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--- youtube:download_a_youtube_video [2016/07/10 19:19] – created peter
+++ youtube:download_a_youtube_video [2019/12/04 22:48] (current) – removed peter
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-====== Youtube - Download a Youtube video ======
-Youtube used to create temporary files in /tmp whenever a video was watched.  The temporary file, named similar to /tmp/FlashXX*/ remained there while the webpage was kept open.  To make a copy of the video was a simple task of copying the temporary file elsewhere:
-</code bash>
-cp /tmp/FlashXX* /videos_to_keep
-</code>
-However, newer versions of flash (since  10.2r152 in Linux) have changed that.  The temporary file no longer exists.
-The following bash script allows one to download a youtube video.
-<code bash>
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Download Youtube Video
-#
-# Two arguments
-#   $1 Youtube URL
-#   $2 You name for the video
-#
-wget -c --no-check-certificate --user-agent="" $1 -qO- | \
-sed 's/\\u0026/\&/g'| \
-awk '/fmt_url_map/{gsub(/[\|\"]/,"\n");print}' | \
-sed -n "/^fmt_url_map/,/videoplayback/p" | \
-sed -e :a -e '$q;N;2,$D;ba' | tr -d '\n' | \
-sed -e "s/\(.*\),\(.\)\{1,3\}/\1/;s/\\\//g" | \
-wget -c --no-check-certificate --user-agent="" -i - -O $2.flv
-</code>
-After putting in in a file and making it executable just go get your YouTube url and fire off the download.  Here's an example.
-<code bash>
-./ytd.sh 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ' keycat
-</code>
-This will make the file keycat.flv in your dir.  Use a recent VLC or Mplayer to play the file.
-Its very likely that this script will be out of date (broken) soon but hopefully it will be a good blueprint for anyone else in the future.