[wplug] Youtube downloading in Linux with wget?

[Mackenzie Morgan]

I use the UnPlug extension with Firefox.

On Nov 25, 2007 12:05 AM, R.E.Coutch <robert.coutch at verizon.net> wrote:
> All part of Youtube's effort to prevent you from getting videos.
>
> The easy way to get them is to use Firefox and get the Download Helper 2.5
> extension from the extensions website (See the add-on screen in Firefox)
>
> -- OR --
>
> Go to http://keepvid.com - You'll see how that works when you get to the
> website.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday 24 November 2007 21:08, Zach wrote:
> > Whenever I download an .FLV file from Youtube it seems to only
> > partially download :(
> >
> > So I tried using wget (since it has the very nifty "-c" option) but
> > when I feed in the URL it complains about not being able to find it.
> >
> > Yet when I use the Fast Video Download extension in Firefox it has no
> > trouble downloading the file, ie click on Video Downloader and it
> > prompts me to download the actual filename as in:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv0_9IGWFvQ  -> "Merry Christmas Mr.
> > Bean - pt. 1.flv"
> >
> > Here are the wget errors:
> >
> > wget http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv0_9IGWFvQ
> > results in:  `watch?v=Zv0_9IGWFvQ' saved [118184/118184]
> >
> > This download just the HTML page in which the video is embeded.
> >
> > I even tried looking at the From property in the Download box and
> > feeding that to wget:
> >
> > zu22 at netrek:~$ wget
> > http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=Zv0_9IGWFvQ&t=OEgsToPDskLloOCg2Tiu2xK
> >yotj-flpR [1] 24143
> > zu22 at netrek:~$ --21:06:49--
> > http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=Zv0_9IGWFvQ =>
> > `get_video?video_id=Zv0_9IGWFvQ'
> > Resolving youtube.com... 208.65.153.238, 208.65.153.251, 208.65.153.253
> > Connecting to youtube.com|208.65.153.238|:80... connected.
> > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
> > 21:06:50 ERROR 404: Not Found.
> >
> > Anyone have a clue how I can download this with wget or some other FOSS
> > program?
> >
> > I run Debian testing release with 2.6.18 kernel.
> >
> > Zach
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