OT: YTD YouTube Downloader - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 04:37:00 am
content: just to let you know guys. after being dissapointed with how youtube save their video in my cache lately, but thanks to them i now found a better solution, no need to manual rename the cache... YTD Video Downloader, also works with Vimeo site i tried last time. the eval version works, the paid version is not that much i believe. i've tried the other browser plugin crap, they just hanged my browser, this standalone app works! i'm no YTD affiliate, just a happy eval user... ->http://www.ytddownloader.com/

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 05:13:45 am
content: I find 'Chrome YouTube Downloader' is much simpler to use. No cut/paste.http://www.mandel-design.xf.cz/Chrome-Youtube-Downloader/Regards

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 05:34:08 am
content: Quote from: PeterG on November 14, 2012, 05:13:45 amunfortunately i uninstalled Chrome since with its own will, created 1GB cache in my HDD even its only saw seldom use from me...

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 09:08:07 am
content: I've used YTD Video Download when it was Youtube Downloader - i started using them 3 years ago

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 09:57:31 am
content: Flashgot addon, and with Chrome I do not use it, but use Chromium instead.

author: Otatiaro
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 10:58:35 am
content: Hello,Free Download Manager does it very good at least on youtube, and ultra easy to use.Thomas.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 11:41:17 am
content: Quote from: PeterG on November 14, 2012, 05:13:45 amsorry i forgot to defend... we only need to copy, no need paste or cut. activate the app and it will automatically paste anything in the clipboard for you

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 01:40:40 pm
content: Just weird to see you guys still struggling just to download youtube vid.Have been using Opera browser for very long time, and it has this feature (as browser add on) for years, pretty convenient I'd say.

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 05:53:24 pm
content: I have a button just like that in chrome.I don't understand not using chrome. So what if it makes a 1gig cache? That's like .003% of my hard drive space

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 06:32:08 pm
content: Quote from: poptones on November 14, 2012, 05:53:24 pmi dont have it, i'm not sure how to i thought i've tried, the same with firefox and just installed opera (too lazy to search the addon i thought it was automatic). but the chrome is gone, bye bye. until i find a better reason to make it back.Quote from: poptones on November 14, 2012, 05:53:24 pmand i dont understand why must to.Quote from: poptones on November 14, 2012, 05:53:24 pmYOUR harddrive! not mine. its 3% of my system HDD, 0.05% or less than my entire storage. so what? i'm not condoning any programmer to become too lazy to rely on 1GB cache! get another job!so your storage is like what? 33TB? what kind of man are you?! ever lived with 30GB storage?

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 06:47:31 pm
content: LOL it was a bit of an exaggeration, but yeah my system has about... 4TB of storage, And no, I haven't "lived" with 30GB since about 1998. Using a large CACHE does not imply "lazy programmer" it implies design for use in an era of large hard drives. If you were talking about executable size I might agree with you, but using 1GB for an internet cache is no big deal when most people have hundreds. Why don't you just turn off the cache? My cache is like 540MB including 170MB of media cache, and I use the net all day long. You can disable the cache from the developer's console, and you can make any version of chrome a "dev version" by ticking a box. That also allows you to install the YT downloader, which works great and doesn't use a subscription or any of that other nonsense.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 07:00:24 pm
content: 1GB really? Where? My chrome's cache only says 72MB with a clogged history.

author: aluck
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 07:52:03 pm
content: I use jDownloader - it allows to download a whole youtube channel's contents.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 08:42:45 pm
content: Quote from: T4P on November 14, 2012, 07:00:24 pmtry to look in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Chrome or the like... i used File Size Manager and then i catched that on top list. maybe not a cache, i dont know what it is, not usefull to me, i got a warning saying my C is only less than 100MB, and gone it be. can you believe that? 100MB left of free space? i know but i choosed this way and i'm not going to regret itQuotescary!

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 08:45:28 pm
content: I don't know how modern windows even works with less than 100MB freee space. Are yopu sure it's not something else clogging up your drive? File fragments? Swap file?

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 09:09:14 pm
content: Running 'Disk Cleanup' can work wonders as well.Regards

author: arekm
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 09:35:50 pm
content: http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/works great and it's only ~43KB (requires python).

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 10:15:10 pm
content: Quote from: PeterG on November 14, 2012, 09:09:14 pmi closely monitor my system mostly manually. rendering disk cleanup util or all those automatic crap useless

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2012, 10:23:49 pm
content: Quote from: poptones on November 14, 2012, 08:45:28 pmthats why i tell you, you give me 1m-cube box i can live in it!Quote from: poptones on November 14, 2012, 08:45:28 pmi used file size manager with sort capability i can spot anything abnormally large. be it because its actually large, or wasted sector fragments etc they all will reflect. Chrome's App Data was 1GB large, and 1GB that is. i uninstalled it, 1GB free now, deep fresh breath!

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 04:19:15 am
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on November 14, 2012, 06:32:08 pmHere ->https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4/

author: DarkPrince
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 05:44:25 am
content: Ironicially I went backwards... I have two 1TB externals and another 2TB external (remove any to make it internal) but re-setup my tower with a SSD as a bootdrive, but only 60GB. I've been down to 30kB before... (619MB right now). Think I need a larger SSD! By the way, is this now off-off-topic?It'd be nice to watch Dave's videos in HD... should have it automatically detect new video from subscriber and download the HD version (buffering is about a third of play rate).

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 09:56:37 am
content: Quote from: aluck on November 14, 2012, 07:52:03 pmI use JDownloader too for downloading Youtube videos, among other things.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 10:05:41 am
content: Quote from: DarkPrince on November 15, 2012, 05:44:25 ami think the thread is concluded, so its free discussion nowyea i'm think SSD too, wait one day. 60GB? twice better than i have, try to learn to live hard, you'll be certainly ok to live in more luxurious condition.my 2cnts.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 10:06:26 am
content: Quote from: BravoV on November 15, 2012, 04:19:15 amthanks its working now!

