Raj Mathur wrote:
On Monday 17 Aug 2009, steve wrote:
Just to add to the list of suggestions, here is what I use:
youtube-dl - Nice cli script http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/
Download Helper extension for Firefox - This is especially nice, since it lets you also discover new video sites, through it's 'Supported sites' option. http://www.downloadhelper.net/
[snip] The youtube-dl script looks neat, will gave that a shot for when I need command-line access. There's also clive, installable as a package in Debian, at least, which claims to do something similar (not tested at all).
I have used clive extensively and even customised it to directly convert the video into mp3. However, google's new format has rendered it unusable. I will try out your earlier suggestion of directly downloading the mp4. and thanks to all those who gave their suggestions.
BTW, in case you folks missed it, here's one more reason to not have Flash installed in your browser:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think- again/ [URL has wrapped]
I use flash block to prevent flash videos from directly downloading. Only those videos that I want to see are clicked upon.