UTube Ripper Saves And Converts YouTube Videos
Linux only: Video downloading utility UTube Ripper saves a copy of your favourite YouTube videos for your offline viewing pleasure, even converting them into a non-flash format.
Installation on Debian-based versions of Linux like Ubuntu is a breeze—just download the .deb file from the downloads page and double-click to install everything. You’ll want to make sure that you have Adobe Flash and the ffmpeg library installed as well, or the utility won’t end up working properly.
Once those steps are completed, you can launch the utility, paste in a link to a YouTube video and click the Download button to retrieve a copy. The Convert FLV section of the application will let you convert into MPG or AVI format, or you can use the “Rip audio only” option to convert a YouTube video into an MP3 file.
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@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®:
Yeah, I don't see why you'd bother converting the FLV these days when you can download the higher quality MP4...
I'm going to sound like a self-advertising broken record, but I've created DamnVid for that purpose. It does the same and then some, but it does it in batch and it works on all OSes. http://damnvid.googlecode.com/
WindPowa
cclive or clive, using abby as a a GUI if you desire. Available on Fedora and doubtless other distro's repos.
@BruceMagnus: Been using `youtube-get` for a few years now. It's a small python script. Main thing is to alias at to always grab the highest quality version available.
TheFu
I've been pretty much using Keepvid for this stuff since it's web based and not OS specific.
@ericsprojects:
There's also kiss:
Change http://www.youtube...
to http://www.kissyoutube...
and you can download the flv directly on any platform.
I got an error at the pwn site saying it was offline.
amishsniper
wish it could improve the quality on some of those videos.
The audio only thing sounds extremely useful though
the command line youtube-dl and ffmpeg (ffmpeg -i youtubevid.flv youtubemusic.mp3) also work great
BruceMagnus
any program like this for a mac that is free? get tube doesnt seem to work in 10.4.11 and tubesock is not free anymore (only rips first 30 seconds)
any option to download the high quality .mp4 instead of the .flv?
m-unit
UTube Ripper is not working well for me on ubuntu 9.04 64 bit.
i am using QtTube or sometimes PyTube.
obscur156
Someone pointed out to me that you can use "pwn" in front of youtube.com to be able to download the video. It's a 3rd party service.
See deturl.com
Works on any platform because it's web based.
Just a note on this, the QT version of the deb does not work, have to use the GTK version.
You also need the gambas2 package.
I've been using http://vixy.net/ for a while now and it's worked great for what I've needed. Nice to see there's an application for Linux, but since it needs an internet connection anyway, you might as well save a few bits of hard drive space and use an online "utility" instead of an install.
adanpena
I've been using the bookmarket found at the following site to download youtube videos as mp4s:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-files.html
It works really well and always downloads the HQ version if available.
forensicpsych
When u are watching a youtube video on linux you can find it in your /temp folder (at least when using ubuntu with firefox)
If you copy that file there is no need for a separate program.
WendyBabalazi
or insert "pwn" in fron of any youtube url
example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfsdhfksd becomes www.pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=kjfsdhfksd
EugeneNuddletits
Personally I like kickyoutube.com. All you have to do is add kick into the url in front of youtube in your normal youtube address, and it will take you to their site giving you some nice download options, including just the audio, iphone format, and a few others.
QadimCronus
@fuchikoma: Some youtube videos don't allow you to save as MP4.
I'd prefer using free online converter such as zamzar.com , vixy.net to download youtube video, they can work on all system including windows, mac and linux.
colarmac
What's wrong with just grabbing the video file from /tmp? You can only do one video at a time, but it doesn't require any extra software and they play in Totem or VLC without any extra steps.
Litespeed
Thanks!
I always use Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader help me download and convert video files from YouTube. The author released the newest version, which reinforces the YouTube Downloader and Converter feature, a few days ago.
dudude
Youtube Ripper is also available for Mac users.
iSkysoft relesed a Free Video Donwloader (Mac Only), which can download online videos from YouTube, Yahoo, Google, Break, Metacafe, MySpace, Gofish and other video-sharing sites.
And the professional version: iTube can convert FLV files to Mac-compatible.
Just for sharing.
macmatt
Mediaconverter is awesome, I've been using it for ever.
There's a million YouTube downloaders out there. How about a free app that will work with the myriad of flv-based free porn sites?
@Prolific Programmer:
They could be out there, but I haven't encountered one that didn't since before they offered service to iPhone users... I guess that's one reason, if there's really no HQ version mirrored elsewhere.