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Downloading video from youtube
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richard
2014-12-06 17:18:52 UTC
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I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.

What programs _will_ download this video?

Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
Bruce Hagen
2014-12-06 17:45:53 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
Did you try Voobys?
http://www.wikihow.com/Download-YouTube-Videos-Using-Voobys

You could install VDownloader
http://vdownloader.com/
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~Bruce
mick
2014-12-06 17:56:41 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-YouTube-to-MP3-Converter.htm#.VINDGMmQgcs
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mick
richard
2014-12-06 18:14:18 UTC
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Post by mick
Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-YouTube-to-MP3-Converter.htm#.VINDGMmQgcs
I already have the full suite. Their downloader won't download it.
Says "no video to download".
I'm thinking it's a codec issue.
Good Guy
2014-12-06 18:37:55 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
Just post your youtube link on this page and it will download for you
automatically in almost any formats of your choosing:

<http://en.savefrom.net/>

They also have an "Add-on" for FF and so you can download directly from
within the FF and the Youtube page without going to the link I provided
above.

Good luck.
richard
2014-12-06 22:15:34 UTC
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Post by Good Guy
Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
Just post your youtube link on this page and it will download for you
<http://en.savefrom.net/>
They also have an "Add-on" for FF and so you can download directly from
within the FF and the Youtube page without going to the link I provided
above.
Good luck.
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Good Guy
2014-12-06 22:57:18 UTC
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Post by richard
Post by Good Guy
Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
Just post your youtube link on this page and it will download for you
<http://en.savefrom.net/>
They also have an "Add-on" for FF and so you can download directly from
within the FF and the Youtube page without going to the link I provided
above.
Good luck.
file not found or has been deleted.
It requires some intelligence from the user. No problems here:

download-image <Loading Image...>
Mayayana
2014-12-06 18:56:40 UTC
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| http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
|
| I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
| it.

I just tried it with DownloadHelper in Pale Moon
and it fails. I've noticed other videos sometimes
do the same thing. It appears to download but
nothing shows up. Yet most videos on YouTube
download just fine with DownloadHelper.

I suspect it's Vevo. Notice that the video you
want is posted by *Vevo, as are many related ones.
Vevo is a service jointly run by Google and music
companies. It appears that the video is not really
on Youtube but rather that Youtube is being used
to market and distribute commercial music videos.
It looks like a Youtube video, it acts like a Youtube
video (presumably...I don't enable script and don't
have flash installed, so I don't know whether the video
will play on the Youtube page), but it's apparently
really just a pass-through link to a music company
streaming service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevo

I tried the first related link I found that wasn't
from Vevo and sure enough, the download works:



But that video is apparently not a music video. It's
listed as a parody. (I've never heard of Meghan Trainor
and I don't listen to music, so I don't know what's on
the video.)
Wolf K
2014-12-06 19:04:56 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
I use DownloadHelper, and Realplayer. Both work for d/l this video.

HTH
--
Best,
Wolf K
kirkwood40.blogspot.ca
richard
2014-12-06 22:36:33 UTC
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Post by Wolf K
Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
I use DownloadHelper, and Realplayer. Both work for d/l this video.
HTH
downloadhelper did the trick.
thanks
Mayayana
2014-12-06 23:02:06 UTC
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| downloadhelper did the trick.

Interesting. It doesn't work for me with that video, but
I do find it works with most Youtube videos. Did you have
to view the video first in order to get it? I'm curious
what I'm missing by not having Flash and letting the
videos play. (I can't think of any other reason that
someone else might be able to download the videos that
I can't.)
J. P. Gilliver (John)
2014-12-08 21:56:14 UTC
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In message <m601nk$ado$***@dont-email.me>, Mayayana
<***@invalid.nospam> writes:
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Post by Mayayana
to view the video first in order to get it? I'm curious
what I'm missing by not having Flash and letting the
videos play. (I can't think of any other reason that
someone else might be able to download the videos that
I can't.)
I have a temporary flash blocker (I forget the name; it's a Firefox
add-on) that allows flash to play, but only when I say so: it replaces
any flash insert with a play button, and they only play when I click
that. That might be a worthwhile compromise for you.
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Mayayana
2014-12-09 00:40:30 UTC
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| I have a temporary flash blocker (I forget the name; it's a Firefox
| add-on) that allows flash to play, but only when I say so: it replaces
| any flash insert with a play button, and they only play when I click
| that. That might be a worthwhile compromise for you.

