mint6-64 strange

[thomase]

I have just updated my main pc to Mint 6 and 64 bit, now I can not save videos from youtube in anything but .flv type. My other pc is still on Mint 5 32bit and is working fine, dwhelper on Mint 5 gives option to save as .flv or another (.avi) format. but on Mint 6 only one option .flv and I am unable to convert to another format. I have read about the bug (h264 codecs etc.)in ubuntu and tried the solutions offered but still not working. any ideas?

[Husse]

I did not even know you could save videos from Youtube
I have asked for help

[shane]

I have no idea if this works on 64bit... but I usually use the youtube-dl package... To install run:

Code: Select all

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl

To download run

Code: Select all

cd /directory/you/want/to/download/to/
youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/url-of-video

This does download an .flv file which will play on Mplayer and VLC at least... If you want a .avi file, use mencoder to convert (preferably without reencoding) or use acidrip if you need a GUI.

[proxima_centauri]

For what it's worth if .flv format is the issue, just run this in terminal in the directory where the .flv file is [replacing filename with what the flv is called, and newfilename with what you want the avi to be called]

Code: Select all

ffmpeg -i filename.flv newfilename.avi

Also you dont need any special downloader unless you really want one. All streamed video, once fully loaded, is located in the /tmp folder (it only resides there as long as the flash video page is open in the webbrowser, so save it elsewhere before you close the page).

[thomase]

I have overcome the problem by reverting back to Mint 6 32bit. It may also have been caused by updating "ALL"