Said bye-bye to Youtube Popups, finally

[Tom_ZeCat]

I stumbled across a cool little GNU free program named Minitube. It's a standalone app that plays Youtube videos and lets you avoid the annoying popups that Youtube keeps sneaking in over the wishes of popup blockers. So far so good, I'm happy with this little app. I've also used a FireFox add-in, Download Helper, that has let me download Youtube videos in various video formats such as MP4, AVI, etc., so that I can watch the vids with no popups or burn them to DVD if I want to.

Just a heads up on programs I like. Feel free to drop a heads up on cool utilities or other apps that you've found useful.

[vinnywright]

I have and do use both of those ,,,,,,,,BUT you should try this one ,,,,,,,,,it dose it all



add the venerable rog131's PPA (he goes by a few names hear at the forums) but he has the COOLEST stuff in their. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/samrog131/ppa/ubuntu trusty main

if your in 14.10 you will want to change that "trusty" to utopic

and

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qmplay2 youtube-dl

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt show qmplay2
Package: qmplay2
Priority: extra
Section: video
Installed-Size: 3,480 kB
Maintainer: Rog131 <samrog131@hotmail.com>
Version: 20141228~trusty~ppa1
Suggests: youtube-dl
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass4 (>= 0.9.11), libavcodec56-ffmpeg, libavformat56-ffmpeg, libavresample2-ffmpeg, libavutil54-ffmpeg, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcddb2, libcdio13 (>= 0.83), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libpulse0 (>= 1:0.99.1), libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3), libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3), libqt4-opengl (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1), libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0), libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6), libswscale3-ffmpeg, libtag1c2a (>= 1.9.1), libva-x11-1 (>> 1.3.0~), libva1 (>> 1.3.0~), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libx11-6, libxv1
Download-Size: 942 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://ppa.launchpad.net/samrog131/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
Description: a Qt based media player and downloader
 QMPlay2 is a media player, it can play all formats and stream supported
 by the ffmpeg.
 .
 http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/QMPlay2?content=153339
 .
 The youtube-dl enhances the QMPlay2. The youtube-dl is in the Ubuntu repositories but
 the latest version is easy to install and update from the http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ .

