Hi,
On 08/17/2009 12:06 PM, Raj Mathur wrote:
On Monday 17 Aug 2009, steve wrote:
Just to add to the list of suggestions, here is what I use:
youtube-dl - Nice cli script http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/
Download Helper extension for Firefox - This is especially nice, since it lets you also discover new video sites, through it's 'Supported sites' option. http://www.downloadhelper.net/
You know, I tried a couple of FF extensions for downloading videos (including downloadhelper IIRC) and wasn't very impressed with their consistency -- they would refuse to download at least half the videos I wanted to watch. Apart from that, I'm not too happy giving control to a remote site for downloading videos and displaying $deity-only-knows adware, so for the time being I'm sticking to the JS snippet I posted, which I can see is safe and secure :)
I agree totally ! ...so, just to set the record straight, the download helper extension does not work via a remote site, it a just a glorified (albeit convenient) button to do what jtd suggested (ie: save the downloaded flv) from within the browser itself[1]. It has a good community, proper bug tracking and is a very popular extension on the mozilla site[2]. Sadly though it's license sucks[3], so yes, purely from a non-technical view, other alternatives might be a better.
The youtube-dl script looks neat, will gave that a shot for when I need command-line access. There's also clive, installable as a package in Debian, at least, which claims to do something similar (not tested at all).
Yep ! CLI rocks ! youtube-dl is especially good to 'batch' downloads. Something I forgot to mention in my last mail -- youtube-dl is available as a fedora package from the official repos.
BTW, in case you folks missed it, here's one more reason to not have Flash installed in your browser:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think- again/ [URL has wrapped]
Regards,
-- Raju
[1] http://www.downloadhelper.net/faq.php#about-privacy [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006 [3] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/versions/license/73594