how to download youtube videos on to the n800?

[sachin007]

I have downloaded some videos from google videos and they are playing great on the 800. But i cant download videos from youtuube as there is no option to download unlike google videos.......is it doable ?????

[azule]

Yes... There is a python script out there that will do it. Just grab python and the script and it works.

I think I had to edit it, because the python that is downloaded didn't have a particular module installed, and I didn't want to go find it, but it was pretty easy.

[sachin007]

What modifications did you makee... Can u explainin an easier languageas iam not that good in coputers....or could u give me the link???
thAnks

[sachin007]

I downloaded python. And installed it......what next.... plEEaese someone helpp

[johsua]

See this:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22361&highlight=vidconvert#post22361

and the following posts.

(search: vidconvert)

[sachin007]

Thank you very much.....but if you could tell me how to download the videos directly from on to the n800 using the python script.... it would be more helpful.... sorry for my ignorance....

[ukki]

Just comment out the very first line of code so that it looks like this:

#import getpass

[ukki]

For running the actual script you need to have xterm installed. Place the youtube-dl on your inner sd-card. Open the terminal and run these commands:

cd /media/mmc2
chmod +x youtube-dl (you only need to run this once)
./youtube-dl "URL_OF_VIDEO"

or if the video needs a login:

./youtube-dl -u your_youtube_username -p your_youtube_password "URL_OF_VIDEO"

Start Mplayer and watch the video.

[sachin007]

i tried
cd/media/mmc2 on x-term but it says not found.... any ideas.... i know this sounds dumb for all the pros ... but please help me.. thanks

[rok]

Another way is to use one of the YouTube download sites.
I use http://www.dlthis.com/ .
Just copy&paste the url and add ".flv" to the filename.
Good luck.

[ukki]

Place the youtube-dl on your outer sd-card then and use /media/mmc1

[zorg]

i tried
cd/media/mmc2 on x-term but it says not found.... any ideas.... i know this sounds dumb for all the pros ... but please help me.. thanks

sachin007, look at the difference between

cd/media/mmc2

and

cd /media/mmc2

In the first case, the shell thinks you are trying to invoke a command that it can't find, called cd/media/mmc2. In the second case, the shell thinks you are invoking the cd command. That means "change directory". After the space is the name of the directory you want to change to.

You may need a linux command line tutorial, such as you would find at http://www.linuxcommand.org

[TA-t3]

Hmm.. the SD cards are mounted non-exec, so it won't work to use the chmod +x; ./name-of-script thing. You can place the script in your home folder instead, or anywhere on the internal flash and it should work. Or, keep it on the SD card and run it explicitly like so: 'python name-of-script <script parameters>' (or 'python /full-path-to/name-of-script')

[DryLand404]

Vixy.net works quite well for re-encoding and resizing the videos and then presenting you with a download video link.
Use the AVI for windows DIVX + MP3 option

[aflegg]

Alternatively, my own VidConvert (http://www.bleb.org/services/vidconvert/) is particularly designed for the Maemo devices.

[n800justrocks]

I have no problem downloading youtube. It just use zillatube from http://www.zillatube.com

It can also convert the youtube file into other excellent video formats that are suitable to be played on portable devices.. Hope this software can help you.

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