Youtube is a web site that has provided billions video and can be downloaded for free. You can download youtube video using Ubuntu 9.04 that has provided the application on it's repository. The Application for download youtube videos on linux is youtube-dl, that is run through the terminal. This article will explain how to install and use youtube-dl in ubuntu linux 9.04 Jaunty.
- Let's install youtube-dl on your Jaunty Jackalope
Make sure you have connected on local repository or internet, cos Youtube-dl is available on ubuntu 9.04 repository.
$ sudo aptitude install youtube-dl - Try to download video on youtube through youtube-dl
Check manual about youtube-dl, then start to use it via command line.
$ man youtube-dl
Standard command to download youtube video using youtube-dl
$ youtube-dl -o [name of output file] [YouTube URL]
E.g.:- Go to terminal, and check your directory. Because the downloaded file will be saved on your active directory on terminal.
Check current directory
$ pwd
Let's start to downloading youtube video
$ youtube-dl -o test.flv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcgwEv-BAbQ
- Go to terminal, and check your directory. Because the downloaded file will be saved on your active directory on terminal.
Installation Youtube-dl
To watch the downloaded video, browse to its location in the File Browser and double-click the file.
Or, just go to the tmp file and get it without any command line efforts at all.
http://www.igneousquill.net/2009/10/downloading-youtube-videos.html
hi Adam, thanks for suggestion any way.