A much better way to save audio from Youtube with youtube-dl.

Saving music from Youtube is fun. I am going to show how to save in good quality using youtube-dl by itself. This command will do it in one go. youtube-dl -f 140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb-2ljQDYFU –embed-thumbnail –extract-audio –audio-format mp3youtube-dl -f 140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb-2ljQDYFU –embed-thumbnail –extract-audio –audio-format mp3 This is the command in action. This gets the music in … Read more

How to download a Youtube video thumbnail on Linux.

Downloading a thumbnail of a Youtube video on Linux is very easy. This can be done using the youtube-dl script. Use this youtube-dl command to list all thumbnails for this video. ┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Pictures] └──╼ $youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ttKUEI3rtM –list-thumbnails [youtube] 0ttKUEI3rtM: Downloading webpage [info] Thumbnails for 0ttKUEI3rtM: ID width height URL 0 168 94 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0ttKUEI3rtM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEYCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDCwgBFQAAiEIYAXAB&rs=AOn4CLCtzil9D33ps4rh6SWgoECSwl7PZg 1 196 110 … Read more

How to download a video blob easily from a website.

Downloading a video blob from a website can be very frustrating. This is easier with the Download Helper extension for Firefox. This can make this task very easy. When you are on a website that hasthe video you want, click the Download Helper icon and find the format and resolution you wish to download. Then … Read more

How to download Tik Tik videos without using an app in 2020.

Tik Tok is a very useful website for sharing short-form videos online. But you cannot easily download videos unless you know how to. But there is a very useful trick to do this using Firefox. Just open a video then right-click on the video and then choose Inspect Element. Then look for this certain section … Read more

How to easily download whole albums and tracks from Bandcamp on Linux.

The Bandcamp website hosts a lot of music, and it is very easy to download music from the website easily on Linux. Firstly, install the Python pip3 addon. 4.4 Sat Jan 18 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo apt install python3-pip4.4 Sat Jan 18 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo apt install python3-pip Then, install the Python Bandcamp script. … Read more

Ubuntu 20.04 is out, give this new distro a try now.

The new release of Ubuntu, 20.04 is out now. This is all new and comes with a very nice wallpaper. The awesome selection of ubuntu wallpapers in Ubuntu 20.04. These are very nice. After installation, make sure to run this command to update package repositories. sudo apt upgradesudo apt upgrade Run this command after installation … Read more

How to download only the audio from a Youtube video.

It is possible to download just the audio from a Youtube video. This is very easy. Use youtube-dl to view information about the Youtube video and find the m4a audio track. 4.4 Sat Dec 07 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPe9uh7FWU [youtube] JWPe9uh7FWU: Downloading webpage [youtube] JWPe9uh7FWU: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] JWPe9uh7FWU: Downloading js … Read more

How to download videos from websites in 2019.

I having problems with Xvideo service thief in 2019. I cannot get it to download any video files anymore. But youtube-dl still works. Run sudo youtube-dl -U to update it, then it still works. I downloaded a Youtube video easily with it. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82u6gWS-dP4 [youtube] 82u6gWS-dP4: Downloading webpage [youtube] 82u6gWS-dP4: Downloading video info webpage … Read more

Stalkersoup is a very good alternative to Narodnaya Solyanka if you want a free roam Stalker game.

I am playing Stalkersoup right now, and it is a lot of fun. Much more fun than New Arsenal 6. That forces you to go through a bunch of maps in a pointless chase after getting the psi device from the Labyrinth. Stalkersoup has a Collector Free roam mode that has all maps open, and … Read more