youtube video grabber

svar · 12-07-2008, 11:51 AM

Any suggestions how to grab a video from say youtube? What software
should one use?

lurko · 12-07-2008, 12:01 PM

youtube-dl. It's a python script and it works great. I use MPlayer to view what I download with it. VLC is likely just as good a candidate.

astrogeek · 12-07-2008, 12:02 PM

http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/

[EDIT]
You beat me lurko!

But as you said - works great!
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repo · 12-07-2008, 12:33 PM

If you use firefox, install downloadhelper.

Brian1 · 12-07-2008, 01:14 PM

I use the Flash Got extension for Firefox.

Brian

Woodsman · 12-07-2008, 01:21 PM

If you are using Firefox and are lazy, or want to razzle-dazzle friends with your skills

:

1. Play the video in Firefox.
2. When the video completes, open your file manager.
3. Open the Firefox disk cache directory.
4. Sort the file list by date.
5. Locate the most recent large file of type "Unknown."
6. Copy that file to another directory.
7. Change the name of the file and add the flv extension.

The process takes about as long as most people need to read this post.

rwright · 12-07-2008, 01:42 PM

If you use Fire Fox, try Fast Video Download,an extension, it works for me. Good luck.

astrogeek · 12-07-2008, 02:05 PM

Thanks Woodsman!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodsman

3. Open the Firefox disk cache directory.
4. Sort the file list by date.
5. Locate the most recent large file...

I have wondered where such things were cached and how to find them easily... DUH! That should have other applicability as well, and simple - dare I say obvious...

Alien_Hominid · 12-07-2008, 05:29 PM

This works just because Youtube is not a flv stream service, but rather using embedded flv video player. Don't expect this trick will always work.

Alien Bob · 12-07-2008, 05:46 PM

The following code lets you download any youtube video as a .MP4 file:

Quote:

javascript:if%20(document.getElementById('download-youtube-video')==null%20&&%20!!(document.location.href.match(/http:\/\/[a-zA-Z\.]*youtube\.com\/watch/)))%20{var%20yt_mp4_path='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_id='+swfArgs['video_id']+'&t='+swfArgs['t'];%20var%20div_embed=document.getElementById('watch-embed-div');if(div_embed){var%20div_download=document.createElement('div');div_download.innerHTML='%3Cbr%2 0/%3E%20%3Cspan%20id=\'download-youtube-video\'%3E%3Ca%20href=\''+yt_mp4_path+'\'%3EDownload%20as%20MP4%3C/a%3E%20'+%20%20((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari')!=-1)?'(control-click%20and%20select%20%3Ci%3EDownload%20linked%20file%20as%3C/i%3E)'

'(right-click%20and%20select%20%3Ci%3ESave%20'+%20(navigator.appName=='Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer'?'tar get':'link')%20+'%20as)%3C/i%3E'))+'%3C/span%3E';div_embed.appendChild(div_download);}}void(0);

I have this JavaScript code ready as a bookmark. Whenever I find a video I want to download, I click the bookmark and this creates an additional link below the "example embedded code" in the top right area of the youtube window.
Right-click and save the file as .MP4. Simple!

Eric

RageAgainstTheWindows · 12-07-2008, 06:17 PM

I use keepvid.com (videos downloaded from there will be in FLV format)

T3slider · 12-07-2008, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

The following code lets you download any youtube video as a .MP4 file:

I have this JavaScript code ready as a bookmark. Whenever I find a video I want to download, I click the bookmark and this creates an additional link below the "example embedded code" in the top right area of the youtube window.
Right-click and save the file as .MP4. Simple!

Eric

That's very cool. I use DownloadHelper in Firefox (which really downloads flash videos from any site, even if it's not YouTube or even a popular site), but in Opera I will definitely use this.

arubin · 12-08-2008, 03:25 AM

I generally find them as the most recent file in /tmp/

alkos333 · 12-08-2008, 07:01 AM

clive is a very good command-line utility for extracting videos. It's in the SBo repository.

willysr · 12-08-2008, 07:14 AM

I used http://tubeleecher.com to grab videos from YouTube and it worked