Downloading video, which software ? - Page 1
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author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 03:51:37 pm
content: Before it's even out of your mouth, there are plenty of videos which are perfectly legal and legitimate to download, which probably forces me to make a list even though that's NOT the subject.Big buck bunnyElephant's dreamSintelCaminandes <- this one is funnyTears of SteelSita Sings the Blues <- a one lady project, quite interestingHak5 episodesand videos, there's more than a thousand, all ok to download and copy and give away ! what ! all of these are ! what !....and everything else that is creative commons or PD licensed.(Edit: Every episode of Hak5 has the creative commons license in it's credits at the end of the video. )Of course any large site wants to make it next to impossible to download video, they just want to make the most money they can by hosting OTHER people's work without the owner's permission AND make money out of you, by watching you watching videos and selling the results. They also want to elbow you out of your seat and stop you watching lots of videos as well, for whatever reason. This is why tracking devices like all smartphones don't let you download for free if they can possibly stop you.Generally I've used videodownloadhelper but I want to know what to do when it goes on it's regular holiday from downloading, which is what it is doing at the moment.What other free software/ add-ons or easy command line stuff, especially Linux, is there for downloading video ?No I can't watch online as the internet SUCKS here and always will. Many millions have the same problem with their internet.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 04:52:22 pm
content: I'd just find a proper download for the PD stuff instead of going through a streaming service. You can DL them all straight through Wikipedia too...But what on earth has you thinking Hak5 is PD though? The closest I can find to a license agreement on anything of theirs is "© Hak5, LLCAll rights reserved."

author: cimmo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 05:30:36 pm
content: Have a look at JDownloader.http://jdownloader.org/

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 06:37:11 pm
content: Quote from: cimmo on August 17, 2015, 05:30:36 pmAm looking, ....http://www.pcworld.com/article/248743/jdownloader.htmlThe page I link to is 3 years old, but I'm even older than that and still reasonably useful. I notice they say to use a nice installer from pcworld but they are making me feel foolish because I can't find it. I use linux, and dont need hijacking. Still looking...

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 08:41:59 pm
content: Have you tried the Torch browser.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 08:53:55 pm
content: Quote from: G7PSK on August 17, 2015, 08:41:59 pmchrome, google, .exe file. that ain't friendly software. way too much crap laid on.

author: McBryce
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 09:03:28 pm
content: How about YTD?http://www.ytddownloader.com/McBryce.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 09:06:52 pm
content: System Requirements for YTD Video ConverterWindows XP/Vista/7/8Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher

author: McBryce
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 09:14:10 pm
content: Your original post suggested that you preferred Linux solutions, but windows was an option too. Or is that not the case?Or are you running Win3.1 ?McBryce.

author: kripton2035
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 09:19:08 pm
content: clipgrab is free and works fine. for win, mac or linux.http://clipgrab.org/

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 09:24:09 pm
content: I am not sure what all the OP requirements are but since YTD was mentionedI use it and 4K Video DownloaderI bought 4K because I can use it to download YT playlists (downloading a 200 video list on PIC32 right now)I use to be able to download playlists with YTD but no more. Also YTD paid service is a yearly subscription whereas 4K was a one time $10 charge. I use free YTD to download single files because it is easier to use on single files. I have used YTD to download videos from other sites.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 09:25:15 pm
content: I've been using KeepVid for years (mainly for YouTube but it supports other sites too). Their online service is free and works very well:http://www.keepvid.comOtherwise there is/was a software application by KeepVid (which I also have) but it seems they don't offer it anymore (maybe it was just easier to update the web version).It's simple to use, no bullshit and works. The downside is it won't allow you to queue up a list of videos or download an entire channel. For that I used another program as a once-off and then keep my collection updated with KeepVid.

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2015, 09:43:42 pm
content: ClipConverter can be good.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 06:16:52 am
content: Quote from: McBryce on August 17, 2015, 09:14:10 pmNo, I'm not running any version of widows except an old dedicated xp machine to play war3 on, windows anything, even the latest version is garbage. I do not go and get software just so I can whine about it, I want to USE it. Like I do for drawing pictures on here and so on. Blender is my number one software package that I love to play with and unwind. I doubt anyone in their right mind would ever port it to something like windows. Blender is what was used to create those first movies on the list, Buck bunny and sintel and all those. I can't draw living things in it, but it's features go on long after you're imagination can't cope with making up new ones. It's the collaborative effort of more people than any company, even microsoft, could ever afford to hire. They just keep developing it, rather than stopping development the moment it hits the shelves. I stick with open source, I just don't have time to waste wrestling with windows bugs and traps and licensing and nonsense.here is what I draw for my 3d printer using blender free linux software, because I too cheep and lazy and in a hurry to buy one.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 06:24:46 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on August 17, 2015, 10:13:15 pmOoo, I'll give it a go, thank you.Quote from: Wilksey on August 17, 2015, 09:43:42 pmThank you. I'll look into it too.Quote from: Halcyon on August 17, 2015, 09:25:15 pmThank you, and which extra one?Quote from: kripton2035 on August 17, 2015, 09:19:08 pmThank you, I'll look into it too.Quote from: McBryce on August 17, 2015, 09:03:28 pmI'll check it out.Thank you everyone so far,Keep the suggestions coming I'll make a list and check out everything I can according to spare time. I'll post it in the first message for everyone to enjoy less headaches searching and have more time enjoying free stuff !

