Question: downloading Youtube videos
We have a client who has Linux in a soon to be triple boot installation and wants to download Youtube videos. The current Minitube for Mac and M$ have that feature available. The version in the Ubuntu repositories doesn't seem to do that. Is there anything *incredibly simple* for Mint/Ubuntu which will do the trick for a newbie? Later Mike
I use the Firefox extension Downloadhelper. On 15/10/11 16:34, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
We have a client who has Linux in a soon to be triple boot installation and wants to download Youtube videos. The current Minitube for Mac and M$ have that feature available. The version in the Ubuntu repositories doesn't seem to do that. Is there anything *incredibly simple* for Mint/Ubuntu which will do the trick for a newbie?
Later Mike
On 11-10-15 09:02 PM, Bill Reid wrote:
I use the Firefox extension Downloadhelper.
Thanks for the info. I presume you are using the first one in the list... Here is an interesting comedy series to try. Look for "The curse of the Flying Wombat". Unfortunately it sounds as though it is converting it to eight bit sound. Do you have any recommendations for which settings to use? Later Mike
On 15/10/11 16:34, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
We have a client who has Linux in a soon to be triple boot installation and wants to download Youtube videos. The current Minitube for Mac and M$ have that feature available. The version in the Ubuntu repositories doesn't seem to do that. Is there anything *incredibly simple* for Mint/Ubuntu which will do the trick for a newbie?
Later Mike
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Yes, I am using the Video Downloadhelper 4.9.5. In the preference dialog there is a Capture/Youtube tab. It would seem you are able to indicate what format you want the download converted to. Never played with that. On 15/10/11 22:37, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
On 11-10-15 09:02 PM, Bill Reid wrote:
I use the Firefox extension Downloadhelper.
Thanks for the info. I presume you are using the first one in the list... Here is an interesting comedy series to try. Look for "The curse of the Flying Wombat".
Unfortunately it sounds as though it is converting it to eight bit sound. Do you have any recommendations for which settings to use?
Later Mike
On 11-10-16 10:39 AM, Bill Reid wrote:
Yes, I am using the Video Downloadhelper 4.9.5. In the preference dialog there is a Capture/Youtube tab. It would seem you are able to indicate what format you want the download converted to. Never played with that.
Looks as though there may be a problem with my hardware then... Later Mike
On 15/10/11 22:37, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
On 11-10-15 09:02 PM, Bill Reid wrote:
I use the Firefox extension Downloadhelper.
Thanks for the info. I presume you are using the first one in the list... Here is an interesting comedy series to try. Look for "The curse of the Flying Wombat".
Unfortunately it sounds as though it is converting it to eight bit sound. Do you have any recommendations for which settings to use?
Later Mike
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I've been using DownloadHelper for quite a while now and I see no difference in video/sound quality except that sometimes the sound quality is better if anything. Kind regards, Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson helgi@binary.is On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Mike Pfaiffer <high.res.mike@gmail.com>wrote:
On 11-10-16 10:39 AM, Bill Reid wrote:
Yes, I am using the Video Downloadhelper 4.9.5. In the preference dialog there is a Capture/Youtube tab. It would seem you are able to indicate what format you want the download converted to. Never played with that.
Looks as though there may be a problem with my hardware then...
Later Mike
On 15/10/11 22:37, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
On 11-10-15 09:02 PM, Bill Reid wrote:
I use the Firefox extension Downloadhelper.
Thanks for the info. I presume you are using the first one in the list... Here is an interesting comedy series to try. Look for "The curse of the Flying Wombat".
Unfortunately it sounds as though it is converting it to eight bit sound. Do you have any recommendations for which settings to use?
Later Mike
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On 11-10-17 11:52 AM, Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson wrote:
I've been using DownloadHelper for quite a while now and I see no difference in video/sound quality except that sometimes the sound quality is better if anything.
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I'm thinking it's because I'm using 64bit hardware and drivers. Later Mike
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Mike Pfaiffer <high.res.mike@gmail.com <mailto:high.res.mike@gmail.com>> wrote:
On 11-10-16 10:39 AM, Bill Reid wrote:
Yes, I am using the Video Downloadhelper 4.9.5. In the preference dialog there is a Capture/Youtube tab. It would seem you are able to indicate what format you want the download converted to. Never played with that.
Looks as though there may be a problem with my hardware then...
Later Mike
On 15/10/11 22:37, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
On 11-10-15 09:02 PM, Bill Reid wrote:
I use the Firefox extension Downloadhelper.
Thanks for the info. I presume you are using the first one in the list... Here is an interesting comedy series to try. Look for "The curse of the Flying Wombat".
Unfortunately it sounds as though it is converting it to eight bit sound. Do you have any recommendations for which settings to use?
Later Mike
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I'm thinking it's because I'm using 64bit hardware and drivers.
