What tools can I use to download videos from Youtube and Vimeo on Ubuntu 12.04?

Solution 1:

youtube-dl

youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube, Vimeo and a few more sites. It is included in the Ubuntu repositories, so you may install it by typing:

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl

vimeo-dl

vimeo-dl is a stand-alone command-line program to download videos from Vimeo. It is not included in the Ubuntu repositories, therefore you must download and save the script somewhere and make it executable by typing:

chmod 775 <script> 

Solution 2:

ClipGrab is a free software for downloading and converting online videos from many sites like YouTube or Vimeo.

ClipGrab can download from the following sites: YouTube, Clipfish, Collegehumor, Dailymotion, MyVideo, MySpass, Sevenload, Tudou, Vimeo.

To Install ClipGrab

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clipgrab-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install clipgrab

^{Source: http://www.bestubuntu.com/how-to-install-clipgrab-on-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-using-ppa.html (may not be original source)}

Solution 3:

I am using for some year a Firefox add-on: DownloadHelper. With it you can download video and music, you have control in codecs and formats in a immediate simple way