YouTube is one of the best source of watching latest, trending and all other kinds of videos. We watch movie trailers, TV episodes, song videos, interviews, broadcasts and all other types of videos online instantly.
Suppose if you are a Linux/Ubuntu user and you liked a video very much and you want to download it so what is the best way to do so?
There are a number of video downloaders and editors for Windows but we Linux users have got comparatively less number of options. But don’t worry there are still many good software for Linux to download videos. We have come up with a list of a few very efficient softwares to download YouTube videos in any desired format easily.
1. Minitube
Minitube is one of the most popular and efficient YouTube video downloader for Linux. It is a conventional video streaming and downloading software. It has a very simple interface.
You just need to give it a keyword and it will show you all the results matching your keyword. Watch any of them. It will play the videos one after one so just sit back and watch. Minitube is a wonderful YouTube desktop client.When you wish to download a video just select the format and go for downloading. It will download the video for you.
It does not uses flash player thus saving your laptop battery.
Minitube provides other fantastic features also. It can support full HD 1080p videos. Watch videos in full screen smoothly. To increase user experience, Minitube has been translated into 40 major languages. Click Here to download Minitube for Ubuntu
2. Youtube-dl
Youtube-dl is another popular YouTube video downloader utility. It is a small command-line program with which you can download YouTube videos by providing its URL.
You can select video quality of download. However, the program can also decide the best video quality to grab.
3. Movegrab
With Movegrab you can not only download YouTube videos but also videos from other popular video streaming sites. It supports Metacafe, Dailymotion, YouTube, Vimeo, eHow, Washington post, 5min.com, Ted etc.
It also runs on the command line. Movegrab is a standalone program that does not need any other program to run. Everything needed is contained in the tar.gz package. It can connect to the HTTP proxy.
You can run Movegrab in the background and do other task smoothly. You can select your desired video format and quality for download.
4. Gmediafinder
Gmediafinder is a software designed to let users search, download and play audio and video streams. It is an open source graphical application. It is an alternative to Minitube but Minitube is a bit easier than Gmediafinder.
It has integrated browser support also . You can launch videos from websites too.
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