PWN! YouTube - Download YouTube Videos Anywhere Without Using Any Programs

[entr3p]

PWN! YouTube - Download YouTube Videos Anywhere Without Using Any Programs (http://www.learningubuntu.com/guide/pwn-youtube-download-youtube-videos-anywhere-without-using-any-programs)

If you found this guide useful then be kind and Digg it! (http://digg.com/people/PWN_Youtube_Download_YouTube_Videos_By_Typing_pwn)

Check it out. Very simple way to download YouTube videos with no programs and in any OS ;). Did you guys ever hear about it before?

[ninjapirate89]

I love pwnyoutube!! I've been using it for quite a while. Very useful tool.

[dragos240]

kissyoutube works the same way, someone copied another

[ninjapirate89]

pwnyoutube is better because it's shorter and has a cooler name! :P

[Simian Man]

I like clive better. No need for a browser and works with other sites like Goggle video.

[entr3p]

kissyoutube works the same way, someone copied another

I find typing "pwn" to be "easier"(yes I'm that lazy) then typing "kiss".:guitar:

[ninjapirate89]

I find typing "pwn" to be "easier"(yes I'm that lazy) then typing "kiss".:guitar:

I agree!!!

There is also another one called kickyoutube, but they all do the same thing so whichever one you want to use.

[Ms_Angel_D]

Hey that's pretty slick thanks for sharing :D

[suitedaces]

I find youtube-dl hard to beat.

[entr3p]

I find youtube-dl hard to beat.

Oh never heard of it but I'll check it out. The main thing I like about this way of downloading YouTube videos is because I can easily download it anywhere by typing a couple of letters. Pretty cool in my geeky eyes lol.

[Bart_D]

PWN! YouTube - Download YouTube Videos Anywhere Without Using Any Programs (http://www.learningubuntu.com/guide/pwn-youtube-download-youtube-videos-anywhere-without-using-any-programs)

If you found this guide useful then be kind and Digg it! (http://digg.com/people/PWN_Youtube_Download_YouTube_Videos_By_Typing_pwn)

Check it out. Very simple way to download YouTube videos with no programs and in any OS ;). Did you guys ever hear about it before?

GREAT FIND!!! Too bad it's only mp4. Most mp3 players don't/can't play mp4.

[Simian Man]

GREAT FIND!!! Too bad it's only mp4. Most mp3 players don't/can't play mp4.

You can use ffmpeg to extract the audio from an mp4 to an mp3. I forget the arguments needed for this, but a look at the man page should lead you on the right track :).

[entr3p]

GREAT FIND!!! Too bad it's only mp4. Most mp3 players don't/can't play mp4.

Hmm. You can try Avidemux or Handbrake ;).

[LasherHN]

When you are watching a video on youtube, google (or any other?) site the video is stored in your /tmp folder.
So you can watch it and if you like it just don't close it and go to /tmp and copy it to another folder and there you go, no need to download it again.

[entr3p]

When you are watching a video on youtube, google (or any other?) site the video is stored in your /tmp folder.
So you can watch it and if you like it just don't close it and go to /tmp and copy it to another folder and there you go, no need to download it again.

Wow great tip. The main reason I wrote the guide using PWN Youtube is so that it's OS and newbie friendly ;).

[ArtF10]

Hmm. You can try Avidemux or Handbrake ;).


You can use ffmpeg to extract the audio from an mp4 to an mp3. I forget the arguments needed for this, but a look at the man page should lead you on the right track :).

Been there, done that. Neither of those two worked for me. Avidemux worked once....then it crapped out. ffmpeg would not work at all......I had ALL the codecs correctly installed. All dependencies were installed. The system was restarted before attempting to run the ffmpeg command.

2 thumbs straight down!!! What a waste of time they were! NO THAKNS!!!

pwn youtube is much better and GUARANTEED to work.

[CraigPaleo]

I use the Flash Video Resources Downloader (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5229) Firefox plug-in and just click on the button on the lower right of the window to download and save.
and then use apt:winff to convert it.

If the plug-in happens not to work, I do it LasherHN's way.

