Saturday, March 7, 2015

Top 5 YouTube Downloader Tools For Ubuntu

 Everyone likes to store their favorite YouTube videos. You can keep local copy of your favorite videos and watch them anytime you want. There are number of tools available that let you download YouTube videos. Downloading YouTube videos without any hassle has become possible with these download clients. Today we have listed five most capable YouTube video downloading tools for Ubuntu.




1. Minitube: 

Minitube is typical YouTube video streaming and downloading manager for Ubuntu. You can easily download as well as stream any video using Minitube. You can simply use the keyword to search the video and start the download. You can also choose the quality of video while downloading it. Click here to install Minitube.

2. Youtube-dl: 

Youtube-dl is a command line tool that lets you download YouTube video. This tool is designed in an minimalistic format. This is a fast and most nimble tool for YouTube. Youtube-dl offers wide number of features. You can also select the quality version of video while downloading. To begin the download, simply open the terminal and type youtube-dl(space)(link to the video).

3. Gmediafinder: 

This is another YouTube streaming as well as downloading tool for Ubuntu. This is a good alternative option to Minitube. You can download Gmediafinder using the PPA as it is not available in Ubuntu Software Center. To install Gmediafinder, execute following commands in Terminal.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:s-lagui/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gmediafinder

4. Movgrab: 

Movgrab is command-line tool for downloading YouTube videos in Ubuntu. This is an alternative option for Youtube-dl, however Youtube-dl is tried and tested tool. Movgrab can be used to download Dailymotion videos as well. Execute following commands in terminal to install Movgrab.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install movgrab

5. YouTube Downloader Script: 

YouTube downloader script is simple cross browser tool. This tool will add download button to YouTube page. This is not a browser plugin, it literally adds the button on YouTube video page. You can choose the quality and format of video before downloading. To use this script tool for Chromium browser on Ubuntu, you need to install Tampermonkeyextension and on Firefox, you need to install Greasemonkey. Later, you can download and install YouTube Downloader Script




This article originally published by:-efytimes

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