Downloading video, which software ?

[TheElectricChicken]

Before it's even out of your mouth, there are plenty of videos which are perfectly legal and legitimate to download, which probably forces me to make a list even though that's NOT the subject.

Big buck bunny
Elephant's dream
Sintel
Caminandes <- this one is funny
Tears of Steel
Sita Sings the Blues <- a one lady project, quite interesting

Hak5 episodes and videos, there's more than a thousand, all ok to download and copy and give away ! what ! all of these are ! what !
....and everything else that is creative commons or PD licensed.
(Edit: Every episode of Hak5 has the creative commons license in it's credits at the end of the video. )

Of course any large site wants to make it next to impossible to download video, they just want to make the most money they can by hosting OTHER people's work without the owner's permission AND make money out of you, by watching you watching videos and selling the results. They also want to elbow you out of your seat and stop you watching lots of videos as well, for whatever reason. This is why tracking devices like all smartphones don't let you download for free if they can possibly stop you.

Generally I've used videodownloadhelper but I want to know what to do when it goes on it's regular holiday from downloading, which is what it is doing at the moment.

What other free software/ add-ons or easy command line stuff, especially Linux, is there for downloading video ?

No I can't watch online as the internet SUCKS here and always will. Many millions have the same problem with their internet.

[Mechanical Menace]

I'd just find a proper download for the PD stuff instead of going through a streaming service. You can DL them all straight through Wikipedia too...

But what on earth has you thinking Hak5 is PD though? The closest I can find to a license agreement on anything of theirs is "© Hak5, LLC All rights reserved."

[cimmo]

Have a look at JDownloader.
http://jdownloader.org/

[TheElectricChicken]

Have a look at JDownloader.
http://jdownloader.org/

Am looking, ....

http://www.pcworld.com/article/248743/jdownloader.html

The page I link to is 3 years old, but I'm even older than that and still reasonably useful. I notice they say to use a nice installer from pcworld but they are making me feel foolish because I can't find it. I use linux, and dont need hijacking. Still looking...

[G7PSK]

Have you tried the Torch browser.

[TheElectricChicken]

Torch browser.

chrome, google, .exe file. that ain't friendly software. way too much crap laid on.

[McBryce]

How about YTD? http://www.ytddownloader.com/

McBryce.

[TheElectricChicken]

System Requirements for YTD Video Converter

    Windows XP/Vista/7/8
    Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher

[McBryce]

Your original post suggested that you preferred Linux solutions, but windows was an option too. Or is that not the case?

Or are you running Win3.1 ?

McBryce.

[kripton2035]

clipgrab is free and works fine. for win, mac or linux.
http://clipgrab.org/

[ez24]

I am not sure what all the OP requirements are but since YTD was mentioned

I use it and  4K Video Downloader

I bought 4K because I can use it to download YT playlists (downloading a 200 video list on PIC32 right now)

I use to be able to download playlists with YTD but no more.  Also YTD paid service is a yearly subscription whereas 4K was a one time $10 charge.  I use free YTD to download single files because it is easier to use on single files.  I have used YTD to download videos from other sites.

[Halcyon]

I've been using KeepVid for years (mainly for YouTube but it supports other sites too). Their online service is free and works very well: http://www.keepvid.com

Otherwise there is/was a software application by KeepVid (which I also have) but it seems they don't offer it anymore (maybe it was just easier to update the web version).

It's simple to use, no bullshit and works. The downside is it won't allow you to queue up a list of videos or download an entire channel. For that I used another program as a once-off and then keep my collection updated with KeepVid.

[Wilksey]

ClipConverter can be good.

[TheElectricChicken]

Your original post suggested that you preferred Linux solutions, but windows was an option too. Or is that not the case?
Or are you running Win3.1 ?

No, I'm not running any version of widows except an old dedicated xp machine to play war3 on, windows anything, even the latest version is garbage. I do not go and get software just so I can whine about it, I want to USE it. Like I do for drawing pictures on here and so on. Blender is my number one software package that I love to play with and unwind. I doubt anyone in their right mind would ever port it to something like windows. Blender is what was used to create those first movies on the list, Buck bunny and sintel and all those. I can't draw living things in it, but it's features go on long after you're imagination can't cope with making up new ones. It's the collaborative effort of more people than any company, even microsoft, could ever afford to hire. They just keep developing it, rather than stopping development the moment it hits the shelves. I stick with open source, I just don't have time to waste wrestling with windows bugs and traps and licensing and nonsense.

here is what I draw for my 3d printer using blender free linux software, because I too cheep and lazy and in a hurry to buy one.

[TheElectricChicken]

youtube-dl is my weapon of choice.
I posted here once before https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-to-find-and-download-all-daves-videos/msg513951/#msg513951

You can get it here but it may be available in your distro repository too. http://youtube-dl.org/

Ooo, I'll give it a go, thank you.

ClipConverter can be good.