[entr3p]

Been there, done that. Neither of those two worked for me. Avidemux worked once....then it crapped out. ffmpeg would not work at all......I had ALL the codecs correctly installed. All dependencies were installed. The system was restarted before attempting to run the ffmpeg command.

2 thumbs straight down!!! What a waste of time they were! NO THAKNS!!!

pwntube is much better and GUARANTEED to work.

http://pwn-tube.com/

"Pwn-Tube Version 2 Delayed" - Now that is waste of time. I can't even download a video...;). Also HandBrake I think would very well for you.

[ArtF10]

http://pwn-tube.com/

"Pwn-Tube Version 2 Delayed" - Now that is waste of time. I can't even download a video...;). Also HandBrake I think would very well for you.

LOL:lolflag:

Sorry, I meant pwn-youtube....the link YOU posted.

You should have posted this earlier.....I would have saved myself days worth of time.

[entr3p]

LOL:lolflag:

Sorry, I meant pwn-youtube....the link YOU posted.

You should have posted this earlier.....I would have saved myself days worth of time.

Lol it's great that you liked it :). If you wouldn't mind could you please digg the guide? It helps get more people to find it!

http://digg.com/people/PWN_Youtube_Download_YouTube_Videos_By_Typing_pwn

[cfurlin]

I like clive better. No need for a browser and works with other sites like Goggle video.

Clive is awesome. It's probably my most used tool ;-)

[entr3p]

Clive is awesome. It's probably my most used tool ;-)

http://clive.sourceforge.net/? I never heard of Clive until now..I'm gonna check it out.

[doorknob60]

Nice, I put it in my bookmarks now I just click it and takes me straight to download, nice find. Better alternative than command line ones or FF extension ones that I've used in the past IMO.

[entr3p]

Nice, I put it in my bookmarks now I just click it and takes me straight to download, nice find. Better alternative than command line ones or FF extension ones that I've used in the past IMO.

Haha thanks. Good to see it helped you out and yeah I agree. To me its much easier clicking a bookmark to download a video then anything else I have found.

[Bart_D]

Nice, I put it in my bookmarks now I just click it and takes me straight to download, nice find. Better alternative than command line ones or FF extension ones that I've used in the past IMO.

+1

Well said, good man, well said!:)

[Polygon]

best youtube video downloader i have ever used is this:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10137

it downloads the videos in MP4, instead of flv. and it works for both hd and regular ones.

all the other ones i have used don't work nearly as well as this

[MikeTheC]

PWN! YouTube - Download YouTube Videos Anywhere Without Using Any Programs (http://www.learningubuntu.com/guide/pwn-youtube-download-youtube-videos-anywhere-without-using-any-programs)

If you found this guide useful then be kind and Digg it! (http://digg.com/people/PWN_Youtube_Download_YouTube_Videos_By_Typing_pwn)

Check it out. Very simple way to download YouTube videos with no programs and in any OS ;). Did you guys ever hear about it before?

+1

May the wind be gently at your back! You simply rock, sir!

[entr3p]

+1

May the wind be gently at your back! You simply rock, sir!

Wow thank you! It's great that you enjoyed the article as it seems I have completed my objective :D!

[speedwell68]

All of this is all well and good, but isn't all of this piracy and therefore illegal?

[entr3p]

All of this is all well and good, but isn't all of this piracy and therefore illegal?

Well if the material in YouTube that you are downloading is copyrighted then it is but it's YouTube not The Pirate Bay. Most videos are videos made by random people who don't copyright their work and even if the material is copyrighted then YouTube takes it down pretty quickly.

[Sashin]

There's no point in this tool, just watch it from Youtube and copy the file from /tmp

[entr3p]

There's no point in this tool, just watch it from Youtube and copy the file from /tmp

What if your at a friends house computer with Windows XP and want to download a YouTube video?:guitar:

[Polygon]

also, downloading youtube videos is sometimes important, as it seems half of my favorited list has been deleted for one reason or another, even music videos that were posted by the record companies themselves are now 'deleted'. So now i download a video if i like it enough.

[Izek]

I still think VideoDownloadHelper for Firefox is the best.

[Bart_D]

....even music videos that were posted by the record companies themselves.....

