Command Line Video Download Tool `youtube-dl` Gets Support For 17 New Websites

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/">Youtube-dl</a> is a command line tool that allows downloading videos from YouTube and other similar websites. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Recently, youtube-dl has received support for 17 new websites</b>: hotnewhiphop.com, auengine.com, gamespot.com, RingTV, wat.tv, traileraddict.com, tu.tv, instagram.com, Statigr.am, break.com, tudou.com, Jukebox, Wimp.com, CSpan, 3sat, brightcove.com and archive.org.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwlIE9KK2Kfc8aa1dZTbM0baYxGE2ITailnzykIdIyq_Yy9Fxz4xVZGVdXgp1bH0ab7aLzj2QT7RNqUePt3mKf7j7FYJgzUqC8rMCvE23wFlUDyDF9YSiC1H0LDpj5cZ8qUoXuhreX5k/s1600/youtube-dl.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwlIE9KK2Kfc8aa1dZTbM0baYxGE2ITailnzykIdIyq_Yy9Fxz4xVZGVdXgp1bH0ab7aLzj2QT7RNqUePt3mKf7j7FYJgzUqC8rMCvE23wFlUDyDF9YSiC1H0LDpj5cZ8qUoXuhreX5k/s320/youtube-dl.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Compared to the version available in the Ubuntu repositories (13.04, 12.10 or 12.04), there are many other changes in the latest youtube-dl (version 2013.07.08.1), including:</div><ul><li>Improved support for encrypted signatures in Youtube;</li><li>Improved support for videos from ArteTv;</li><li>Vimeo: allow to download password protected videos;</li><li>Youtube: A lot of work for downloading VEVO videos;</li><li>Fixed downloading from Google+ videos;</li><li>Added support for downloading automatic transcribed subtitles;</li><li>Added support for downloading subtitles in WebVTT (vtt) format;</li><li>Improved support for Youtube's crypto signing fields;</li><li>YouTube subscription feed download support;</li><li>Dailymotion: fixed the download of the video in the max quality;</li><li>Fixed bash completion.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the newly added websites, youtube-dl also supports: <b>YouTube (besides single videos it also supports playlists, searches and user videos)</b>, metacafe.com, Google Video (including searches), Pinsthotobucket, Dailymotion, DepositFiles, blip.tv, Vimeo, myvideo.de, The Daily Show / Colbert Nation, The Escapist, CollegeHumor, arte.tv, Soundcloud, xvideos, infoq, mixcloud, Stanford Open Content, Youku, MTV, Xnxx, Google Plus and there's also a generic downloader that works with some other sites.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application comes with many useful features, including <b>options to specify the video quality/format</b>, add the original title to the downloaded video filename, proxy support, <b>automatically extract audio from downloaded videos</b> and more.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install youtube-dl in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest youtube-dl from the main WebUpd8 PPA</b> (note: the PPA contains some other packages so check out the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8">package list</a> before adding it):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install youtube-dl</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">You can manually <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+packages?field.name_filter=youtube-dl&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">download</a> and install the deb if you don't want to add the PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">youtube-dl can update itself if installed manually however, to make sure you have the all the required dependencies, proper bash completion, etc., it's better to use the PPA / deb above.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other Linux distributions:</b> search for youtube-dl in the repositories or download it from <a href="http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html">HERE</a>. You can update it to the latest version using the following command: "<i>youtube-dl -U</i>". </div><br />To download a video, simply use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>youtube-dl http://VIDEO_URL</code></pre>where "<i>VIDEO_URL</i>" is the url of the video you want to download. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To see all the available options, type the following commands in a terminal: "<i>man youtube-dl</i>" or "<i>youtube-dl -h</i>".</div>

Command Line Video Download Tool `youtube-dl` Gets Support For 17 New Websites

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Minitube 2.0 And Musique 1.2.1 Released, Available In Our Ubuntu PPA

