[lubuntu-users] Downloading YouTube videos on lubuntu.

[Andre Campos Rodovalho]

There are some websites you can use for this, e.g.: http://savefrom.net/

You insert a link then click to downlad. On some browsers the video will
start playing, but you can right click and choose "Save video as..."



2017-02-05 14:17 GMT-02:00 Francesco <vendobici2010 at gmail.com>:

> Il 05/02/2017 16:15, Ian Bruntlett ha scritto:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to sort out something for a friend. He downloads YouTube
>> videos on Windows 7 and his laptop was rootkitted a couple of weeks
>> back. I was hoping to put something together using lubuntu on an old PC
>> tower with the hope of him not getting rootkitted. He'll need something
>> with a GUI.
>>
>> I am also trying to sort out something for myself, using Ubuntu to
>> download YouTube video clips. Typically programming stuff. I've done
>> some research and discovered that there is a Python programme called
>> youtube-dl available from the Synaptic Package Manager. Any
>> recommendations/suggestions before I install it? (I have done a backup
>> of data files this afternoon). I am comfortable with the bash command
>> line.
>>
>
> I have tried jdownloader2, quite heavy but works fine and can extract also
> only audio, or videodownloadhelper that is a firefox extension.
>
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