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Operating Systems Linux download with youtube-dl the HQ MP4 (not FLV) Post 302422519 by slashdotweenie on Tuesday 18th of May 2010 04:03:23 PM

05-18-2010

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download with youtube-dl the HQ MP4 (not FLV)

Hi

Howto download with youtube-dl the HQ MP4? Per default it always downloads FLV and in manual there is no option described for MP4.

Code:

$ aptitude show youtube-dl
Package: youtube-dl
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 2010.04.04-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 119k
Depends: python (>= 2.4)
Suggests: rtmpdump
Description: download videos from youtube
 youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com
 and other sites that don't provide direct links to the videos served. 
 
 youtube-dl allows the user, among other things, to choose a specific video
 quality to download (if available) or let the program automatically determine
 the best quality video to grab. It supports downloading entire playlists and
 all videos from a given user. 
 
 Currently supported sites are video.google.com, youtube, photobucket, and
 metacafe.
Homepage: http://bitbucket.org/rg3/youtube-dl/

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rapid-photo-downloader

RAPID-PHOTO-DOWNLOADER(1)												 RAPID-PHOTO-DOWNLOADER(1)

NAME

       rapid-photo-downloader - imports photos and videos from cameras, memory cards and other devices

SYNOPSIS

       rapid-photo-downloader [options]

       Options:
	 --version
	 -h, --help
	 -v, --verbose
	 -q, --quiet
	 -e, --extensions
	 --focal-length=FOCAL_LENGTH
	 -a, --auto-detect
	 -l PATH, --device-location=PATH
	 --reset-settings

DESCRIPTION

       Rapid Photo Downloader imports photos and videos from cameras, memory cards and Portable Storage Devices, providing a variety of flexible,
       user-defined options for subfolder creation, photo and video renaming, and backup. It can download from more than one device in parallel.

OPTIONS

       --version
	   Displays information about the currently installed version and exits.

       -h, --help
	   Show help message and exit.

       -v, --verbose
	   Displays program information on the command line as the program runs.

       -d, --debug
	   Displays debugging information on the command line as the program runs

       -q, --quiet
	   Only display output errors and warnings to the command line as the program runs.

       -e, --extensions
	   Displays image file extensions the program recognizes and exits.

       --focal-length=FOCAL_LENGTH
	   If an aperture value of 0.0 is encountered, the focal length metadata will be set to the number passed, and its aperture metadata to
	   f/8.

       -a, --auto-detect
	   Automatically detect devices from which to download, overwriting existing program preferences.

       -l PATH, --device-location=PATH
	   Manually specify the PATH of the device from which to download, overwriting existing program preferences.

       --reset-settings
	   Resets all program settings and preferences to their default values and exits.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       LOCALEDIR
	   If set, overrides the system-wide directory in which translation data will be searched for.

       LANG
	   The system-wide locale used for translations.

BUGS

       * Support for downloading directly from cameras is experimental. Not all cameras are supported.

       Please report bugs at https://bugs.launchpad.net/rapid

AUTHORS

       Rapid Photo Downloader was written by Damon Lynch <damonlynch@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Damon Lynch.

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

       On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.

0.4.5								    2012-06-24						 RAPID-PHOTO-DOWNLOADER(1)