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ROMGBxXAyCk/UQ--PH3KSII/AAAAAAAANMM/UXQVjdFOAhE/s1600/minitube.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Minitube 2.0"><img alt="Minitube 2.0" border="0" height="188" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ROMGBxXAyCk/UQ--PH3KSII/AAAAAAAANMM/UXQVjdFOAhE/s320/minitube.png" title="Minitube 2.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Minitube, a native Youtube client for Linux</b>, Windows and Mac OS X which you can use to play (and download) YouTube videos without Flash, has been updated today and the new version is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest <b>Minitube 2.0</b> <b>adds YouTube categories and "standard feeds": "Most Popular", "Featured", etc.</b>, country selection for YouTube categories and feeds, <b>related videos, bigger and nicer 16:9 thumbnails</b> as well as some other changes such as:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>"Show 10 More" with a single click</li><li>Play video in the playlist with a single click on its thumbnail </li><li>Disk cache for video thumbnails</li><li>Ubuntu Ambiance theme integration</li><li>Fixes for: some youtube links not working, playlisy drag'n'drop, launguage detection, looping video with Phono VLC backend on Linux, more</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lyU1n6D2uEY/UQ--Y1LVyiI/AAAAAAAANMU/S9_cbrI7bEY/s1600/minitube-categories.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Minitube 2.0: YouTube categories"><img alt="Minitube 2.0" border="0" height="188" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lyU1n6D2uEY/UQ--Y1LVyiI/AAAAAAAANMU/S9_cbrI7bEY/s320/minitube-categories.png" title="Minitube 2.0" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minitube: YouTube categories</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b>To install the latest Minitube 2.0 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install minitube</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important: if the playback doesn't work in Minitube,</b> you've probably encountered the MP4 Gstreamer bug affecting Minitube, Totem and other players - <b>you'll find a fix <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/fix-mp4-playback-in-ubuntu-1204.html" title="Fix MP4 Playback In Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10 Gstreamer Bug Affecting Totem, Minitube, Etc.">HERE</a>.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows and Mac OS X, you can download Minitube from its <a href="http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube">homepage</a> </b>(note: for Linux, there are only 32bit binaries available for download)<b>.</b></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e5Gybgp8meQ/UQ--gpxbxlI/AAAAAAAANMc/aAeBqEGdz60/s1600/musique.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Musique"><img alt="Musique" border="0" height="188" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e5Gybgp8meQ/UQ--gpxbxlI/AAAAAAAANMc/aAeBqEGdz60/s320/musique.png" title="Musique" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Musique (previously known as Minitunes) is a Qt music player created by the Minitube developer</b>, Flavio Tordini, which doesn't come with many options but offers an interesting interface which lets you browse your music by album covers or folders, displays Last.fm information and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Musique 1.2.1</b> has been released today, the new version bringing faster scrolling and a speed up in the way the artist photos and album covers are painted on the screen. There's also Ambiance integration for Ubuntu (the toolbar should look better when using the Ambiance theme) and a fix for system language settings detection.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Musique in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install musique</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows and Mac OS X, you can download Musique from its <a href="http://flavio.tordini.org/musique">homepage</a></b> (note: for Linux, there are only 32bit binaries available for download, just like for Minitube).</div>

Minitube 2.0 And Musique 1.2.1 Released, Available In Our Ubuntu PPA

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Alternative YouTube Video Lens Updated With Previews, More [Ubuntu 12.10]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sSkIFOo9HTM/UHQAJBK9JGI/AAAAAAAAKjg/vyb74J8UH5Q/s1600/youtube-scope_11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sSkIFOo9HTM/UHQAJBK9JGI/AAAAAAAAKjg/vyb74J8UH5Q/s320/youtube-scope_11.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/youtube-scope-for-unity-video-lens-with.html">while back</a>, <a href="http://www.atareao.es/">Lorenzo</a> has created an alternative video lens and YouTube scope for Unity, which can be used to easily search and play YouTube videos using an external player of your choice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Unity in Ubuntu 12.10 does have its own video lens, but it only supports YouTube Shows, Movies and Educations, so most YouTube results won't show up in the default Ubuntu video lens.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Lorenzo's YouTube lens/scope has been updated for Ubuntu 12.10 recently, getting proper video previews</b> (I say "proper" because the default Ubuntu 12.10 video lens previews are kind of broken) which display the license, view count, likes and dislikes, the video description along with a video image and options to play the video using the player selected from the YouTube scope settings or open it in a web browser - check it out:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7z3Gouw_CtA/UHQAQCX9QeI/AAAAAAAAKjo/vnl1is8_kJA/s1600/youtube-scope_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7z3Gouw_CtA/UHQAQCX9QeI/AAAAAAAAKjo/vnl1is8_kJA/s320/youtube-scope_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with this YouTube scope, besides being able to easily search for YouTube videos,<b> it comes with a tool that lets you select an external player for viewing YouTube videos</b>, so you don't have to open your browser (and without Flash). In the latest version, more players are supported and <b>you can download videos as well</b>, feature for which <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/update-youtube-dl-to-get-it-working.html">youtube-dl</a>, a command line tool to download YouTube videos, is used.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fdh-D8OCb3I/UHQAe_dcumI/AAAAAAAAKjw/LkkkjSBejdQ/s1600/youtube-scope-gui.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fdh-D8OCb3I/UHQAe_dcumI/AAAAAAAAKjw/LkkkjSBejdQ/s320/youtube-scope-gui.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>The new version also comes with speed improvements and better search results, along with other new features, such as:</b><br /><ul><li>filter videos by length (short: less than four minutes, medium: less than twenty minutes, long: videos longer than twenty minutes)</li><li>filters for HD or 3D videos</li><li>new supported video players like Totem or SMPlayer</li><li>option to download videos which supports selecting the downloaded video format</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install YouTube scope/lens in Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><b>Add the PPA and install the alternative YouTube scope/lens in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/lenses <br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install yavol scope-youtube youtube-dl</code></pre><br /><b>Once installed, restart Unity:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>setsid unity</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To configure which video player to use for viewing YouTube videos, launch Yavol from Dash</b> (shows up as "yavol-scope-youtube-configurator"). In my test, VLC didn't work properly, so I suggest using something like Totem or Minitube to play the videos.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.atareao.es/ubuntu/unity/scope-youtube-yavol-quantal-quetzal-y-previews/">atareao.es</a></i></div>

Alternative YouTube Video Lens Updated With Previews, More [Ubuntu 12.10]

A while back , Lorenzo has created an alternative video lens and YouTube scope for Unity, which can be used to easily search and play YouTu...

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