Later Mike
That shouldn't make any difference unless there are bugs in either a) the 64-bit Linux Flash module [if you even have it - probably not yet], or b) the 64-bit drivers for your sound card, which would be immediately obvious in other applications. My guess is that you've got the download helper application set to automatically transcode the FLV into something more common, like MP4 or AVI or similar, and the transcoding parameters are wrong. [Or c) a bug in the transcoding library] 1. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin on another operating system? 2. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin when running a 32-bit linux LiveCD? (Ubuntu LiveCD will let you install Flash, FYI. Not sure what others will.) 3. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin under 64-bit linux? 4. Try just saving the FLV as-is, then playing it back with VLC. See if the audio sounds crappy there. 5. Now try manually transcoding it to WMV/AVI/MP4/whatever. Does the problem happen here? 6. Lastly, try your favourite downloading tool again. Is this where the audio problem happens? If so, use a different tool or figure out what settings are set wrong. -Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net
On 11-10-17 01:55 PM, Adam Thompson wrote:
I'm thinking it's because I'm using 64bit hardware and drivers.
Later Mike
That shouldn't make any difference unless there are bugs in either a) the 64-bit Linux Flash module [if you even have it - probably not yet], or b) the 64-bit drivers for your sound card, which would be immediately obvious in other applications.
Possible...
My guess is that you've got the download helper application set to automatically transcode the FLV into something more common, like MP4 or AVI or similar, and the transcoding parameters are wrong. [Or c) a bug in the transcoding library]
Likely. With point c there are two libraries. They are ffmpeg and mencoder.
1. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin on another operating system?
I haven't tried yet. However I have noticed the same distortion when I have two sounds playing at the same time.
2. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin when running a 32-bit linux LiveCD? (Ubuntu LiveCD will let you install Flash, FYI. Not sure what others will.)
I'll give it a try and respond again this evening.
3. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin under 64-bit linux?
No. I can play the clips through Youtube in Firefox with no distortion.
4. Try just saving the FLV as-is, then playing it back with VLC. See if the audio sounds crappy there.
Thought I tried it but I may have changed the settings. I'll try it when I get back.
5. Now try manually transcoding it to WMV/AVI/MP4/whatever. Does the problem happen here?
I have a couple of transcoding tools. I'll try it and get back to you.
6. Lastly, try your favourite downloading tool again. Is this where the audio problem happens? If so, use a different tool or figure out what settings are set wrong.
The more I think about it the more I think this is a possibility too.
-Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net
Someone in the newsgroups this morning suggested I try keepyoutube. All you have to do is add "keep" in front of the URL of the clip on youtube and select the format. I tried this once and it worked. This is why I'm now thinking it may be a transcoding issue. Later Mike
I'm just curious, why do people need to download youtube videos ? -- John Lange www.johnlange.ca
There are many potential reasons. For quotation, such as if you're partaking in a video conversation or referencing another video in yours (which is allowed under copyright law as "Fair Use"). Or just because you feel like playing it in a decent player instead of a browser, or if you want to distribute them somewhere else. There's plenty of videos on YouTube under a Creative Commons license which explicitly allows for that. Also you might foresee being offline for a while, in which case you might want an offline version. That's just what comes to mind right away. I'm sure there are more reasons that others have. Kind regards, Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson helgi@binary.is On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:18 PM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote:
I'm just curious, why do people need to download youtube videos ?
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Sometimes they go away, and you'd like to keep them around. Or watch later without Internet access. Or, like me, you have a friend on the other side of the Great Firewall of China who can't access YouTube, and you want to download them and put them in DropBox so he can watch them. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:18 PM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote:
I'm just curious, why do people need to download youtube videos ?
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On 11-10-17 01:55 PM, Adam Thompson wrote:
I'm thinking it's because I'm using 64bit hardware and drivers.
Later Mike
That shouldn't make any difference unless there are bugs in either a) the 64-bit Linux Flash module [if you even have it - probably not yet], or b) the 64-bit drivers for your sound card, which would be immediately obvious in other applications.
My guess is that you've got the download helper application set to automatically transcode the FLV into something more common, like MP4 or AVI or similar, and the transcoding parameters are wrong. [Or c) a bug in the transcoding library]
1. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin on another operating system? 2. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin when running a 32-bit linux LiveCD? (Ubuntu LiveCD will let you install Flash, FYI. Not sure what others will.) 3. Does the audio sound crappy when listening to the clip in a browser through the flash plugin under 64-bit linux? 4. Try just saving the FLV as-is, then playing it back with VLC. See if the audio sounds crappy there. 5. Now try manually transcoding it to WMV/AVI/MP4/whatever. Does the problem happen here? 6. Lastly, try your favourite downloading tool again. Is this where the audio problem happens? If so, use a different tool or figure out what settings are set wrong.
-Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net
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If'n it ain't the darndest thing... I checked out everything and all the things were loaded in the 64bit side. I couldn't get the sound working at all in the 32bit LXDE side (it did work with the loaner I had while I had this motherboard replaced). Then I thought "what if" and then disabled the onboard sound. it worked initially in the 64bit side, but still get nothing in 32 bit. Go figure... I tried downloading another clip and the problem was back. The only difference was Firefox was running. Turning off Firefox solved the problem. Even the conversion works properly now. I have two things I can show the client on Friday. If I can get Minitube working I'll have three. ;-) Later Mike
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