Tool for downloading video/audio files from YouTube

[Paul Smith]

On 2/5/07, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> Is there some tool for downloading video/audio files from YouTube?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> For a single file you can use this sh script:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> #!/bin/bash
> > >>>> bu="http://youtube.com/get_video.php?";
> > >>>> read -p "URL to YouTube video? " ur; read -p "Name of file to be saved? " nv wget ${ur} -O
> > >>>> /var/tmp/y1;uf=${bu}`grep player2.swf /var/tmp/y1 | cut
> > >>>> -d? -f2 |
> > >>>> cut -d\" -f1`; wget "${uf}" -O /var/tmp/y.flv ffmpeg -i /var/tmp/y.flv -r 24 -ab 56 -ar 22050
> > >>>> -b 500 -s 320x240 ${nv}.mpg;
> > >>>> rm /var/tmp/y.flv; rm /var/tmp/y1; exit
> > >>>>
> > >>>> You need ffmpeg, of course. For multiple files you can loop this or
> > >>>> something...
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks to all. The command
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ffmpeg -i get_video.flv -r 24 -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -s 320x240 out.avi
> > >>>
> > >>> works fine.
> > >>
> > >> I remember using something similar, but the resulting video looks much
> > >> crappier than the original .flv
> > >>
> > >> I found
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ffmpeg -i input.flv -ar 48000 -ac 2 output.mpg
> > >
> > > Crap. I get this error which isn't found with google.
> > > ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.51: undefined
> > > symbol: NeAACDecOpen
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone seen this one? Ric
> > >
> >
> > Yep, you have to install ffmpeg-devel package
> Yum ain't finding it and I tried livna, atrpms and freshrpms
> <boggles> got any ideas? Ric

Surprising, as:

$ rpm -qi ffmpeg-devel
Name        : ffmpeg-devel                 Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 0.4.9                             Vendor: ATrpms.net
Release     : 19_r7407.fc6.at               Build Date: Wed 03 Jan
2007 09:19:09 PM WET
Install Date: Thu 04 Jan 2007 12:10:46 PM WET      Build Host:
junior.physik.fu-berlin.de
Group       : Development/Libraries         Source RPM:
ffmpeg-0.4.9-19_r7407.fc6.at.src.rpm
Size        : 6090752                          License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 03 Jan 2007 09:19:32 PM WET, Key ID 508ce5e666534c2b
Packager    : ATrpms <http://ATrpms.net/>
URL         : http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : Development files for building against the ffmpeg package
Description :
This package provides the files neccessary for development against
ffmpeg. Use this package if you need to build a package depending on
ffmpeg at build time, or if you want to do your own development
against ffmpeg.
$

Paul