Thank you. I'll look into it too.

I've been using KeepVid for years (mainly for YouTube but it supports other sites too). Their online service is free and works very well: http://www.keepvid.com

Otherwise there is/was a software application by KeepVid (which I also have) but it seems they don't offer it anymore (maybe it was just easier to update the web version).

It's simple to use, no bullshit and works. The downside is it won't allow you to queue up a list of videos or download an entire channel. For that I used another program as a once-off and then keep my collection updated with KeepVid.

Thank you, and which extra one?

clipgrab is free and works fine. for win, mac or linux.
http://clipgrab.org/

Thank you, I'll look into it too.

How about YTD? http://www.ytddownloader.com/

McBryce.

I'll check it out.

Thank you everyone so far,
Keep the suggestions coming I'll make a list and check out everything I can according to spare time. I'll post it in the first message for everyone to enjoy less headaches searching and have more time enjoying free stuff ! 

[TheElectricChicken]

@TheElectricChicken from what you said in your posts I recommend starting with Youtube-dl. For me it has been a simple reliable commandline tool. Aside from downloading playlists or single videos you can open multiple terminal windows to parallel up downloads. You can specify start and stop numbers for just doing part of a playlist and if you need to restart it will not redownload videos already done. Just look at the options and you'll see it is pretty powerful. It does a lot more sites than YT.

awwww, 

I think that is what I've been dreaming of ! I'm glad that videodownloadhelper crashed and died in the ass now, because it's time for an upgrade !


woah yeah, I'll be on easy street now baby !

[TheElectricChicken]

Thank you Wilfred

[TheElectricChicken]

This is strange, or I need help. I follow the instructions

http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:

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sudo curl [url=https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2015.08.16.1/youtube-dl]https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2015.08.16.1/youtube-dl[/url] -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl[/quote]
That worked well. Then I want to check it.

To check the signature, type:

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sudo wget [url=https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2015.08.16.1/youtube-dl.sig]https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2015.08.16.1/youtube-dl.sig[/url] -O youtube-dl.sig
gpg --verify youtube-dl.sig /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
rm youtube-dl.sig
The following GPG keys will be used to sign the binaries and the git tags:

    4096R/A4826A18 Philipp Hagemeister Key fingerprint = 7D33 D762 FD6C 3513 0481 347F DB4B 54CB A482 6A18
    4096R/BCF05F6B Filippo Valsorda Key fingerprint = 428D F5D6 3EF0 7494 BB45 5AC0 EBF0 1804 BCF0 5F6B

Older releases are also signed with one of:

    1024D/FAFB085C Philipp Hagemeister Key fingerprint = 0600 E1DB 6FB5 3A5D 95D8 FC0D F5EA B582 FAFB 085C (until 2013-06-01)

My output says something strange.
gpg: Signature made Mon 17 Aug 2015 07:48:07 EST using RSA key ID A4826A18
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found

[TheElectricChicken]

I didn't do that part of the install. I suppose I should find out more about gpg. For the record I tried it and I get the same. I suspect I (and you) will have to go find the keys and get them.

yes, though they seem to be on that page at the bottom, maybe.

I'd start with a search on "gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found"

yes, I did, but I'm not sure how to give it the key from that page.

Or else see what version your distro software manager uses and if it isn't too old try it at least for the evaluation period.

evaluation period evaluation period ? AAAawwwwW NooOooOooO

[McBryce]

Blender is my number one software package that I love to play with and unwind. I doubt anyone in their right mind would ever port it to something like windows.

Eh, Blender for Windows has been around for quite a while. I use both the Linux and Windows versions.

McBryce.

[TheElectricChicken]

Blender is my number one software package that I love to play with and unwind. I doubt anyone in their right mind would ever port it to something like windows.

Eh, Blender for Windows has been around for quite a while. I use both the Linux and Windows versions.

McBryce.

well there's no accounting for taste is there, what was blender foundation thinking 

[McBryce]

The nice thing is that the Linux and Windows version are identical in look and use, so it's a seemless swap between them.

McBryce.

[TheElectricChicken]

The nice thing is that the Linux and Windows version are identical in look and use, so it's a seemless swap between them.

McBryce.

If you have free windoze machines, yes I get you. But I'd sooner fork out cash for hardware that will last a decade or two rather than junk windowz. Free software on a free software machine I say. Then you can use the combined effort of millions of people's input, rather than just small&limp's.

[Mechanical Menace]

well there's no accounting for taste is there, what was blender foundation thinking 

Maybe that avoiding 90%ish of desktop users doesn't really help with the "many hands make light work" side of things. And tbh there are plenty of settings where someone may have some freedom in their choice if tool but definitely wouldn't be able to just install their own choice of OS.

[TheElectricChicken]

Maybe that avoiding 90%ish of desktop users doesn't really help with the "many hands make light work" side of things.

microsoft seems to think ignoring 100% of users works well. Boom-tish