Youtube-dl is a command-line program to download your favorite videos in Youtube. With this program allows us to save them as *.flv files.

Here are steps to install and use youtube-dl in Linux Ubuntu 10:04:

1. Install youtube-dl

youtube-dl is available as Ubuntu package, so we just open a terminal and install it:

jafar@roemasa:~$ sudo aptitude install youtube-dl

2. Use youtube-dl

To learn more about their use, see in the manual page:

jafar@roemasa:~$ man youtube-dl

The basic use like this:

youtube-dl -o [name of output file] [YouTube URL]

Example:

jafar@roemasa:~$ cd Desktop/
jafar@roemasa:~/Desktop$ youtube-dl -o tes.flv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwoyxYMfLfQ

First we move to Desktop directory. Then type the command and result files can be viewed on the Desktop with the name test.flv. Just run the file with a media player such as Movie Player.

Download - http://bitbucket.org/rg3/youtube-dl/wiki/Home

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