code.google.com DamnVid is a cross-platform application to download and convert videos from your hard drive or from dozens of video sharing websites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Veoh, Metacafe, etc. Basically, it’s a video downloader and converter that sucks less. What is DamnVid? A video converter, first and foremost. It makes use of the wonderful FFmpeg library, used in other software like VLC Media Player or Google Chrome. A video downloader. While DamnVid can convert local video files just fine, it can also download video streams from most video sharing websites. But what gives it the edge over other video downloaders and converters is that not only it does both the downloading and the converting, but it does them at the same time: it converts as it downloads, making the whole process much faster. A cross-platform software that sucks less. What isn’t DamnVid? A video editor. While it can do basic things like change the resolution, aspect ratio, or volume of the video, DamnVid is by no means a video editor. A video player. DamnVid never plays anything. A media library. DamnVid organizes its videos into customizable folders, but it stops there. A DVD ripper. A stable program. Seriously. It just sucks less. Everything is relative.
@WindyPower
tnx for this great creation
wow man i been searching for the last 4 hrs for something like this and this is perfect tnxs so much
where did you get cursor
Dude, how do you convert it into something like mpeg or .mkv?
I went to the Damnvid website and tried to install but after i downloaded it i got the following error:
/tmp/damnvid_1.5-1_amd64.deb could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.
Any thoughts?
downloaded but cannot install – any advice?
@WindyPower I tried to close the browser, but it didn’t resolve the problem! i tried with firefox and chromium! anyway laoding the whole video seems to resolve the problem…
@TheAzzo27 No actually, it doesn’t. However, what might be causing this is that your system only allows one connection to YouTube, which is being used by your browser (to load the video), thus blocking DamnVid from contacting YouTube. So, instead of waiting for the video to finish loading, you could also try closing the browser tab.
Thanks~
@WindyPower I found out that the video must be totally loaded to be able to download it. Thanks for this great tool, very hand…cheers
@TheAzzo27 Can’t really tell you with so few information. Please submit a bug report (using the Help menu -> Report a bug), including links to the videos that didn’t work. Thanks~
@WindyPower hi…i tried damnvid, the thing is that it doesn’t work always!! from 10 videos that i tried to download,just one successfully downloaded! any idea? thnx
linux is for the handicapped
@thebanjoz sure, i will in the future
Download this right now
Good video gotbletu. Will you be doing a demonstration of ubuntu 10.10 the maverick meerktat. When will a stable release be out.
Good job gotbletu!!
Gotbletu
This very well see the program but there is no other more complete.
@WindyPower kool ffmpeg with everything i like ur style then loL
@ gotbletu lol NO Adult sites…….
@thebanjoz
I second that! A vid on your most usefull shortcuts
you should make a video on your easystroke commands , i know you got a old one but it would be cool to see your setup
no adult sites lol … deal breaker! haha
Hi, I’m the developer of DamnVid. First, thanks for featuring DamnVid
Just wanted to clarify what you said at the end: you do not need ffmpeg or anything, DamnVid comes with its own bundled ffmpeg binary with all the shiny bells and codecs one can ask for (not sure about the legality of that but meh, I’m not much of a legal guy)…
There’s no adult sites indeed, but I have written a module development guide on DamnVid’s wiki, if you feel like writing a module for one of your favorite sites
Sa wheat. Just downloaded/installed.Its easier than the ‘youtube-dl’ commandline downloader.
Sa wheat. Just downloaded/installed.Its easier than the ‘youtube-dl’ commandline downloader.