Damnvid currently depends on a unredistributable ffmpeg build, and thus cannot
be included in Ubuntu. I have however found it to work fine with official
ubuntu ffmpeg build and the correct codecs.
A working package can be found in the official damnvid ppa. To use:
sudo apt-add-repository
** Description changed:
DamnVid needs packaging for Ubuntu:
https://code.google.com/p/damnvid/
+
+ DamnVid is a cross-platform application to download and convert videos
+ from your hard drive or from dozens of video sharing websites like
+ YouTube, Dailymotion, Veoh, Metacafe, etc.
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