Download and watch YouTube videos from Linux shell prompt

http://bashscripts.org/viewtopic.php?t=210


#!/bin/bash
bu="http://youtube.com/get_video.php?";mkdir -p ~/YouTube;cd ~/YouTube;read -p "YouTube url? " ur;read -p "Name? " nv
wget ${ur} -O /tmp/y1;uf=${bu}`grep player2.swf /tmp/y1 | cut -d? -f2 | cut -d\" -f1`;wget "${uf}" -O /tmp/y.flv
ffmpeg -i /tmp/y.flv -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -s 320x240 ${nv}.mpg;rm /tmp/y.flv; rm /tmp/y1;rm gmon.out; exit

BASH RULES :)

lol @ rm gmon.out

Nice to see you are using Zsh :)

Appreciate your script/post.

The ZSH code has a problem:

ffmpeg version 0.4.9-pre1, build 4718, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
built on Apr 4 2005 06:01:28, gcc: 3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728
Input #0, flv, from ‘j0u_F8-oYQE.flv’:
Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, mono
Stream #0.1: Video: flv, 320×240, 15.00 fps
Output #0, mpeg, to ‘j0u_F8-oYQE.mpg’:
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, 320×240, 15.00 fps, q=2-31, 500 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 22050 Hz, mono, 56 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Stream #0.0 -> #0.1
[mpeg1video @ 0x282f4010]MPEG1/2 doesnt support 15/1 fps
Error while opening codec for stream #0.0 – maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height

#!/bin/bash
bu=”http://youtube.com/get_video.php?”
tmp=`mktemp`
touch ${tmp}.flv
read -p “YouTube url? ” ur
wget ${ur} -O ${tmp}
uf=${bu}`grep player2.swf ${tmp} | cut -d? -f2 | cut -d\” -f1`
nv=`cat ${tmp} | grep ‘h1 id=”video_title”‘ | cut -d “>” -f 2 | cut -d “

James,

You can use
<pre>code</pre>

or
<code>code</code> tags :)

I recommend http://www.snatchvid.com it’s very easy and fast to use!

Uhm…youtube has changed their code. now this script doesn’t work any more, from something like 20th August – 20007. Anyone can help fix the code? savetube.com has done it

#!/bin/bash

### mr-paul
### paul@sci.ubu.ac.th

if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
echo -e “\nUsage: getyoutube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHvAXLBMWGI\n”
else
url=$1
name=${url:(-11)} ### get the last 11 chars
#echo $name

fullscreenURL=$( wget -q -nv $url -O – | grep \&video_id= )
echo $fullscreenURL
title=${fullscreenURL##*=} ### delete to last occurance of ‘=’
title=${title/\’;/} ### replace ‘; with nothing ${title:(-2)} or #{title#(-2)} do not work’ :(
echo $title

videoID=${fullscreenURL:54} ### cut first 53 chars
videoID=${videoID/\’;/} ##
echo $videoID

wget -q -nv “http://www.youtube.com/get_video?$videoID” -O “$title.flv”
fi

There’s now a software tool to allow linux users to download youtube videos to a preferred directory, in a variety of formats (mpeg, wmv, mp4, flv, avi), specifying the resolution… all in a GTK theme’d graphical tool.

Check it here:
http://yourtubedownloader.awardspace.com/

Feedback most appreciated, via the forums or by email.

Nice youtube script, thanks so much!

Mark

usage: utube NAME youtubeurl

#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
echo “Usage : $0 ”
echo “e.g : $0 steve_jobs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA”
else
todnload=$(youtube-dl -g -b $2 | xargs wget –spider 2>&1 | grep Location: | awk '{print $2}')
#echo -e “Got the file…\n$todnload”
axel $todnload -q -o ~/$1.flv
echo “Download Completed…”
ffmpeg -i $1.flv -r 50 -ar 48000 -ab 196000 -b 300k -croptop 0 -cropbottom 0 -cropleft 0 -cropright 0 $1.mp4
echo "Cleaning up..."
rm ~/$1.flv
rm ~/videoplayback?ip*
echo "Done! Enjoy watching $1"
fi