- #VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET HOW TO#
- #VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET INSTALL#
- #VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET CODE#
- #VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET LICENSE#
- #VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET WINDOWS#
(In Windows, place your cursor in the command prompt window and right-click to paste. Then, paste the URL you copied in step 1. The youtube-dl executable is already installed to a directory in your PATH, so you can run it from any directory.) (On macOS or Linux, if you installed using a package manager such as Homebrew or apt, you can skip this step.
#VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET WINDOWS#
On Windows, you can open the command prompt if you press Windows key+ R (hold down the Windows key and press R) to open the Run box, then type cmd and press Enter.
#VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET HOW TO#
For help using the command prompt in Windows, see: How to use the Windows command line (DOS).Instead, you use it from your command prompt or terminal window. YouTube-dl is a command line program, so it has no GUI.
#VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET INSTALL#
On all Linux systems, you can also install it using the curl, wget, or git methods listed above for macOS. For instance, on Debian or Ubuntu systems, you can install using apt: sudo apt install youtube-dl YouTube-dl is available as a packaged binary in many Linux operating systems. When installation is complete, you can proceed to Downloading a video, below. echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/ydl" > ~/.bashrc & source ~/.bashrc To run the program from anywhere else, move youtube-dl to a directory of your choosing, and make sure this directory exists in your PATH environment variable. If you use curl or wget, youtube-dl is downloaded to your current directory. Or with wget: wget & chmod u+rx youtube-dl You can also download it using curl: curl & chmod u+rx youtube-dl
#VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET CODE#
Or, you can download the source code using git, and compile it yourself: git clone & cd youtube-dl & make sudo make install Or, if you have MacPorts, run the command below. If you have Homebrew, you can install YouTube-dl by opening a Terminal and running the following command. For examples of how to use the program, proceed to Downloading a video, below. When you run youtube-dl, nothing happens unless you provide it with the URL of a video to download. You can run it by opening a command prompt, changing to your Downloads directory with the cd command, and running youtube-dl.
Click Download to download vcredist_x86.exe.
#VLC DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM INTERNET LICENSE#
You can check the video's license type on its YouTube page by clicking "Show More," then clicking the license name.
Many YouTube videos use the standard YouTube license, and some are licensed under Creative Commons, for example. Downloading a YouTube video is legal if you use it in accordance with its license.