[MEncoder-users] knowhow: convert flash h264/aac video (e.g. from Youtube) to workable formats

[James Hastings-Trew]

On 11-03-01 11:04 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 03/01/2011 11:46 AM, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>
>> On 1 Mar 2011, at 12:42, Miroslav Rovis <m.rovis at inet.hr> wrote:
>>
>>> FILE.flv is a file you find in a place like /tmp/ usually in
>>> awkward name like FlashKsb97c, whatever, after you've watched a
>>> video on Youtube or somewhere in your Firefox (I don't go online
>>> with my Mickeysoft, no, so can't tell where you find it in
>>> Windoze).
>>
>> For YouTube and some others, the youtube-dl script is a much
>> simpler/better solution.
>
> Or cclive, which is available in recent Debian where youtube-dl isn't.
> (I also prefer it for other reasons, although the fact that it doesn't
> default to "best quality" the way youtube-dl now does is less than
> ideal.)
>
Or http://keepvid.com