Syanide Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Found this on OMG! UBUNTU, tested it myself on Ubuntu. You don't need any special applications, browser add-ons or terminal commands to save YouTube videos in Ubuntu: 1. Open the YouTube video you want in your browser. Let it load completely, with the quality setting you prefer (SD, HQ, HD). Do not close the browser at this point. 2. Open Nautilus and go to /tmp (File System -> tmp). You will find a file named Flash-something. If you have thumbnail previews enabled for video files, it will show up immediately. 3. Copy that file to another folder. Rename it as you please, with the extension .flv (not necessary, it'll just ease up organization and recognition of the file) . You can now close the browser/tab. 4. Click on it, it will play in your media player. And that's it! What the OMG!U article didn't say, is that it works with other browsers as well (tested it with Chrome), and other pages (DailyMotion). And I'm most certain it works with other distros, too :) Enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo89 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 can it work for HD videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TemperingPick Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 can it work for HD videos? Sure does. Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingDark Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Works with Fedora. I am very happy right now. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep1234 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 This is only for Youtube or can work with any other site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shea J Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 This is only for Youtube or can work with any other site? I think its for all flash videos, they get cached to that folder. I think its just easier to install youtube downloader and click on a button under the video and it does it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syanide Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Actually as of late, this trick doesn't work, because Flash now stores videos in browser's cache: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/saving-flash-videos-in-linux-tmp-no-longer-works/ Too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amon91 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Still, there are Firefox/Chrome extensions that pretty much do the same in a hassle-free fashion. It's still an extra thing to install but it's not really a big deal. Also, built-in FLV playback FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthonyd Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Does it work with Internet Explorer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TemperingPick Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Does it work with Internet Explorer? Sure, if you can get it to run on Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Does it work with Internet Explorer? Just go to "\Users\YourWindowsUsername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files" if you're using IE in Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Damn you Flash for ruining this neat trick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoko. Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Jawesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Damn you Flash for ruining this neat trick! Flash didn't ruin anything and since YouTube allowed the videos to be cached in the temp folder back in 2009, there's no reason for this not to work. edit: Just tested it to be sure, and yeah.. works without any problems. http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/9109/32529223.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flawed Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I just use the Firefox addon FlashGot. Works great with 90% of sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 www.keepvid.com, gives you all Youtube links to all possible formats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tensegrity Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 If you set the cache_control http header this trick of retrieving files from /tmp directories would work for most media streaming, grooveshark, youtube,etc, etc .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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