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Download YouTube videos with Python and youtube-dl

Posted: Sat 29 Sep 2012, 09:24
by vanchutr
If someone like to download Youtube?
1. Load python -2.5 (or newer) (python-2.5min.sfs can be downloaded at: https://docs.google.comopen?id=0Bx0YXB6 ... M05GcUxLbG)
2. From console run youtube-dl:
# youtube-dl `url-of-youtube-file'

(remove .zip extension') of youtube-dl.zip)

**youtube-dl was tested in puppysqueeze_5.X.3.4.10

Posted: Thu 04 Oct 2012, 15:03
by darkcity
added link to this topic on Wiki
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/youtubedl

Posted: Thu 04 Oct 2012, 22:06
by 8-bit
I tried to use the youtube downloader, the GUI one, to download a free movie from Youtube.
I got a window that asked for file type for the download with no choices offered.
The text in the windows said to make a selection of file type or press return to abort.
So am I missing something here?
Also, is your downloader a command line type or GUI type?
And in your example, how does one specify the destination on the command line?

Posted: Thu 04 Oct 2012, 22:12
by pemasu
Here is a small commandline youtube downloader:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 269#656269

Posted: Thu 04 Oct 2012, 23:38
by vanchutr
Thank pmasu. Movgrab is great

update youtube-dl

Posted: Fri 22 Feb 2013, 11:19
by vanchutr
youtube-dl updated! and python3.3 (new and compiled in puppy_squeeze)
You can download from https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0Bx0YX ... sp=sharing

youtube-dl script works with python2.6 and newer python (e.g python3.3)
Please test, TK