Re: [SLUG] video downloaders (YouTube, etc.)

From: Mario Lombardo (mario@alienscience.com)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2008 - 10:41:06 EDT


Dylan William Hardison wrote:
> Spake Mario Lombardo on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 03:09PM +0200:
>
>> Dylan William Hardison wrote:
>>
>>> Spake Mario Lombardo on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 12:12PM +0200:
>>>
>>>
>>>> What are people using for video downloaders (not just works with
>>>> YouTube) with Firefox? I want something opensource, free, and runs
>>>> on
>>>>
>>> youtube-dl: http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/
>>>
>>> This only works with youtube; I believe there are other scripts for
>>> google video, etc. Some flash-video-using sites don't need a script, as
>>> they provide a link to the .flv.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> That won't work since I'd have to surf to the video page with a
>> qualified browser and then copy the link to the script.
>>
>
> w3m or lynx would work as well.
>
>
I'm aware of w3m, lynx, elinks, dillo, etc. They are lovely browsers,
and their speed is impeccable. However, my intent is to use it for
Firefox. Your needs may differ.

/mario

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 16:19:11 EDT