Are you serious? Don't they want to make money.....why are they giving videos away for free?

[Stan_1936]

All of this is all well and good, but isn't all of this piracy and therefore illegal?

That's youtube's problem......if they can't offer viewing material(a.k.a. videos), for free, then they wouldn't exist.

[entr3p]

I still think VideoDownloadHelper for Firefox is the best.

Overall I think the method I wrote about is the best way to download YouTube videos. Not trying to go against you guys but there are a lot of advantages to the method because you can download the videos anywhere, in any computer, with no installing extra programs and its quick and very easy to remember. If your at a friends house and you need to download a video it's rude to install an extra program just to download YouTube videos...why don't you just type "pwn" and get it over with ;).

[SomeGuyDude]

vixy.net is a hell of a lot easier and you can have an AVI.

[Z0014ND3l2]

Overall I think the method I wrote about is the best way to download YouTube videos. Not trying to go against you guys but there are a lot of advantages to the method because you can download the videos anywhere, in any computer, with no installing extra programs and its quick and very easy to remember. If your at a friends house and you need to download a video it's rude to install an extra program just to download YouTube videos...why don't you just type "pwn" and get it over with ;).


I agree... This is a great way of grabbing Vids without the hasle of installing programs that you will only use if any once on your friends PC or Library comp.

[xpod]

What if your at a friends house computer with Windows XP and want to download a YouTube video

It`s still quite possible to retrieve the video from your browsers cache in XP.Not quite as straightforward as copying from your /tmp but possible all the same.

[suitedaces]

There's no point in this tool, just watch it from Youtube and copy the file from /tmp

Whereabouts in /tmp?

[entr3p]

It`s still quite possible to retrieve the video from your browsers cache in XP.Not quite as straightforward as copying from your /tmp but possible all the same.

Yes it is possible...but why go through the "hassle"? Just type pwn and your set and done. ;)

[THR4SH]

http://file2hd.com/

[entr3p]

http://file2hd.com/

Hmm..not exactly what I call newbie friendly but good find :).

[SuperSonic4]

I use Elltube, it might be a program instead of a script but it uses ffmpeg as a backend which means it can convert to AVI, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, MP3, WAV or AMR in one go so to speak. Since most of mine are audio rips this comes in handy. Audio quality on flv is horrible though

[entr3p]

I use Elltube, it might be a program instead of a script but it uses ffmpeg as a backend which means it can convert to AVI, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, MP3, WAV or AMR in one go so to speak. Since most of mine are audio rips this comes in handy. Audio quality on flv is horrible though

Yeh I'm really picky about sound quality so I don't think I would able to do that.:KS

[ArtF10]

Would that be relevant though?

In neither case are you actually saving a .flv file first and then converting. Instead, you are obtaining an mp4, for example, directly from the youtube link.

[entr3p]

Don't really understand what you're saying....

[ssam]

even easier.
http://1024k.de/bookmarklets/video-bookmarklets.html

its just a bookmark that contains javascript that makes you a download link. so you just go a youtube page and click a bookmark.

if you like downloading youtube vids you can also use Miro (it does lots more too) http://www.getmiro.com/

[billgoldberg]

just use /tmp

[ArtF10]

Don't really understand what you're saying....

Does pwn-youtube convert from .flv to .mp4? Or does it somehow magically spit out mp4s directly?

[Christmas]

Never heard of it, but it's good to know. I rarely download YouTube videos but I'm using Download Helper add-on for Firefox when I do.

[entr3p]

Never heard of it, but it's good to know. I rarely download YouTube videos but I'm using Download Helper add-on for Firefox when I do.

Maybe with this guide you could ditch the add-on ;). Especially because your rarely download YouTube videos :P.

[RATM_Owns]

I use a Greasemonkey addon called YousableTubeFix.

Places handy "Download in [Low Quality FLV/High Quality FLV/Low Quality MP4/High Quality MP4]" links.

[entr3p]

I use a Greasemonkey addon called YousableTubeFix.

Places handy "Download in [Low Quality FLV/High Quality FLV/Low Quality MP4/High Quality MP4]" links.

Yeah I've used GreaseMonkey before. One of my favourite addons...extremely handy ;).