videodownload

[Gerson]

When using the Slimjet browser it gives you the option to download the video and it does it quite fast with excellent quality.

[handy]

Here is the dl-youtube script, changed to use 720p with the best audio:

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#!/bin/bash
#
# I run this from ~/.bashrc with the following alias:
# alias dv="sh ./dl-youtube"
# youtube-dl is set in its ~/.config to download to ~/data/downloads/vid-tmp

# 136 = 720p (much smaller file size than 1080p).
# 137 = 1080p ~twice the size as that from using "136"
# 248 = 1080p webm format, much larger than if using "137" but best quality available.
# 140 = best sound quality format available.

echo Please, Enter a URL
read URL
/usr/bin/youtube-dl -f 136+140 --prefer-free-formats $URL

[edit:] I updated the script so it has some more options listed for future reference. Makes it easy to experiment with different video quality downloads & choose the one that suits you, or whatever...