<div dir="rtl"><div class="gmail_default" style="" dir="ltr"><ol style=""><li style="font-size:small">This is the video I am trying to download: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=625LPUACix0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=625LPUACix0</a><br></li><li style=""></li><li style="">I tried all the possible CLI combinations - same result.</li><li style="">Volkers solution - gave me a button to download an FLV file - got an HTML file to download when I clicked it...</li><li style="">I think Tony's solution is the best: Purge livav and download FFMPEG from the PPA. I'll try that...</li></ol>Thank you all!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="" dir="ltr">Amichai</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"> <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">2016-02-25 17:38 GMT+02:00 Bret Busby <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bret.busby@gmail.com" target="_blank">bret.busby@gmail.com</a>></span>:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 25/02/2016, Amichai Rotman <<a href="mailto:amichai@iglu.org.il">amichai@iglu.org.il</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I am trying to use 'youtube-dl' (and other) converters to download a<br>
> specific YouTube video [1]. i want to show it in a lecture and i do not<br>
> trust the availability of an Internet connection over there.<br>
><br>
> I tried using different methods and managers - but the result is the same -<br>
> an MP4 file without any sound. It seems that after downloading the streams<br>
> separately, FFMPEG is used to join them to an MP4 file. I guess this is the<br>
> failing point...<br>
><br>
> I even tried online services to do the same, with same results.<br>
><br>
> Just to make sure, I asked a friend of mine to ty it on Windows and it<br>
> worked for him. He said he hears the sound, but when i try to play it on my<br>
</span>> Ubuntu 14.04 machines - *no sound!*<br>
<span class="">><br>
> I have no problems playing other MP4 files...<br>
><br>
> Can any of you shed a light on this for me? What am i missing?<br>
><br>
> Thanks!<br>
><br>
> Amichai.<br>
><br>
<br>
</span>What media player are you using?<br>
<br>
Have you tried vlc?<br>
<br>
Some videos, I can not download from youtube, with youtube-dl, but the<br>
ones that I can download, I can view and hear, with using vlc as the<br>
media player.<br>
<br>
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