Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command
Even easier, if you're using the flash nonfree plugin, is to just copy
the relevant FLV file from your /tmp directory after the plugin finishes
downloading it.
Lior
Shlomo Solomon wrote:
The subject says it all.
This may not be news, but I found it today and it may be useful to others. All
you need is Firefox and ffmpeg, no addons, extensions or plugins.
You watch the video in Firefox (to create the input file in the Firefox cache)
and then run:
ffmpeg -i $(find ~/.mozilla -regex '.*Cache.*' -a -not -regex \
'.*_CACHE_.*' -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
sort -n | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs file | \
grep -i Video | tail -1 | awk -F : '{ print $1 }') \
-vcodec msmpeg4v2 -b 200 -ab 64 -ar 22050 -s 320x240 \
/tmp/video.avi
Don't forget to remove the \ at the end of each line and run as one command.
For a fuller explanation and a few caveats, look at
http://www.paganini.net/index.cgi/linux/capturing_flv.html
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Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 01:59:20PM +0200, Shlomo Solomon wrote: This may not be news, but I found it today and it may be useful to others. All you need is Firefox and ffmpeg, no addons, extensions or plugins. You watch the video in Firefox (to create the input file in the Firefox cache) and then run: Isn't easier to install UNPLUG and let it do all the work? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command
The subject says it all.
This may not be news, but I found it today and it may be useful to others. All
you need is Firefox and ffmpeg, no addons, extensions or plugins.
You watch the video in Firefox (to create the input file in the Firefox cache)
and then run:
ffmpeg -i $(find ~/.mozilla -regex '.*Cache.*' -a -not -regex \
'.*_CACHE_.*' -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
sort -n | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs file | \
grep -i Video | tail -1 | awk -F : '{ print $1 }') \
-vcodec msmpeg4v2 -b 200 -ab 64 -ar 22050 -s 320x240 \
/tmp/video.avi
Don't forget to remove the \ at the end of each line and run as one command.
For a fuller explanation and a few caveats, look at
http://www.paganini.net/index.cgi/linux/capturing_flv.html
--
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Pango Hebrew and Ampersand char
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Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command
Hi Shlomo!
On Thursday 29 November 2007, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
The subject says it all.
This may not be news, but I found it today and it may be useful to others.
All you need is Firefox and ffmpeg, no addons, extensions or plugins.
You watch the video in Firefox (to create the input file in the Firefox
cache) and then run:
ffmpeg -i $(find ~/.mozilla -regex '.*Cache.*' -a -not -regex \
'.*_CACHE_.*' -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
sort -n | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs file | \
grep -i Video | tail -1 | awk -F : '{ print $1 }') \
-vcodec msmpeg4v2 -b 200 -ab 64 -ar 22050 -s 320x240 \
/tmp/video.avi
Don't forget to remove the \ at the end of each line and run as one
command.
For a fuller explanation and a few caveats, look at
http://www.paganini.net/index.cgi/linux/capturing_flv.html
Perhaps I'm missing something, but why not use youtube-dl?
http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/
Unless of course this video is not publically accessible, and requires payment
or registration or whatever. In that case, your method is better.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command
Actually, I didn't expect so many replies to my tip. Fistly, let me just repeat that it's not really mine. I just happened to find it on the net and thought it might be useful. However, I will comment on the three answers. All three are, of course, correct. As usual, there are several ways to do anything and each has it's advantages and disadvantages. The whole point of what I suggested was that it's simple and generic and you don't have to install anything. On Thursday 29 November 2007 14:13, Lior Okman wrote: Even easier, if you're using the flash nonfree plugin, is to just copy the relevant FLV file from your /tmp directory after the plugin finishes downloading it. True, but you have to find the file which is buried somewhere in the cache - not difficult, but an extra task. And then, you still have to do the conversion to AVI. On Thursday 29 November 2007 14:16, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Isn't easier to install UNPLUG and let it do all the work? Yes and no. Unplug presents you with a list of one or more files and you sometimes have to guess which is the one you want. And again, the conversion is a seperate step. On Thursday 29 November 2007 17:47, Shlomi Fish wrote: Perhaps I'm missing something, but why not use youtube-dl? http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/ I haven't tried this one, so I can't really comment, but if I understand correctly, this is a script that has to be installed and then you have to pass it the exact URL of the specific Youtube video - again, not really difficult, but it adds an extra step. -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KDE 3.5.4) on LINUX Mandriva 2007 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
video conversion question
I have a DVD-recorder that records on DVD+RW. The recorded DVD is viewable on Linux without any problems. I can also use DVDrip to create VOB files which are also viewable. I sometimes use avidemux to convert the VOB files. I usually just do a default copy and end up with an AVI file. This file is also viewable, BUT I can't move forward or backwards in kaffeine or other viewers. On the other hand, if I choose auto--vcd from the avidemux menu, I get a MPEG file and I CAN move forward or backward in kaffeine. The problem is that creating the AVI file takes only a few seconds but creating the MPEG takes a LONG time, so I do prefer to stick with the AVI. So what am I doing wrong - why can't I move forward or backwards? -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KDE 3.5.4) on LINUX Mandriva 2007 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command
