Minitube Problem

[Waleed Hamra]

On 24/05/12 21:34, Bill Vance wrote:
> Howdy folks;
> 
> I got, "Minitube", a few hours ago, and since then I've
> been giving mkdir some exercize, while trying to figure
> it out.
> 
> It's supposed to be a way of watching youtube videos
> without a lot of the overhead, or using flash to do it.
> 
> When it comes up, it shows some video thumbnails down
> the left side of the screen, and they jump around a
> little, but thats about all that happensm except for
> the error mesage:
> 
> Phonon error: "The file or folder www.youtube.com does
> not exist." 1
> 
> Anyone got a clue?
> 

if you dont mind command line, there's a package in the repos called
"youtube-dl", it installs a youtube downloader script, which you can use
in konsole as follows:

youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

that's right, just pass it the youtube link, and it'll download a webm
or mp4 file (depending on available formats) to the current directory,
which you can watch with vlc or other video player.
if you're interested in different video formats, check the man page, you
can choose the resolution and format of downloaded video.
the package description mentions other video websites supported as well,
though i never tried anything other than youtube (mind you, i use it
maybe once every 2~3 months).


-- 
Waleed K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems



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