How can I download videos on youtube and other platforms. Which is the best downloader compared to IDM in windows. How do I configure it and its extension in any browser on linux for example chromium?
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Can someone recommend a download manager? – Web-E Jan 24 '14 at 06:41
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Yes you can recommend – khwilo Jan 24 '14 at 06:46
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Download YouTube videos using terminal commands ... - GeekLK - This may interest you – AzkerM Jan 24 '14 at 07:11
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I have never used any 3rd party programmes, browser plugins, or web services to download videos from youtube or other platforms.
Neither am I familiar with the available tools on Windows.
Finally, questions regarding "the best of..." typically result in strongly opinion-based answers of questionable value.
The good news is: youtube-dl is a working command-line tool in your repository. Please try it and decide for yourself whether it suites your needs.
Klaus-Dieter Warzecha
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Use this for downloading videos from youtube: Click here (Mozilla-Addon)
For download manager for command line, try: Aria2
To install:
sudo apt-get install aria2
To run try this for options: aria2c -h
I usually just download things to the desktop then move/view/edit them from there.
In which case running aria2 with:
aria2c -d /home/yourusername/Desktop url/file_to_download
It is pretty damn fast!
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I am glad you like it. Try aria2 as well, it is really fast and simple. – fidgetyphi Jan 24 '14 at 22:01
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If you want a good downloader for windows then you can look into Free download manager, it's free of cost and has video download capabilities. Here is the link http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
But if you want a good download manager for linux operating systems like Ubuntu then you can try "youtube-dl". If you want to install it
open terminal/command-line and type
sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
and press enter. After installing it type
man youtube-dl
in terminal to get documentation on how to use it.
It's a command-line tool, you can download single video or do a batch download and the best part of it is you can download a entire playlist from youtube if you want to. It has download support for other popular sites like Dailymotion, Facebook, Metacafe, Soundcloud.
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For Video Downloads:
- Flash Video Downloader (a FireFox addon):
"click this link to visit and install"
For video, and others:
- Download them all (for IDM like features):
"click this link to visit and install"
For alternatives visit:
What default Windows Software Alternatives does Ubuntu have!
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I highly recommend you Xtreme Download Manager. it's identical to IDM and you can integrate it with every browser, from Browser Integration in tools menu.
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you can download a Mozilla Firefox plugin called "DownloadHelper". In Firefox toolbar, goto Tools -> Add-ons and search for "DownloadHelper". It's a superb plugin that can download even HD videos from almost any website including You-Tube.
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