and

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt show youtube-dl
Package: youtube-dl
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 1,106 kB
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>
Version: 2014.02.17-1
Depends: python-pkg-resources, python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2)
Recommends: libav-tools | ffmpeg, libav-tools | ffmpeg (>= 4:0.6) | ffprobe, mplayer2 | mplayer, rtmpdump
Download-Size: 237 kB
Homepage: http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Description: downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
 youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from
 YouTube.com and other sites that don't provide direct links to the
 videos served.
 .
 youtube-dl allows the user, among other things, to choose a specific video
 quality to download (if available) or let the program automatically
 determine the best (or worst) quality video to grab. It supports
 downloading entire playlists and all videos from a given user.
 .
 Currently supported sites (or features of sites) are:
 .
 1up.com, 220.ro, 3sat, 4tube, 56.com, 8tracks, 9gag, AcademicEarth:Course,
 AddAnime, anitube.se, Aparat, AppleTrailers, archive.org videos, ARD,
 arte.tv, arte.tv:+7, arte.tv:creative, arte.tv:ddc, arte.tv:future,
 AUEngine, bambuser, bambuser:channel, Bandcamp, Bandcamp:album, BBC iPlayer,
 blinkx, blip.tv:user, BlipTV, Bloomberg, Break, Brightcove, canalc2.tv,
 canalplus.fr, CBS, Channel 9, Chilloutzone, Cinemassacre, clipfish,
 cliphunter, Clipsyndicate, cmt.com, CNN, CNNBlogs, CollegeHumor,
 ComedyCentral, The Daily Show / Colbert Report, Condé Nast media group: GQ,
 Glamour, Vanity Fair, Vogue, W Magazine, WIRED, Criterion, Crunchyroll,
 C-SPAN, culturebox.francetvinfo.fr, d8.tv, dailymotion,
 dailymotion:playlist, dailymotion:user, daum.net, defense.gouv.fr,
 DepositFiles, Discovery, Dotsub, Dropbox, EbaumsWorld, eHow, eitb.tv, El
 País, Escapist, EveryonesMixtape, ex.fm, ExtremeTube, facebook, faz.net,
 fernsehkritik.tv, fernsehkritik.tv:postecke, Firstpost.com, Видеоархив -
 Первый канал, Flickr, france2.fr:generation-quoi, FranceInter, France 2, 3,
 4, 5 and Ô, francetvinfo.fr, Freesound, freespeech.org, FunnyOrDie,
 Gamekings, GameSpot, Gametrailers, Generic downloader that works on some
 sites, Hark, helsinki.fi, HotNewHipHop, Howcast, Huffington Post, Hypem,
 ign.com, Internet Movie Database trailers, Internet Movie Database lists,
 Ina, InfoQ, Instagram, InternetVideoArchive, IPrima, ivi.ru, ivi.ru
 compilations, JadoreCettePub, JeuxVideo, jpopsuki.tv, Jukebox, justin.tv,
 Kankan, keek, KeezMovies, KhanAcademy, KickStarter, KontrTube.ru - Труба
 зовёт, la7.tv, LIFE | NEWS, LiveLeak, livestream, livestream:original,
 lynda.com videos, lynda.com online courses, m6, MacGameStore trailers,
 Malemotion, MDR, metacafe, Metacritic, mixcloud, Mofosex, Mooshare.biz,
 MPORA, MTV, mtviggy.com, muzu.tv, MySpace, MySpass, myvideo, Naver, NBA,
 NBCNews, NDR.de - Mediathek, NDTV, Newgrounds, National Film Board of
 Canada, nhl.com, NHL videocenter category, ニコニコ動画, Normalboots,
 Novamov, Nowness, NowVideo, Ooyala, ORF, PBS, photobucket, Google Plus,
 pluzz.francetv.fr, podomatic, PornHd, PornHub, Pornotube, Pyvideo,
 radiofrance, RBMARadio, RedTube, RingTV, RottenTomatoes, Roxwel, RTLnow,
 Rutube videos, Rutube channels, Rutube movies, Rutube person videos, Yahoo
 screen search (Example: "yvsearchall:purple fish" ), ServingSys, Sina,
 Slashdot, Slideshare, Smotri.com, Smotri.com broadcasts, Smotri.com
 community videos, Smotri.com user videos, Sohu, soundcloud, soundcloud:set,
 soundcloud:user, southpark.de, southparkstudios.com, Space, Spankwire,
 Spiegel, Spike, Stanford Open ClassRoom, Statigram, Steam, streamcloud.eu,
 StreamCZ, Syfy, SztvHu, Teamcoco, TechTalks, techtv.mit.edu, TED, TF1,
 ThePlatform, ThisAV, tinypic.com videos, tou.tv, Trilulilu, Tube8, Tudou,
 Tumblr, Tutv, tvp.pl, Unistra, ustream, ustream:channel, Vbox7, VeeHD, Veoh,
 Вести.Ru, Vevo, Vice, Viddler, Google Video search (Example:
 "gvsearch5:falling cat" ), video.mit.edu, VideoDetective, videofy.me,
 VideoPremium, viki, vimeo, vimeo:album, vimeo:channel, vimeo:group, Review
 pages on vimeo, vimeo:user, Vine, vk.com, Vube.com, wat.tv, Weibo, Wimp,
 Wistia, WorldStarHipHop, XHamster, XNXX, XTube, XVideos, Yahoo screen, Yahoo
 screen, YouJizz, Youku, YouPorn, YouTube.com, YouTube.com channels,
 YouTube.com favourite videos, "ytfav" keyword (requires authentication),
 Youtube watch history, "ythistory" keyword (requires authentication),
 YouTube.com playlists, YouTube.com recommended videos, "ytrec" keyword
 (requires authentication), YouTube.com searches (Example:
 "ytsearch10:running tortoise" ), YouTube.com searches, newest videos first
 (Example: "ytsearchdateall:falling cat" ), YouTube.com (multi-season) shows,
 YouTube.com subscriptions feed, "ytsubs" keyword(requires authentication),
 YouTube.com top lists, "yttoplist:{channel}:{list title}" (Example:
 "yttoplist:music:Top Tracks"), YouTube.com user videos (URL or "ytuser"
 keyword), Youtube watch later list, "ytwatchlater" keyword (requires
 authentication), ZDF.

VINNY

[NickStone]

Does qmplay2 play DVD's?

[vinnywright]

Does qmplay2 play DVD's?

no

VINNY

[citizen]

I use YouTube daily, I never see ads or get popups & hide elements that are annoying. I use Firefox with these addons;
Adblock Plus 2.6.7
(Add EasyList subscription if not already done by default, turn off "allow some non-intrusive advertising" in preferences)
Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon 0.9.2
Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.3.1 (this allows you to hide things like the "recommended Channels" sidebar)

I also have Stylish 2.0.1 that allows me to use the "Black Youtube by Panos" theme to make YouTube all black. So much easier to watch that way. There are others but his is the most stable & updated, I've tried others.

