If fact, youtube-dl is much more reliable than this script. If you are find with youtube-dl, just stick with it.But the point of this script is that you can easily download a YouTube video within a click, no need to open your terminal and enter youtube-dl command. But, you should use youtube-dl if you want to download more than 1080p or download a playlist.
Have you ever seen a cool video on YouTube that you wanted to download? A lot of people wanted to do this - unfortunately YouTube did not provide this option(none that I know of, anyway). So scripts were created that will do this for you. These scripts include...
youtube download script for greasemonkey
Script Summary:A cross-browser script that adds a button to download YouTube videos as MP4 and FLV files. This script downloads the videos directly from YouTube and it integrates with YouTube's interface.
Greasemonkey is one of the popular Firefox add-ons that help users to install various scripts as per the requirements and then do whatever they want. You can write your own Greasemonkey script or download the repository. This is probably the best things what Firefox has since other regular add-ons just do a specific task. But, Greasemonkey can do more than one thing and this is where it excels.
If you watch videos on YouTube a lot and want to turbocharge your YouTube experience, here are some Greasemonkey scripts those will let you do more than just helping to watch videos. You can download them and install in your Firefox browser through the standalone Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox.
The Best in all available scripts is the YouTube enhancer script, which actually does justice to its name i.e. enhances the viewing experience by providing all functionalities like playback control, video resizing, quality enhancement, rollover preview, downloading and much more.
2. Download YouTube Videos in Different FormatsKeep-Tube is by far, the most downloaded/installed Greasemonkey script for YouTube. This script lets users download YouTube videos in High Definition (HD), High Quality (HQ), MP4, 3GP, and FLV formats.
This script also claims to work with other popular video sharing websites like Dailymotion, Magavideo, Google Videos, Vimeo, Metacafe, Myspace, Facebook and others. They also claim to provide more downloading options than other video downloaders.
It is a good news that YouTube Videos can be downloaded as well. Joshua Kinberg at sandbox films created a Greasemonkey script which creates a link on the top of the screen for you to save the video locally. If you never get the live player working probably, YouTube Video Download script may be the good option. Here are the instructions:
You probably know many ways to download YouTube videos, but I guarantee you will like this one. With this script, it adds a download to every YouTube video you are watching without 3rd-party service, whether it is a private video or public video.
As its name suggests, this script allows you to download Deezer tracks, albums, playlists to your computer. You can also select the music quality from 128kbps MP3 to 1411 FLAC. Unfortunately, it has been removed from Notabug. I have a copy of it and it still works at the moment. You can get it from here and enjoy it while it works.
For Android users, you can download FireFox Nightly web browser. Within the browser, you can install Tampermonkey add-on through my custom add-on collection. For details, you can check how to run Tampermonkey scripts on mobile.
EDIT: Just discovered youtube-dl command. Its GUI version is also available through a WebUpd8's PPA, but is not that powerful as its backend. As I said before, is one of the most powerful CLI tools to download videos from almost anywhere in the web.
Just install the script in Chrome and fire up your favorite video. You'll notice a new "Download" link beneath the video. Click it to see the options depicted above, and download your favorite instantly.
Firefox users with the greasemonkey-extension installed may prefer to install this greasemonkey-script which will show a small notice-bar at the top of supported video clip pages when a video is found. If the bar is clicked upon, video download links are given on a small results page.
Keepvid.com and Javimoya are server-based solutions while my scripts are client-based. Both concepts have pros and cons. Keepvid.com and Videodownloader.net also offer bookmarklets and Greasemonkey scripts, but those just refer to their webpage and will let them know about any video download done through them. None of my scripts involve third party interaction. It's all between you and the video publisher.
Do you want to download a complete Facebook album in one click? Gain unfair advantages on a browser game? View images and videos behind a URL without clicking on it? These are only a few of the functionalities we can add to most browsers, using Greasemonkey scripts. 2ff7e9595c
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