Are you downloading Youtube videos by copying and pasting links to other sites or using a specific program for his task? Have you ever asked to yourself, "Why can't I just right-click and save the youtube video as I do for other things?". Then this post is for you. Read on and find the easiest wways to download youtube videos.
The easiest way to download is to use bookmarklets.
What are bookmarklets?
Bookmarklets are just like bookmarks ,but when you click on them instead of going to a website, it will perfom a task mentioned in its javascript code. These details are not that important, so just leave them if you don't understand them.
Bookmarklet 1: All in one Video Bookmarklet (FLV)
This bookmarklet helps you to download the file in .flv format (flash video) .
Bookmarklet 2: Get youtube video bookmarklet ( High quality MP4 format )
This will allow you to download youtube videos in MP4 format which can be then watched in your iPod, iPhone, Mobile Phones (which supprt MP4) and other PMPs.
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easier way in linux using CLI
linux users can use a readily available shell script called "youtube-dl". you can download any youtube video by using this command.
youtube-dl "filename" "video url"
The file name can be wither flv or mp4. There is a similar script called metacafe-dl to download metacafe videos. Ubuntu users can download these directly using the synaptic.
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CLI method
Using CLI method you have to anyway copy and paste the URL. The bookmarklet way doesn't need that.
But The script is great. CLI lovers can prefer that over bookmarkllets. :)
Not shell script
That's cool, but it's Python rather than a shell script. There IS a good shell script, here:
http://blog.johnlawrence.net/2008/12/youtube-download-shell-script/
Ahh! which Linux distro
Ahh! which Linux distro doesn't have python ? yeah some uncommon user distros like those BSDs and ArchLinux who are completely configured may not have python if you've not installed some application requiring python or installed python natively.
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