I've never needed or wanted to play Flash, and
I have no trouble downloading Youtube videos.
But a few don't work. I don't actually know whether
that's because I'm not playing them, but I'm curious
about the reason, in case anyone figures it out.

If I had to actually view them on the webpage,
probably with ads, I wouldn't take the trouble.

Paul
2014-12-06 19:19:13 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
I got screen capture with this, but only at around 20FPS or so.
And, it has sound, because Stereo Mix works on WinXP :-) Stereo
Mix gets progressively harder to set up, the more modern the
OS. Maybe on Windows 8 you'd have to use a microphone :-)

ffmpeg -offset_x 0 -offset_y 192 -video_size 1024x768 -framerate 60
-f gdigrab -i desktop -f dshow -sample_rate 44100 -i audio="SoundMAX HD Audio"
-vcodec mjpeg -acodec pcm_s16le D:\out.avi

The command needs the "name" of the sound system.
FFMPEG has some options to help with that, to get the name right.
The second command here, tells me a "capture pin" is available
on that particular sound device.

ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy # Name of sound...
ffmpeg -f dshow -list_options true -i audio="SoundMAX HD Audio" #

Recording at 60FPS isn't all that clever, but I was interested
in the "jitter" aspects of capture. And it's as bad as I feared.
The program just doesn't take snapshots of the screen at
regular intervals. There is too much variation for my tastes.
This does not hurt the quality of the video capture particularly,
and is just a technical issue. My plan was to do some sort
of down-sample of the framerate, to arrive at the "as-delivered"
frame rate. Otherwise, ffmpeg has no way to know what the frame
rate of the video is. Camstudio is potentially better at that
sort of thing (has an adaptive option that may not be
working properly...).

*******

This is the build I used.

http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

Latest Zeranoe FFmpeg Build Version: git-f6bb2cd (2014-10-16)
32-bit Downloads <--- 64-bit Downloads

Download FFmpeg git-f6bb2cd 32-bit Static <--- all in one FFMPEG.exe

The "static", is to get a build where all the libraries are inside
the program. To make it as portable as possible.

*******

CamStudio would be nicer, but the 4GB file size limit on output
hasn't been fixed. CamStudio has nice controls for selecting
what to capture, which beats that "Offset" shit above all to hell.

*******

Screen capture is largely a waste of time, but I
expect you knew that... It's like building a working
fusion reactor in your basement.

Paul
James P. Doolittle
2014-12-06 19:54:44 UTC
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Post by richard
What programs _will_ download this video?
Besides a dedicated video downloader (which will likely work for
youtube, but won't necessarily work for all video web sites),
a wonderfully usable trick is to change your PC browser to
indicate that it's an Android Mobile Safari browser.

For whatever reason, when you do that, then you get on many
web sites a NEW option to download the video as an MP4 file!

I've been doing this for a year - but I don't know why it
works (but it does).

You'll need a User Agent switcher though, such as
http://forums.chrispederick.com/discussion/7/a-large-regularly-updated-import-list-of-user-agents
nick c
2014-12-06 09:50:58 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
I just downloaded the video using the YTD downloader and after
completing the download I opened it using Windows Media Player. I saw
and listened to the video. I've encountered no problem with either the
video or the sound.

However, since you've encountered a problem, perhaps I can offer a
suggestion. On occasion I have used Real Player (sometimes successfully)
to download YouTube video's, so you might try that program, if you have
that installed. As for me, I much rather use the YTD Downloader to
download video's from YouTube; thus, I've yet to encounter a problem
downloading video's from YouTube, which I don't often do.
Peter Jason
2014-12-07 00:01:09 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
I use

'YouTubeVideoDownloaderPro'

Works OK, and allows several downloads at once.
richard
2014-12-07 00:24:15 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
If you're interested


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Live
2014-12-08 17:32:23 UTC
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Post by richard
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
I want to keep this video but of the programs I have, none will download
it.
I tried a screen capture. Got the video, but no audio.
What programs _will_ download this video?
Tried a couple of online services but they use a java applet and it ain't
working for me even though I havd java installed.
I downloaded the video using this URL:
http://youtu.be/7PCkvCPvDXk
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