Category: video

Easily download subtitles from YouTube (and a few other sites)

There are plenty of tools that will let you download a video from YouTube, but what about when the video you want to watch contains subtitles? If you need the subtitles to understand the video, just head on over to this site:

KeepSubs: Download and save any subtitles from Youtube, Viki, Crunchyroll and more!

Put your YouTube link into the box, click the Download button (or select one of the available translations) and in a moment or two you’ll have a file containing the subtitles. Just rename it to match the name of your downloaded video, except make the extension .srt – so if the video is named “Soviet era propaganda film.mp4”, the subtitles file should be named “Soviet era propaganda film.srt”. Put both files in your videos directory and play using any program that recognizes subtitle files, such as VLC or XBMC (note that you may need to enable subtitles). That’s all there is to it!

Link: Download Videos From Youtube and Other Sites Using ClipGrab

ClipGrab is a free downloader and converter for YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion and many other online video sites.
It converts downloaded videos to MPEG4, MP3 or other formats in just one easy step.

Full article here:
Download Videos From Youtube and Other Sites Using ClipGrab (Unixmen)

NOTE: ClipGrab is also available in Windows and Mac OS X versions.

Link: Tutorial: Raspbmc PVR TinyUSB2 DVB-T & TVHeadend All-in-one

Note: We hesitate to post this link because DVB-T is NOT used in the United States or Canada (we use ATSC).  It IS used in many other parts of the world.  But the reason we are linking to is is because some of this information might be adaptable to use of an ATSC (digital television via an antenna) or a DVB-S or DVB-S2 (free-to-air C-band or Ku-band satellite) tuner, all of which can be used in North America.  However we do not guarantee that, and we can’t tell you what parts of the instructions would need to be modified to make it work with one of those types of tuners.

Thought I would post my first attempt to build an all-in one XBMC LiveTV and PVR running Raspbmc and TVHeadend. Credit is given to Quonith for his awesome tutorial upon which this is based: http://forum.stmlabs.com/showthread.php?tid=2648.

This particular tutorial is using the Digital Now TinyUSB2 DVB-T with TVHeadend as the TV server. I am looking to do away with my power hungry Windows 7 Media Centre PC and this is more od a proof of concept more than anything. At this point in time, I still prefer Windows MCE as it ‘just works’ and is very intuitive for the user (most important of all). None the less, this was good fun.

You can view a video of my setup here: http://youtu.be/aU99C-0W4fI

Full article here:
Tutorial: Raspbmc PVR TinyUSB2 DVB-T & TVHeadend All-in-one (Raspberry Pi)

Link: Install YouTube-DL – A Command Line Video Download Tool for Linux

youtube-dl is a Python based small command-line tool that allows to download videos from YouTube.com, Dailymotion, Google Video, Photobucket, Facebook, Yahoo, Metacafe, Depositfiles and few more similar sites. It written in pygtk and requires Python interpreter to run this program, it’s not platform restricted. It should run on any Unix, Windows or in Mac OS X based systems.

Recently, youtube-dl added video download support for 17 new websites: brightcove.com, auengine.com, RingTV, instagram.com, Jukebox, 3sat, CSpan, Statigr.am, traileraddict.com, hotnewhiphop.com, wat.tv, tu.tv, gamespot.com, tudou.com, Wimp.com, archive.org and break.com

Full article here:
Install YouTube-DL – A Command Line Video Download Tool for Linux (Tecmint)
Related articles:
How to Install and Use YouTube-DL on Ubuntu 18.04 (LinOxide)
5 youtube-dl tips you might not know about (SG)

Libk: Transmageddon: A Video Transcoder For Linux And Unix Systems

Transmageddon is a video transcoder for Linux and Unix systems built using GStreamer. It supports almost any format as its input and can generate a very large host of output files. The goal of the application was to help people to create the files they need to be able to play on their mobile devices and for people not hugely experienced with multimedia to generate a multimedia file without having to resort to command line tools with ungainly syntaxes.

Full article here:
Transmageddon: A Video Transcoder For Linux And Unix Systems (Unixmen)

Link: Video Monkey – an excellent free video encoding (format converter) application exclusively for Mac OS X

We came across this fantastic free video format converter software for Mac OS X users, and wanted to bring it to your attention. It’s simpler to use that some other, possibly better known programs, yet it is capable of producing very good quality video conversions.

Video Monkey is a free video encoding application exclusively for Mac. With it you can encode multiple videos, automatically add metadata from sources like theTVDB.com andtheMovieDB.org, and then add them to your iTunes library, all at the touch of a button. The UI is simple and intuitive and lets you encode almost any video to many Apple and non-Apple formats. It uses the super fast ffmpeg encoder for high quality results. Whether it’s converting recorded TV shows, or transferring a video to a format for use in other video editing software, Video Monkey is a great way to simplify all your encoding needs.

Full description at software about page:
About Video Monkey (Video Monkey)
Main page:
Video Monkey

Link: 7 YouTube Channels Where You Can Find Computer Help

Thanks to the Internet, a beginner doesn’t really need to seek anyone’s help anymore. This holds true for several things, and technology-related queries are certainly one of them. Some weird noise is coming out of your laptop? Getting slower network speed? Don’t like Windows 8′s start screen? Well, there are a gamut of communities waiting to help you out.

While there are several communities like StackOverflow where you can post your questions and have them appropriately addressed, if you find video content more gripping, the Internet has that covered well. In this post, we’ll take a look at some of the most reliable and well-known YouTube channels that you should look up when in need of some help with your computer woes.

Full article here:
7 YouTube Channels Where You Can Find Computer Help (Make Tech Easier)

Link: Chorus Is a Powerful Web-Based Remote Control for XBMC

Chorus is an add-on for XBMC that lets you remotely manage, build playlists, queue up videos, organize your library, and do just about anything you want with your media center—all from the comfort of a browser window on another device.

Full article here:
Chorus Is a Powerful Web-Based Remote Control for XBMC (Lifehacker)

Link: How to record and replay a terminal session on Linux

Suppose you are a go to person among your friends and family when it comes to Linux related questions. Someone asked you how to install and configure a tool, and you wanted to show the procedures. How would you do that if he or she is not in front of you? There could be various ways (e.g., by documenting and emailing the procedures, or explaining verbally over the phone, etc), but probably the most clearcut solution would be to demonstrate it yourself. If the demonstration only requires a terminal, then the best way would be use terminal screencast or terminal session recorder.

In this tutorial, I am going to demonstrate how to record and replay a terminal session on Linux.

Full article here:
How to record and replay a terminal session on Linux (Xmodulo)
Related:
2 Simple Applications That Record Your Terminal Session as Video [Linux] (Make Tech Easier)

Link: Converting Video Files to H.264 MP4 Format Using HandBrake on Linux

There are many different video formats in circulation, including AVI, 3GP, MOV, MPG, WMV and the formats used by DVDs and Blu-ray. One file type that has become a common denominator across multiple platforms is the MP4 file. If you need to convert  a video file to MP4, then HandBrake is an excellent choice. It is a multi-platform, multi-threaded video transcoder that is available not only for Linux but also for OS X and Windows.

Full article here:
Converting Video Files to H.264 MP4 Format Using HandBrake on Linux (Make Tech Easier)