YouTube, MP4 and FFMPEG

[Mark Widdicombe]

Hi,

You might try a different version: from the CLI:

$youtube-dl -F <URL to youtube video>

will give you a list of choices.  Do not select a video with 265
encoding--the latest version of VLC on Linux cannot play them (or can play
them but without sound).  Then run:

$youtube-dl -f 22 <URL to youtube video>

to download (if the quality you have selected is 22.)

Regards,
Mark

On 25 February 2016 at 13:53, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to use 'youtube-dl' (and other) converters to download a
> specific YouTube video [1]. i want to show it in a lecture and i do not
> trust the availability of an Internet connection over there.
>
> I tried using different methods and managers - but the result is the same
> - an MP4 file without any sound. It seems that after downloading the
> streams separately, FFMPEG is used to join them to an MP4 file. I guess
> this is the failing point...
>
> I even tried online services to do the same, with same results.
>
> Just to make sure, I asked a friend of mine to ty it on Windows and it
> worked for him. He said he hears the sound, but when i try to play it on my
> Ubuntu 14.04 machines - *no sound!*
>
> I have no problems playing other MP4 files...
>
> Can any of you shed a light on this for me? What am i missing?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amichai.
>
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