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 10:56:54 am
content: Well, I have 4 750GB drives and 1 1TB drive in a raid (one drive died and the warranty replacement was, of course, a 1TB rather than the 750). I'm seriously considering dumping the lot on ebay and replacing them all with 3 2TB drives which would give me more space and less drag on my power supply. I have another 2TB drive I bought because my raid was full, and a 300GB Raptor. had a few SSDs (a 128GB raid of 32GB SSDs) and even experimented with raid0s of thumb drives before ssds were affordable, and never found a substantial increase in speed over my raptor. At any rate, at less than a hundred bucks a TB I can't understand how anyone outside a thrid world country could be so confined by HD space these days.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 11:40:13 am
content: 1st: i will avoid raid unless there is good reason that say i must to.2nd: its not about how big your "tool" is, but how do you "manage" itQuoteQuote

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 11:47:12 am
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on November 15, 2012, 11:40:13 amGood for you.QuoteAh, so it's pointless to have lots of storage because a 'real man' will never actually use it?

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 12:06:19 pm
content: Quote from: Monkeh on November 15, 2012, 11:47:12 amexcuse me "lady". i didnt say having a lot of storage is pointless. please read the semantics carefully.keep selling and buying your storage (or any "tools" for that matter) should tell you something on how you manage your storage. still i wont claim that act as pointless.terminology: lady = listening to words (or whispers) that man didnt say and have much to assume

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 12:33:31 pm
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on November 15, 2012, 12:06:19 pmIt's hard to read broken english carefully.QuoteOr about the price and availability of rapidly-moving technology.. Wasn't that long ago that 2TB drives didn't exist.QuoteMore like rampant sexism.

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 12:49:22 pm
content: I don't get it. Am I some kinda douche because I filled up a 2.5TB RAID?I also don't get why anyone would not use a RAID. I've been doing video work more than a decade, RAIDs are not only faster they're fault tolerant. After losing all my stuff (in windows) for the umpteenth time I said "screw this" and left windows and adopted raid. Now the only time I lose something is when I choose it. This isn't space age wizardry, it's basic metal and silicon stuff. It's dead easy in linux, I have to imagine it's just as easy in windows./home/poptones# mdadm --detail /dev/md0/dev/md0:Version : 0.90Creation Time : Sat Apr 24 16:42:14 2010Raid Level : raid5Array Size : 2500516864 (2384.68 GiB 2560.53 GB)Used Dev Size : 625129216 (596.17 GiB 640.13 GB)Three years, one drive lost and replaced effortlessly. Why would anyone not want that?

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 12:55:18 pm
content: Quote from: poptones on November 15, 2012, 12:49:22 pmWell, duh. The 8TB array which has to last me for another few years for primary storage makes me a superdouche.Let you in on a little secret: I bought it before HDD prices trebled.

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 01:01:52 pm
content: I don't keep up with hardware unless I need some. HDD prices tripled? You mean I missed the chance to buy a WD black 2TB drive for 60 bucks?Ironically, the most expensive part of having lots of drives is the controller. The chipsets now have ten or more sata channels but the motherboard makers only support 4 or, if you're lucky, six. Crazy.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 01:05:34 pm
content: Quote from: poptones on November 15, 2012, 01:01:52 pmThailand floods. Prices tripled for a while there and still haven't come back down. I missed them by a couple of weeks.QuoteDon't think the blacks were ever that cheap. Greens were, though. Not any more.QuoteChipsets still only support 6, usually, although some support eight (6 SATA/300 and 2 SATA/600). Board space and cabling are a serious limitation in adding extra ports. You want a dedicated controller for large arrays anyway.

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 01:37:55 pm
content: I thought I read the new chipsets were supposed to have up to ten ports.Oh well. I don't have any plans to upgrade mobo or cpu any time soon. 8GB ram can be kinda tight at times (I do lots of graphics and video stuff) but my machine still performs as well as a pretty good i5 system and I certainly am not anxious to spend $500 on a CPU chip. I was thinking about getting a couple of these, though - then I could add another raid and both would only take up two motherboard connectors.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124043

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 01:39:43 pm
content: Quote from: poptones on November 15, 2012, 01:37:55 pmThose things can seriously affect performance, especially if your board doesn't support FIS-based switching. Not all boards do even if the chipset does (although the BIOS can probably be hacked).

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 02:09:43 pm
content: Not interested in hacking a bios, just interested in moving my data. I have a 5 disc raid5 and all my ports are in use including those on a two port card I added. If I were to buy 5 new drives to make a bigger raid I'd need another 4 port card at leastAlso not crazy about hardware raid solutions. mdadm works just fine for me and I know I can do diagnostics any time.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 02:25:05 pm
content: Quote from: Monkeh on November 15, 2012, 12:33:31 pmcare to correct? because thats how i was told in school. and i'm pretty certain that "manage" is not equal to "pointless", any standard 1 pupil knows that as well.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 03:28:46 pm
content: Monkeh, the newly released AMD A85X support 8 SATA 600 ports and all of the supporting motherboards are providing 7 SATA ports and 1 E-SATAQuote from: Mechatrommer on November 14, 2012, 08:42:45 pmI'm not kidding, i know exactly where the cache FOLDER is and i see 72MB

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 03:36:38 pm
content: Quote from: T4P on November 15, 2012, 03:28:46 pmOh, right, the datasheetless chipsets.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2012, 06:18:28 pm
content: That is quite a problem ... BUT ah wellIt's not like i'll ever need it