Download YouTube Videos with QtTube
October 02, 2007 by
According to the Alexa traffic rankings, YouTube is the fourth most popular website in the world, behind only Yahoo, MSN and Google. Is it any wonder that YouTube, home of homemade, viral, funny, scary and utterly bizarre videos is such a popular destination?
Early on, many YouTube aficionados made their desire to archive YouTube videos clear, and numerous Firefoxextensions were born. These extensions were able to get into the "guts" of a video's
YouTube page and find the actual URL for the Flash video, and download it onto the computer user's hard drive. In this manner, even if the video later disappeared from YouTube, that user would have a copy of it.
But those utilities have often been for Windows or Mac users, or for users of the Firefox web browser. What about Linux users who don't use Firefox? Are there any options for them?
There is now.
A handy little tool, recently released, called QtTube, is here to save the day. QtTube is a simple utility with a single purpose - download the Flash video from any YouTube page. It is currently only available for Linux users, but as the Qt toolkit is apparently in the process of being ported to Mac and Windows, there exists the possibility that QtTube may someday be available for those platforms as well.
How does it work? Easy. All you need is the URL to a YouTube video and you're good to go! So, if someone sent you a link, or if you're already on the YouTube page, great. If not, simply start up your web browser and navigate to YouTube. Do a search for whatever you want. When you've found a video you want, just go up to your web browser's address bar and copy the entire address. There's no need to worry about the embed code that YouTube provides. We don't need it.
Early on, many YouTube aficionados made their desire to archive YouTube videos clear, and numerous Firefoxextensions were born. These extensions were able to get into the "guts" of a video's
But those utilities have often been for Windows or Mac users, or for users of the Firefox web browser. What about Linux users who don't use Firefox? Are there any options for them?
There is now.
A handy little tool, recently released, called QtTube, is here to save the day. QtTube is a simple utility with a single purpose - download the Flash video from any YouTube page. It is currently only available for Linux users, but as the Qt toolkit is apparently in the process of being ported to Mac and Windows, there exists the possibility that QtTube may someday be available for those platforms as well.
How does it work? Easy. All you need is the URL to a YouTube video and you're good to go! So, if someone sent you a link, or if you're already on the YouTube page, great. If not, simply start up your web browser and navigate to YouTube. Do a search for whatever you want. When you've found a video you want, just go up to your web browser's address bar and copy the entire address. There's no need to worry about the embed code that YouTube provides. We don't need it.
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