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YOUTUBE-DL - Good Youtube Downloader in Ubuntu
In order fetch video on Youtube network, we can go to a website then get the direct link using Orbit Downloader/Internet Download Manager or other downloader supporting get direct link of streamed video using Youtube-DL that is my favourite tool
In order fetch video on Youtube network, we can
go to a website then get the direct link
using Orbit Downloader/Internet Download Manager or other downloader supporting get direct link of streamed video
using Youtube-DL that is my favourite tool
It support both Ubuntu and Windows. here is instruction to use it in Ubuntu, Windows users can take a look at official Documentation
Installation:
To install in Debian
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip gcc sudo pip install --upgrade youtube_dl
To install in Ubuntu/Mint
sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
To install in CentOS
sudo yum install youtube-dl
To install in Fedora
sudo yum install youtube-dl
Usage:
Simplest command to download a video with URL is:
youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H96t33gipI
There are few option we can use to get specific resolution
First of all, get the list of available resolution
youtube-dl -F http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H96t33gipI
There is a list of resolution, based on it, we will get specific resolution by id
youtube-dl -f id_of_resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H96t33gipI
If we have a list of URL, put it in a file url.list then use option -a to download it
youtube-dl -a url.list
There is a configuration file where we can use to save common option for ourselves. It is located in /etc/youtube-dl.conf or ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf (per user configuration)
Enjoy everybody