On 29/11/2007, Shlomo Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The subject says it all. This may not be news, but I found it today and it may be useful to others. All you need is Firefox and ffmpeg, no addons, extensions or plugins. Thanks for the tip. A while ago I looked for a way to download Google Videos and non of the plug-ins or stand-alone clients I found worked. There is also the added benefit of not downloading the video more than the one you usually do when you watch it. --Amos
Re: video conversion question
On Thursday 29 November 2007 20:58, Shlomo Solomon wrote: I have a DVD-recorder that records on DVD+RW. The recorded DVD is viewable on Linux without any problems. I can also use DVDrip to create VOB files which are also viewable. I sometimes use avidemux to convert the VOB files. I usually just do a default copy and end up with an AVI file. This file is also viewable, BUT I can't move forward or backwards in kaffeine or other viewers. On the other hand, if I choose auto--vcd from the avidemux menu, I get a MPEG file and I CAN move forward or backward in kaffeine. The problem is that creating the AVI file takes only a few seconds but creating the MPEG takes a LONG time, so I do prefer to stick with the AVI. So what am I doing wrong - why can't I move forward or backwards? Does: mplayer -forceidx [filename.avi] Fix your problem? -- Shimi = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command
On Thursday 29 November 2007 20:37, Amos Shapira wrote: Thanks for the tip. A while ago I looked for a way to download Google Videos and non of the plug-ins or stand-alone clients I found worked. There is also the added benefit of not downloading the video more than the one you usually do when you watch it. Actually, there seems to be an added fringe benefit to the command I sent. Since it only depends on what's in the Firefox cache, it doesn't seem to be specific to Youtube. I sometimes get sent links to sites with embedded Youtube videos. UnPlug or similar utilities won't usually download these videos. My guess is that it's because the URL is not in the expected form. But the command I mentioned works for this type of site. Here's an example: http://sharkbait.computerworld.com/?q=node/1913source=NLT_SHARKnlid=6 -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KDE 3.5.4) on LINUX Mandriva 2007 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 08:41:27PM +0200, Shlomo Solomon wrote: True, but you have to find the file which is buried somewhere in the cache - not difficult, but an extra task. And then, you still have to do the conversion to AVI. I'm not sure why you would bother. Mplayer, VLC and XINE all play flv files, which has me covered for Linux, MACOs and Windows. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: video conversion question
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 08:58:09PM +0200, Shlomo Solomon wrote: So what am I doing wrong - why can't I move forward or backwards? It's missing an index. Mplayer will create it. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: video conversion question
On Thursday 29 November 2007 21:09, shimi wrote: Does: mplayer -forceidx [filename.avi] Fix your problem? Yes. I see that at start-up, it takes a few seconds to create an index. Do you know why avidemux didn't create the index when doing a default copy? I guess converting to mpeg DOES create the index, but the time involved in doing the conversion is really overkill. -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KDE 3.5.4) on LINUX Mandriva 2007 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: video conversion question
Replying to my own question. After playing with a few more formats in avidemux, I discovered that if I chose mpeg TS instead of AVI, the index is created and the file plays in kaffeine. Surprisingly, this conversion is almost as fast as the default AVI. I created a 2 hour video in just over a minute. On Thursday 29 November 2007 21:47, Shlomo Solomon wrote: On Thursday 29 November 2007 21:09, shimi wrote: Does: mplayer -forceidx [filename.avi] Fix your problem? Yes. I see that at start-up, it takes a few seconds to create an index. Do you know why avidemux didn't create the index when doing a default copy? I guess converting to mpeg DOES create the index, but the time involved in doing the conversion is really overkill. -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KDE 3.5.4) on LINUX Mandriva 2007 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pango Hebrew and Ampersand char
ik wrote: Hello List, I have this weird annoying bug on a GTK2 based program. When I use Hebrew everything displaied properly, but when I add the ampersand char () it will report a warning: Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() Does anyone have experience with this issue and knows what I'm missing ? Thanks, Ido could it be that pango expects encoding (HTML style) after the ampersand? Try giving it #32;, and see whether it issues a space. Even better, try lt; and see whether it generates a Shachar = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pango Hebrew and Ampersand char
On 29/11/2007, ik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I have this weird annoying bug on a GTK2 based program. When I use Hebrew everything displaied properly, but when I add the ampersand char () it will report a warning: Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() Does anyone have experience with this issue and knows what I'm missing ? Thanks, Ido The program may be storing it's info in XML files. Ampersand is an illegal character in XML. In any case (XML or not) file a bug with the software's author. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
