How to rip a video from YouTube without downloading software

[I_ziz]

Uhuru kaka wangu na dudu wangu!

i found this and thought ones and ones may find it usefull..

Ever wanted to rip a video from YouTube without downloading software? - Well now you can! Their tracking ID's can't stop us!

After analysing their structure and flash code I found a way around it. The end result will be a .FLV file, not a .wmv or .mov, etc.

First, you need the flash video ID. I'm going to use Jamelia's Beware of the Dog video for this example.

Go find the video you want to watch then get it's ID. h*ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2P4Zesf_l4
The video ID is: A2P4Zesf_l4

Now in your browser head to: h*ttp://www.youtube.com/v/A2P4Zesf_l4
You'll get back this long URL in your browser window: h*ttp://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=A2P4Zesf_l4&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//sjl-static10.sjl.youtube.com/vi/A2P4Zesf_l4/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskJG2DA_SllJWE481mMNotYZ

What you need to extract is the &t= variable. This is like a tracking ID which I'm pretty sure changes every hour or day (not really sure).
Anyway, the tracking variable is right at the end of the URL and it's this: OEgsToPDskJG2DA_SllJWE481mMNotYZ

Next point your browser to this URL and replace the ID and T_ID with the file ID and tracking ID: http://h*ttp://www.youtube.com/get_v...o_id=ID&t=T_ID

So thats: http://h*ttp://www.youtube.com/get_v...lJWE481mMNotYZ

Now just change the file name to something you remember and don't forget to add .flv at the end. Now you'll need to convert it to a nice format (.wmv or .mov). I'm not going to tell you how to do that, but you can use Google to search for a flash to video converter.

Salam na ashia

[jamal-s]

I also found that you can download video off of youtube using Real Media Player. When I'm on youtube, using IE7, a pop up will appear, just above the video as it starts, asking if I want to download the video. After clicking it out of curiosity, I found that it saved the file to my computer (under the real media playlist) and I could play the video without being online.

There are also a couple of websites online that will convert the .flv file to mp3 for free. You just copy and paste the URL in the menu next to the video, just under the video information (not in the navigation bar) and the site will convert the file, and allow you to save it. You can also upload .flv files that you already have saved.

YouTube to MP3 Online Converter - Convert YouTube's videos to MP3 fast and free

Peace

[Jacuma]

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[Africa_SpokesPerson]

Internet explorer 7 also have free plug in from third parties that allow you to download Youtube videos and convert them to any format you like. i personally have not tried them yet, but i have been using Real player 11 for a long time now to download those video.

i first tried Real player 11 when it was a BETA application and also now that is is a final product.

i am sure there are other software out there that do just that, but comrade I_ziz idea is just brilliant if it works, because you do not need no software to do just what softwares do.

the problem with those softwares is that some of them may be spy-wares as well.

[I_ziz]

Originally Posted by Africa_SpokesPerson

Internet explorer 7 also have free plug in from third parties that allow you to download Youtube videos and convert them to any format you like. i personally have not tried them yet, but i have been using Real player 11 for a long time now to download those video.

i first tried Real player 11 when it was a BETA application and also now that is is a final product.

i am sure there are other software out there that do just that, but comrade I_ziz idea is just brilliant if it works, because you do not need no software to do just what softwares do.

the problem with those softwares is that some of them may be spy-wares as well.

Check out this way of re-combining video files without software using the windows command line to merge them.

Start the command line by pressing the windows key and R. Enter cmd in the prompt which will start the command line window. Enter the following line into the command line, make sure you enter the right filepath to the movie. I suggest you move the files to the top of a hard drive to ease the amount of typing that needs to be done.

copy /B “C:\movie1.mpg” + “C:\movie2.mpg” + “C:\movie3.mpg” “C:\completemovie.mpg”

This joins movie1.mpg, movie2.mpg and movie3.mpg to create completemovie.mpg. You can change the name and location of the destination file.