Youtube for linux mint

In this tutorial I'll show you how to download youtube videos using youtube-dl

First you have to install youtube-dl with this command

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl

and give in your password

To download a video

1- Go to youtube and search the video you want to download

2- Copy the Video URL from the browser's navigation(address) bar (As shown in the image)

3- Open up terminal and type in

youtube-dl {video URL}

~ Don't forget to replace '{video URL}' with the URL you copied from the browser's navigation(address) bar:

and your video will start downloading

~ But this will download video in some format that you don't want or it might be too heavy

For downloading video in format of your choice type in following

~ Don't forget to replace '{video URL}' with the URL you copied from the browser's navigation(address) bar; as shown in the image below:

4-  If you choose to download video in format of your choice. you have one last step to follow: that is choosing the format of your choice.

When you type in the command for downloading video with format or your choice it'll give you list of different options, showing the formats and resolutions of that video.

choose the code of one you like and type in following:

youtube-dl -f  {format code} {video URL}

~ Don't forget to replace '{formate code}' with code of your choice and '{video URL}' with the URL you copied from the browser's navigation(address) bar; as shown in the image below:

In the example shown in the image above. I've chosen video in flv format with resolution [*] and its code is '5' as you can see in the image.

Easy  Isn't it?? 

All the best!! 

keshavbhatt (keshavnrj) Publisher

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Download/Play Media from Youtube

Utube provide a unique interface which allow you manage your favorite videos and music from youtube.com You can download, play , save videos to your favorite list. Other features are -

Features:

• Utube lets you Download Youtube video/audio and maintain a library of them on local system.
• You can download and play Videos in different formats, resolutions and qualities
• You can search entire library of YouTube videos from Utube app
• Utube comes with inbuilt Native Youtube player
• Download videos or convert Youtube Video to audio with one click
• Multiple Downloads at a time are possible

Some features of application are disabled after evaluation period. KeyWords: Airy, Wondershare, pulltube, 4K Video Downloader, iTube, MacX, WinX

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Enable snaps on Linux Mint and install Utube - Complete Youtube App for Linux

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.

Enable snapd

Snap is available for Linux Mint (Sonya), Linux Mint (Sylvia), Linux Mint 19 (Tara), Linux Mint (Tessa) and the latest release, Linux Mint 20 (Ulyana). You can find out which version of Linux Mint you’re running by opening System info from the Preferences menu.

On Linux Mint 20, /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref needs to be removed before Snap can be installed. This can be accomplished from the command line:

To install snap from the Software Manager application, search for snapd and click Install.
Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

Either restart your machine, or log out and in again, to complete the installation.

Install Utube - Complete Youtube App for Linux

To install Utube - Complete Youtube App for Linux, simply use the following command:

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Playing Youtube videos

Postby javatechnical »

In my HP mini laptop, the RAM is very less (1GB) and it is very difficult to play videos properly in Firefox, the video is not being synced properly (video going too slow than audio), also it takes more memory.

So, I would like to know if there is any app that could play, search youtube videos (if possible, download them) without viewing them in Firefox.

In Ubuntu, i have seen searching the youtube in Videos app, but it is not available in Mint, there seems to be no search feature in Videos app in Mint.

Any lightweight alternative to play,search youtube videos? I have Gnome Mplayer in my system, it doesn't seem to have a plugin to play youtube videos.

P.S: 'Lightweight app'

Update: Gone through Youtube viewer https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer. Don't know whether it is safe or not, it requires adding a PPA, also it is not available in Software Manager in Mint.

Is it safe (OK) to add this PPA?

There are many circumstances where you would need to download some Youtube video on Linux Mint for some later use. However, there are many online web applications for getting youtube on PC but here we are going to show a lightweight and very straightforward snap app based on youtube-dl called &#;Youtube Downloader&#; for Linux systems.

Here are some key features of this app:

• Convert videos to MP3
• Supports password-protected and private videos
• Download single videos or whole playlists
• Automatically selects a video format based on your quality demands

Snap Youtube Downloader for Linux Mint

The steps are given here can be used for other Linux systems such as Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, Debian, Elementary, Manjaro, and others. However, the only thing that will be different is the way to install the Snapd on various Linux systems. Well, for that you can see our article &#;  Snap on Linux- Installation, update and delete commands

1. Run system update

Let&#;s first run the update command using the APT package manager that will install security updates and also refresh the repository cache.

2. Enable and install Snapd on Linux Mint

By default, Snapd has been disabled by the developers of Linux Mint on the Ulyssa, thus first we need to delete the file that is refraining users from installing it. After that command to install and enable the same.

3. Install Youtube Downloader on Linux Mint

Finally, snap is on our Linux Mint, now, just run the below given single command and you will have the &#;Youtube Downloader&#; from, Snapcraft repository on your Linux operating system.

4. Reboot System

To properly integrate the snap on your system, restart it once.

5. Run Video downloader

Once the system is rebooted, go to All applications and search for the installed Snap application. And when its icon appears, click to run it.

6. Copy Youtube URL and Download the video

Open the app, select the format in which you want to download video from various sources such s Facebook, Vimeo including Youtube. After that pasting the URL in the box given there select the format in which you want the video.

For Audio select the option given there on top.

If you want to get Video, then select the tab available for it. And after that the resolution in which you want to download the video.

Once the downloading is completed you will see the button to open the folder where the videos have been saved. Now, you can play them offline.

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How to download Youtube videos on Linux using the command line

Joe Borg (joeborg) Publisher

Install

Download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms

youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version , , or +, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.

Details for youtube-dl

License

Unlicense

Last updated

17 September

Enable snaps on Linux Mint and install youtube-dl

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.

Enable snapd

Snap is available for Linux Mint (Sonya), Linux Mint (Sylvia), Linux Mint 19 (Tara), Linux Mint (Tessa) and the latest release, Linux Mint 20 (Ulyana). You can find out which version of Linux Mint you’re running by opening System info from the Preferences menu.

On Linux Mint 20, /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref needs to be removed before Snap can be installed. This can be accomplished from the command line:

To install snap from the Software Manager application, search for snapd and click Install.
Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

Either restart your machine, or log out and in again, to complete the installation.

Install youtube-dl

To install youtube-dl, simply use the following command:

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