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 07:00:18 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on August 18, 2015, 06:50:55 amawwww,I think that is what I've been dreaming of ! I'm glad that videodownloadhelper crashed and died in the ass now, because it's time for an upgrade !woah yeah, I'll be on easy street now baby !

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 07:01:00 am
content: Thank you Wilfred

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 08:27:41 am
content: This is strange, or I need help. I follow the instructionshttp://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.htmlQuote

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 09:47:57 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on August 18, 2015, 09:13:51 amyes, though they seem to be on that page at the bottom, maybe.Quoteyes, I did, but I'm not sure how to give it the key from that page.Quoteevaluation periodevaluation period? AAAawwwwW NooOooOooO

author: McBryce
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 10:07:04 am
content: Quote from: TheElectricChicken on August 18, 2015, 06:16:52 amEh, Blender for Windows has been around for quite a while. I use both the Linux and Windows versions.McBryce.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 10:22:52 am
content: Quote from: McBryce on August 18, 2015, 10:07:04 amwell there's no accounting for taste is there, what was blender foundation thinking

author: McBryce
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 11:27:51 am
content: The nice thing is that the Linux and Windows version are identical in look and use, so it's a seemless swap between them.McBryce.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 11:35:26 am
content: Quote from: McBryce on August 18, 2015, 11:27:51 amIf you have free windoze machines, yes I get you. But I'd sooner fork out cash for hardware that will last a decade or two rather than junk windowz. Free software on a free software machine I say. Then you can use the combined effort of millions of people's input, rather than just small&limp's.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 11:42:20 am
content: Quote from: TheElectricChicken on August 18, 2015, 10:22:52 amMaybe that avoiding 90%ish of desktop users doesn't really help with the "many hands make light work" side of things. And tbh there are plenty of settings where someone may have some freedom in their choice if tool but definitely wouldn't be able to just install their own choice of OS.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 12:07:42 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on August 18, 2015, 11:42:20 ammicrosoft seems to think ignoring 100% of users works well. Boom-tish

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 18, 2015, 09:22:37 pm
content: Quote from: TheElectricChicken on August 18, 2015, 06:24:46 amI can't recall now. It was bloated with adware and wasn't all that great, but it did the job. I just ran it up in a virtual machine to get what I needed then blew it away.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2015, 06:22:40 am
content: one day I must try out vm's.

