[LAU] swf and the commandline

[Ken Restivo]

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On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 01:38:08PM +0200, Dragan Noveski wrote:
> Julien Claassen wrote:
> >Hi Dragan!
> >  I also downloaded the real swf-file and tried to view it locally like:
> >clive jp.swf
> >  But it told me:
> >agent : urllib2/2.4
> >proxy : unused
> >newt : used
> >scan : please wait...
> >(e) : <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
> >  This is strange, I think.
> >  But I'll try to find the tool you mentioned.
> >  Kindest regards
> >        Julien
> >
> >
> >  
> yeah, indeed the newer version rocks again:
> 
> http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/
> 
> download it here, make the file executable:
> 
> 'chmod u+x youtube-dl' and copy it to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin.
> than enter the youtube page you wanna watch and paste the url in the 
> terminal, sth like:
> 
> youtube-dl http//......
> 
> 
> when finched, mplayer does the rest!
> 

This kicks so much ass, it defies description.

THANKS!!

I'm no longer a second-class citizen when it comes to youtube videos (I'm on Linux, and 64-bit).

I can also batch-download stuff in the middle of the night too instead of sucking up bandwidth-- very helpful.

This is a great hack. Thanks again!

- -ken
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