Tip: Small script to download youtube videos

[ranjankumar09]

Here is a script to download youtube.com videos.

Save this script in file C:/Scripts/Hex2Ascii.txt.

# Script Hex2Ascii.txt
var str value, replacelist
set $replacelist = " \t%20\n!\t%21\n\"\t%22\n#\t%23\n$\t%24\n%\t%25\n&\t%26\n'\t%27\n(\t%28\n)\t%29\n*\t%2A\n+\t%2B\n,\t%2C\n-\t%2D\n.\t%2E\n/\t%2F\n:\t%3A\n;\t%3B\n<\t%3C\n=\t%3D\n>\t%3E\n?\t%3F\n@\t%40\n[\t%5B\n\\\t%5C\n]\t%5D\n\^\t%5E\n_\t%5F\n`\t%60\n{\t%7B\n|\t%7C\n}\t%7D\n~\t%7E\n"
set $wsep = "\t"
set $lsep = "\n"
var str entry, char, code
lex "1" $replacelist > $entry
while ($entry <> "")
do
    wex -p "1" $entry > $char
    wex -p "2" $entry > $code
    while ( { sen ("^"+$code+"^") $value } > 0 )
        sal ("^"+$code+"^") $char $value > null
    lex "1" $replacelist > $entry
done
echo $value

save this script in file C:/Scripts/youtube.txt.

# Script youtube.txt
var str videolink, savefile, server, url
isstart "mysession" "description" "Mozilla/4.0"
iscon "mysession" "http://www.youtube.com" > null
stex "^.com^]" $videolink > null ; stex "[^&^2" $videolink > null
isret "mysession" $videolink > $url
stex "^fmt_url_map=^]" $url > null ; stex -r "[^(]&\n)^" $url > null
script "Hex2Ascii.txt" value($url) > $url
stex -c "]^http^" $url > null
stex -c "^.com^]" $url > $server
isdiscon "mysession"
iscon "mysession" $server > null
# $url has 3 urls separated by |, presumebly alternate urls for streaming video. Get the first url.
stex "[^|^" $url > null
# Remove the last comma from $url1.
stex "[^,^l" $url > null

isret -b "mysession" $url > null

# Save video
issave -b "mysession" ($savefile+".flv")
isdiscon "mysession"
isend "mysession"

Scripts are in biterscripting. You can translate them to another scripting language (please post your translated versions for others). To try the script, start biterscripting, copy and paste this command into it.

script youtube.txt videolink("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZb177urjY8&feature=related") savefile("C:/funnydog")

It will download the video of the funny dog and save it into file C:/funnydog.flv. You can download your favorite video - right click on the video link, select properties, copy the URL, and paste it into above command instead of "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZb177urjY8&feature=related" for the videolink() argument.

[Emily123]

This is quiet an nice option where you get a automated service to download and install youtube videos. I am using a addon extension on firefox called as download helper. This small addon offers you direct download of youtube videos in flv format on your hard drive. That the most easiest way I think about the same.