How to download Youtube Videos in Ubuntu without any addon or applications
Well I had this in my head since a very long time and wanted to share here. Well, as you know there are many addon’s/softwares available for downloading youtube videos. Well there is a workaround by which you can download them without any Firefox Addon’s or any other external application.
Generally when the youtube video’s are streamed, the video is getting actually downloaded on your PC. It will be stored in a temproary folder. Once you are done watching the video, the video gets deleted from your computer.
Follow the steps below to download the video:
1. Go to the YouTube page of the video you want to download in Firefox.
2. Let it load completely (be sure to select HQ/HD if you want best quality)
3. Do NOT close the browser OR the page
4. Open Nautilus and navigate to /tmp
5. Drag the file named “Flash” (followed by letters and numbers) to your desktop and rename it.
6. You are done and you can watch the video.
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Similar technique can be used in Windows. In Windows the file is saved as fla*.tmp where * is the UID for that video streaming session. However, this file is usually locked and cant be easily copied or moved around. What you can do is use a file unlocking utility like unlocker (google for it, and follow the first link), and right click on the file and unlock it. then you can easily copy paste it anywhere you want and play it by renaming it to filename.flv
Thanks a lot Kalpesh for sharing the Gyaan:)
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