its size. And you need to download the converted files once done. Therefore, by contrast, Leawo product is a better choice.