author: TheElectricChicken
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2015, 12:20:25 am
content: Woo-Hoo, I got youtube-dl working now, IT LOOK GOOD.Look like proper open source software (better than anything commercial ) has lots of options too.Code:$ youtube-dl --helpUsage: youtube-dl  URL [URL...]Options:General Options:-h, --help Print this help text and exit--version Print program version and exit-U, --update Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)-i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs--dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification--list-extractors List all supported extractors--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors--force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic extractor--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl"large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error"just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possibleinstead of searching.--ignore-config Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the userconfiguration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)--flat-playlist Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.--no-color Do not emit color codes in outputNetwork Options:--proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection--socket-timeout SECONDS Time to wait before giving up, in seconds--source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)-4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)-6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)--cn-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some Chinese sites. The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if theoptions is not present) is used for the actual downloading. (experimental)Video Selection:--playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is 1)--playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last)--playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.--match-title REGEX Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)--reject-title REGEX Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)--max-downloads NUMBER Abort after downloading NUMBER files--min-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)--max-filesize SIZE Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)--date DATE Download only videos uploaded in this date--datebefore DATE Download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)--dateafter DATE Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)--min-views COUNT Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views--max-views COUNT Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views--match-filter FILTER Generic video filter (experimental). Specify any key (see help for -o for a list of available keys) to match if the keyis present, !key to check if the key is not present,key > NUMBER (like "comment_count > 12", also works with >=, <, <=,!=, =) to compare against a number, and & to require multiple matches. Values which are not known are excluded unlessyou put a question mark (?) after the operator.For example, to only match videos that have been liked more than 100times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike functionality is not available at the given service), but who alsohave a description, use --match-filter "like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .--no-playlist Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.--yes-playlist Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist.--age-limit YEARS Download only videos suitable for the given age--download-archive FILE Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.--include-ads Download advertisements as well (experimental)Download Options:-r, --rate-limit LIMIT Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)-R, --retries RETRIES Number of retries (default is 10), or "infinite".--buffer-size SIZE Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is 1024)--no-resize-buffer Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial valueof SIZE.--playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order--xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)--hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)--external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,axel,curl,httpie,wget--external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external downloaderFilesystem Options:-a, --batch-file FILE File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin)--id Use only video ID in file name-o, --output TEMPLATE Output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, %(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for theuploader nickname if different, %(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, %(ext)s for the filenameextension, %(format)s for the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), %(format_id)s for the unique id of theformat (like YouTube's itags: "137"), %(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), %(extractor)s for the provider(youtube, metacafe, etc), %(id)s for the video id, %(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title ifpresent, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in, %(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist. %(height)sand %(width)s for the width and height of the video format. %(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolutionof the video format. %% for a literal percent. Use - to output to stdout. Can also be used to download to a differentdirectory, for example with -o '/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' .--autonumber-size NUMBER Specify the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option isgiven--restrict-filenames Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames-A, --auto-number [deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] Number downloaded files starting from 00000-t, --title  Use title in file name (default)-l, --literal  Alias of --title-w, --no-overwrites Do not overwrite files-c, --continue Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.--no-continue Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)--no-part Do not use .part files - write directly into output file--no-mtime Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time--write-description Write video description to a .description file--write-info-json Write video metadata to a .info.json file--write-annotations Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file--load-info FILE JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)--cookies FILE File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in--cache-dir DIR Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default$XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscatedsignatures) are cached, but that may change.--no-cache-dir Disable filesystem caching--rm-cache-dir Delete all filesystem cache filesThumbnail images:--write-thumbnail Write thumbnail image to disk--write-all-thumbnails Write all thumbnail image formats to disk--list-thumbnails Simulate and list all available thumbnail formatsVerbosity / Simulation Options:-q, --quiet Activate quiet mode--no-warnings Ignore warnings-s, --simulate Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk--skip-download Do not download the video-g, --get-url Simulate, quiet but print URL-e, --get-title Simulate, quiet but print title--get-id Simulate, quiet but print id--get-thumbnail Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL--get-description Simulate, quiet but print video description--get-duration Simulate, quiet but print video length--get-filename Simulate, quiet but print output filename--get-format Simulate, quiet but print output format-j, --dump-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.-J, --dump-single-json Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump thewhole playlist information in a single line.--print-json Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).--newline Output progress bar as new lines--no-progress Do not print progress bar--console-title Display progress in console titlebar-v, --verbose Print various debugging information--dump-pages Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)--write-pages Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems--print-traffic Display sent and read HTTP traffic-C, --call-home Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging--no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debuggingWorkarounds:--encoding ENCODING Force the specified encoding (experimental)--no-check-certificate Suppress HTTPS certificate validation--prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)--user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent--referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain--add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ':'. You can use this option multiple times--bidi-workaround Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH--sleep-interval SECONDS Number of seconds to sleep before each download.Video Format Options:-f, --format FORMAT Video format code, see the "FORMAT SELECTION" for all the info--all-formats Download all available video formats--prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested-F, --list-formats List all available formats--youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos--merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv.Ignored if no merge is requiredSubtitle Options:--write-sub Write subtitle file--write-auto-sub Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)--all-subs Download all the available subtitles of the video--list-subs List all available subtitles for the video--sub-format FORMAT Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"--sub-lang LANGS Languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like 'en,pt'Authentication Options:-u, --username USERNAME Login with this account ID-p, --password PASSWORD Account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.-2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor auth code-n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data--video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, smotri)Post-processing Options:-x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "best" by default--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like128K (default 5)--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)--postprocessor-args ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessor-k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default--no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default--embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv and mp4 videos)--embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art--add-metadata Write metadata to the video file--metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. The format syntax is the same as --output, theparsed parameters replace existing values. Additional templates: %(album)s, %(artist)s. Example: --metadata-from-title"%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like "Coldplay - Paradise"--xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)--fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), detect_or_warn(the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)--prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors--ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory.--exec CMD Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}/sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'--convert-subtitles FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt)Thank you everyone and wilfred especially !