Youtube & Flash Videos broken?

[Gary Kline]

 	Please excuse the top post, bujt you're the right guy to ask,
	polyt.  mp3/audio files I can get.  you sent me a website to get
	mp3's off youtube.  it is probably patry my ubuntu linux and gnome,
	but is there a "canned" website that will grab a video?  somebody
	has a Lot of westerns and I'd like to grab a couple.  

	we can get 70 billion channels with barf comcast, but I dont see
	any of these old/old/old movies.  [ several zillion tx. ]  

	gary

	ps:  yeah, I KNOW they are ===mostly=== mythic.  but sometimes I
	just need to take a bleeping break.  and so far, nothingg  works.


On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 03:58:30AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:03:13 +0200, Harald Weis wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 12:09:32AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> >  
> >  > If it's just about YouTube video, why not use youtube-dl and
> >  > mplayer? I haven't tested it for those particular two videos,
> >  > but it tends to work for everything. :-)
> >  
> > Can you please help me how to find the right URLs for youtube-dl ?
> 
> There is no URL. You install it from ports:
> 
> 	# cd /usr/ports/www/youtube_dl
> 	# make install
> 
> If the version in ports is not current enough (e. g. when YT
> has again fiddled with the format), you can usually get it
> from its source https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.
> 
> 
> 
> > For example on
> > http://www.youtube.com/user/ConcertosLive/videos
> > 
> > When I copy URLs with mouse in opera I always get
> > "youtube-dl: No match."
> 
> Make sure you use proper quoting as the URL contains
> characters that the shell will interpret. The common form
> to use youtube-dl is e. g.
> 
> 	% youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4ROCJYbm0"
> 
> Any superflous stuff in the URL will be ignored. This is
> the easiest way to work, e. g. from copying the URL from
> the URL line or via the "Copy link address" function; then
> just type 'youtube-dl "', press the middle mouse key, '"'
> and Enter.
> 
> As youtube-dl doesn't have a manpage, you can use
> 
> 	% youtube-dl -h
> 
> to get a list of supported command line options.
> 
> 
> 
> > (opera and flash work fine for playing and also for downloading the
> > the ogg file)
> 
> That's normal. :-)
> 
> 
> 
> > I definitely prefer the command line tool.
> 
> What I like about this approach is that I can watch films
> in a usable (!) environment, which is mplayer, and not be
> dependent on some low-quality web player plugin. It's also
> nice to have interesting videos stored on the local disk
> so they can be watched without Internet connection. :-)
> 
> 
> 
> > Getting rid of flash would be a tremendous relief.
> 
> It will happen, as soon as HTML5 is adopted more widely
> (currently happening especially for "rich web content"
> and the mobile market) and lawyers agree on a usable
> media codec.
> 
> But for now, I don't actually see any problems running
> "Flash" if it is _intended_ to do so.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
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