I rarely have problems, and YouTube works better. Adblock allows you to unblock specific pages or sites if you choose to support a site by allowing their ads.

Oops... forgot to add,
I also use DownloadHelper, but for YouTube I really like "YouTube Video and Audio Downloader 0.4.3". It only works on YouTube but really makes things faster. Up to 720p rez. 1080p (and higher) is also available with ffmpeg enabled but I can't seem to get it to work for me.

[jlittle]

I use YouTube daily, I never see ads ... Adblock Plus

Me too. Good content is moving to other funding models, such as sponsorship or voluntary paid subscription.

I also have Stylish 2.0.1 that allows me to use the "Black Youtube by Panos" theme...

Me too. Panos got a little behind site changes a couple of years ago, but has been right on to it since.

... for YouTube I really like "YouTube Video and Audio Downloader 0.4.3"...

I'll check that out next time I want a download. youtube-dl is in the repositories, but out of date there; however to download the latest version was simple, it's a python script.

[citizen]

I'll check that out next time I want a download. youtube-dl is in the repositories, but out of date there; however to download the latest version was simple, it's a python script.

Repositories? I usually just use the Firefox addon site. Am I missing something or is youtube-dl something different?

I love Youtube, I get to watch all kinds of tv in other languages. And it can be a really great educational source as well. I stopped watching US tv a few years ago.

[oshunluvr]

youtube-dl will allow you to download a video from youtube at the command line.

Play a video in your browser, right-click-copy the URL, open konsole, type youtube-dl and then SHIFT-INSERT to paste the URL, enter, watch the video download.

It will have a nonsensical name, but it usually works. The folks at youtube change things around a bit, so if it fails, update it.

[TWPonKubuntu]

Just a side note, I have both Firefox from the repository (35.0.1) and Firefox Aurora, the beta release (37.0). Download Helper fails to download under Aurora but runs fine on the current version from the repository. Hope it gets fixed soon.

[citizen]

youtube-dl will allow you to download a video from youtube at the command line.

Play a video in your browser, right-click-copy the URL, open konsole, type youtube-dl and then SHIFT-INSERT to paste the URL, enter, watch the video download.

It will have a nonsensical name, but it usually works. The folks at youtube change things around a bit, so if it fails, update it.

Thanks, I thought I missed something. So can this download in 1080p? That seems to be the magical question since YouTube went to Dash for 1080p and higher. Anything over 720p needs to be downloaded in video & audio streams and then combined. I believe all of the Yandex & VK videos do that as well. Not sure about Vimeo or DailyMotion, but Dash seems to be the trend.

[oshunluvr]

AFAIK, youtube-dl gets 720 streams. You'll have to look up how to get 1080p on your own...

[vinnywright]

Thanks, I thought I missed something. So can this download in 1080p? That seems to be the magical question since YouTube went to Dash for 1080p and higher. Anything over 720p needs to be downloaded in video & audio streams and then combined. I believe all of the Yandex & VK videos do that as well. Not sure about Vimeo or DailyMotion, but Dash seems to be the trend.

?? dwhelper will download in whatever (1080/720) you are watching ,,,,,,,,what's this "dash" your speaking of , I just watched a 1080p in the normal window/screen .

Qmplay will fetch and play/download according to your preference list and what it can find ,,,,, it uses the "youtube-dl"



VINNY

[vsreeser]

I use 4kdownload on both windows and kubuntu. You can only download 10 in a playlist unless you pay $10 for registration. I've used it download playlists. then share them and watch on the tv. Much better at 60 inches than 27

[vinnywright]

and watch on the tv. Much better at 60 inches than 27

my TV's only 42" ,,,,,,,,, but I have HDMI out on 3 of the boxes so I watch all my stuff on the 42" TV/monitor

VINNY

[citizen]

?? dwhelper will download in whatever (1080/720) you are watching ,,,,,,,,what's this "dash" your speaking of , I just watched a 1080p in the normal window/screen .

Qmplay will fetch and play/download according to your preference list and what it can find ,,,,, it uses the "youtube-dl" VINNY

I've never had DownloadHelper do anything higher than 720p in the last 1.5 years. When YouTube went to dash for full HD, 720p was the standard utility download for most addons. Dash is lots of little files. VK.com & CBS.com are two examples. Stitching them together is a pain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic...ming_over_HTTP
Qmplay sounds interesting I'll have to check it out.

AFAIK, youtube-dl gets 720 streams. You'll have to look up how to get 1080p on your own...

Thanks, I was hoping it was 1080.