teemus: YouTube FLV Grabba!

Sumeet Mulani (

teemus) wrote,
@ 2006-05-16 19:29:00

Current mood:	whatever
Current music:	DJ Aqueel - Fanaa for You (OST, Fanaa)
Entry tags:	bookmarklet, flv, hacks, javascript, video, youtube

YouTube FLV Grabba!
Was reading about grabbing videos off YouTube. Then, wrote a little JavaScript bookmarklet that downloads the .flv file of any video. Get the bookmark off this page, since LJ does not allow JavaScript in entries.

Play any video on YouTube, go clickety on the bookmark, and a new window pops up asking you what to do with the .flv file. Save it somewhere, and use mplayer to view it. You can convert it to a more convenient video format using ffmpeg.

Update, 23:00 - Woohoo! Got it working even when you don't have the Flash plugin installed. hitesh, thanks for making this the requirement!

Update, 2006-05-18, 17:15 - Need to download stuff off Google Video? Get the bookmarklet to do that!

(65 comments) - (Post a new comment)

	malcolm_frink 2006-05-16 02:33 pm UTC (link)
	where did you get OST of Fanaa from? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	teemus 2006-05-16 02:36 pm UTC (link)
	http://www.cooltoad.com/ Music > Search for "Fanaa" (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	hectorworthing 2008-08-10 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	Just wondering, how did you get your hands on Bangari Marori from Water. Ani Says: Wow …. . Thats one amazing post sire. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Thanks calyen 2006-05-17 04:12 am UTC (link)
	dude, you rock! i fall under using-no-flash-browsers category. Kalyan (Reply to this)

	riteshn 2006-05-17 05:09 am UTC (link)
	Awesome hack. Was looking for something like that myself. There are inddeed some crazy videos in YouTube. Anything similar for Google Videos? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Firefox extension available teemus 2006-05-17 06:09 am UTC (link)
	http://teemus.livejournal.com/219351.html?thread=2165719#t2165719 (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	you could try this url sashdude 2006-06-01 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	http://keepvid.com, lets you download from most video sites..i came across your blog post while searching for a similar thing. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	roscoemccarter 2008-08-11 03:14 am UTC (link)
	You can now make your blog sizzle with video using our new free video blogging software at www. EasyWordPressVideo. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	orvillemundy 2008-08-12 12:07 pm UTC (link)
	Found your blog while searching for more information at yahoo about compaq tablet pc. Your blog has quite a lot of interesting thoughts. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	angiasaa 2006-06-27 06:27 am UTC (link)
	Here: http://angiasaa.livejournal.com/37326.html ;o) I figure there must be a way to automate my process too. For the time being, I guess it depends too much on user discretion. Brwosers won't give enough permission for a javascript to scan it's temp dir. :( (Reply to this) (Thread)

	eldaran 2006-07-25 04:40 am UTC (link)
	Just found this after VideoDownloader stopped working on YouTube (apparently it comes and goes). Worked a treat. I tip my imaginary hat to you, mate. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	youtube dl (Anonymous) 2006-07-25 06:48 am UTC (link)
	Dude U rock! Wurkz great!!! Thnx (Reply to this) (Parent)

	not working for me (Anonymous) 2006-08-02 01:13 am UTC (link)
	i saved the bookmark link in my favorites and then loaded the youtube video. when i clicked on the favorites link after the video was done loading, nothing happened. i can't figure it out because all javascript stuff is enabled on my internet explorer. help. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: not working for me teemus 2006-08-02 08:43 am UTC (link)
	Use Mozilla Firefox - http://getfirefox.com/ (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	thefiretheft21 2006-09-23 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	hey, im trying to download this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pCaOcv6OOQ&NR I tried your bookmark but it saved as get_video and couldnt be played with my flv player. any suggestions? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	teemus 2006-09-23 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Hey! Try renaming the downloaded file to get_video.flv or something. It works for me under Linux, where I use mplayer to play the FLVs. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-01-21 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	i dont uderstand ne of this... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	i need help (Anonymous) 2007-05-01 04:59 am UTC (link)
	how do upload a dvd to youtube? i have it saved in a folder, but i tried uploading it, and it said error, wrong file format. pls help me, my email address is 3dfm@sbcglobal.net (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-03-31 02:36 pm UTC (link)
	This is the best invention since sliced bread. So easy, thank you so much (Reply to this)

	kepeslap 2008-01-17 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	Great post teemus! bookmarked :) have been looking out for something like this for a while... Képeslap (Reply to this)

	zsuzannasiqyc 2008-07-21 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	Very useful! (Reply to this)

	Another easy way to download video and music from Youtube and from almost any site (Anonymous) 2008-08-08 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	Try out the new NetVideoHunter add-on, its working well for me: http://netvideohunter.com (Reply to this)

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