04-14-2011
For streaming, wget is not going to work. If you try to download a youtube page with it, it will simply download the source code of the page, the JS and the HTML, but not the video itself.
Here's a python script I use for downloading youtube videos to my workstation. You can see that it's not a simple one. I guess you should either write your own utility and work directly on the server providing the content, or look for commercial tools.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
nicovideo-dl
NICOVIDEO-DL(1) General Commands Manual NICOVIDEO-DL(1)
NAME
nicovideo-dl -- download a video file from www.nicovideo.jp
SYNOPSIS
nicovideo-dl [options] video_url
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the nicovideo-dl command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
included below.
-h --help
print this help text and exit
-u USERNAME --username=USERNAME
account username (e-mail address)
-p PASSWORD --password=PASSWORD
account password
-o FILE --output=FILE
output video file name
-q --quiet
activates quiet mode
-s --simulate
do not download video
-t --title
use title in file name
-l --literal
use literal title in file name
-n --netrc
use .netrc authentication data
-g --get-url
print final video URL only
-2 --title-too
used with -g, print title too
-c --get-comment
download comment
-x --raw-comment
save comment in raw xml
--comment-output=FILE
output comment file name
-v --version
print program version and exit
SEE ALSO
youtube-dl (1).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by paulliu grandpaul@gmail.com for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to
copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the same terms as the license of the original software.
NICOVIDEO-DL(1)