[Patch Request] Youtube Download Patch

[franky_402]

Back in the day i had an ipod touch and i had it jailbroken (of course) and had a program called MXTube. Basically it allowed you to watch youtube videos and if you wanted an option to download them to the device for playback later. Wondering if anyone is working on something similar to this or if someone wants to do something like this. I would love to have an app that did this. Im not always in excellent coverage so it would be nice to have some videos from youtube saved to the pre....just a thought

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[Moderator Note: Split Patch off to it's own thread.]
Patch is Available Thanks to Jason Robitaille: [Patch] YouTube Download Patch

[deltatko1]

this sounds like an awesome idea for an app

[robbskittles]

+1...

[QuietStorm21A]

Great idea

[bam2000]

Yeah this would be Great

[Jeffmcc]

I like this app......I have a downloader for my flasdrive and I works great......how bout a flash video player for any site....

[Veritas06]

I'd also like to see this. Nice to be able to have a few videos saved for viewing later, since we can't bookmark or anything.

[twan2001]

i concur

[fritos1406]

actueally it be cool to just add a download button on the youtube app that way it download the video like on the handle tap function add a stream or download popup that be awesome

[fgcchevy]

I would be happy just to log into my account and view my subscriptions.

[Freshyz]

Originally Posted by Veritas06

I'd also like to see this. Nice to be able to have a few videos saved for viewing later, since we can't bookmark or anything.

Being able to download definitely would be nice but having a personal history within YouTube itself isn't all that bad.. .

Open YouTube > tap Videos > tap History
OR
Open YouTube > tap in the title area within each video (not on the stillshot video itself) > tap Share and send a link to yourself via email or text.


I agree this app should be more like the full PC version where I'm able to access my account, subscriptions etc.. .

[cgardner]

+1 please add! Would be great is anyone could figure this out!

[Veritas06]

Originally Posted by Freshyz

Being able to download definitely would be nice but having a personal history within YouTube itself isn't all that bad.. .

Open YouTube > tap Videos > tap History
OR
Open YouTube > tap in the title area within each video (not on the stillshot video itself) > tap Share and send a link to yourself via email or text.


I agree this app should be more like the full PC version where I'm able to access my account, subscriptions etc.. .

Thanks, i never saw that before. I usually just go straight to search to find what i'm looking for. Thanks for the tip. Like you said, it is better than nothing.

[Arthur Thornton]

I am currently working on such an app (and have been for two months), but the problem I am experiencing is that the downloadmanager service isn't downloading the files.

Search for YT2V in the forums and you will see my app post.

[Veritas06]

Good to hear someone is at least trying to work on it.

[daventx]

Originally Posted by arthurthornton

I am currently working on such an app (and have been for two months), but the problem I am experiencing is that the downloadmanager service isn't downloading the files.

Search for YT2V in the forums and you will see my app post.

I added some extra code to the Browser Multi Mod, that allows you to "Orange + Click" and now have a "Download Url" option that downloads any file. Maybe we can get together and figure something out. PM me if you're interested.

[franky_402]

im so glad to see positive posts about this. if this is any help i have code that will allow you to download a youtube video as an mp4 on a desktop if that could be somehow worked into an app maybe this will work.

javascript:var%20video_id=null;var%20video_hash=null;var%20video_player=document.getElementById('movie_player');if(video_player){var%20flash_variables=video_player.attributes.getNamedItem('flashvars');if(flash_variables){var%20flash_values=flash_variables.value;if(flash_values){var%20video_id_match=flash_values.match(/[^a-z]video_id=([^(\&|$)]*)/);if(video_id_match!=null)video_id=video_id_match[1];var%20video_hash_match=flash_values.match(/[^a-z]t=([^(\&|$)]*)/);if(video_hash_match!=null)video_hash=video_hash_match[1]}}}if(video_id==null||video_hash==null){var%20args=null;try{args=yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')}catch(e){}if(args){video_id=args['video_id'];video_hash=args['t']}}if(video_id!=null&&video_hash!=null){var%20fmt='18';try{if(yt.getConfig('IS_HD_AVAILABLE'))fmt='22'}catch(e){}if(!document.getElementById('download-youtube-video')){var%20yt_mp4_path='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt='+fmt+'&video_id='+video_id+'&t='+video_hash;var%20div_embed=document.getElementById('watch-embed-div');if(div_embed){var%20div_download=document.createElement('div');div_download.innerHTML='%3Cbr%20/%3E%20%3Cspan%20id=\'download-youtube-video\'%3E%20%3Ca%20href=\''+yt_mp4_path+'\'%20onclick=\'blur(this);\'%3EDownload%20as%20MP4%3C/a%3E%3C/span%3E';div_embed.appendChild(div_download);}if(navigator.appName!='Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer'){document.location.href='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt='+fmt+'&video_id='+video_id+'&t='+video_hash}}}void(0);

once you use this code it supplies a link under the description to save file as an mp4 so im hoping this could be worked into an app that when you want to d/l it executes this script and starts downloading inside the app??

[Jason Robitaille]

Originally Posted by franky_402

im so glad to see positive posts about this. if this is any help i have code that will allow you to download a youtube video as an mp4 on a desktop if that could be somehow worked into an app maybe this will work.

javascript:var%20video_id=null;var%20video_hash=null;var%20video_player=document.getElementById('movie_player');if(video_player){var%20flash_variables=video_player.attributes.getNamedItem('flashvars');if(flash_variables){var%20flash_values=flash_variables.value;if(flash_values){var%20video_id_match=flash_values.match(/[^a-z]video_id=([^(\&|$)]*)/);if(video_id_match!=null)video_id=video_id_match[1];var%20video_hash_match=flash_values.match(/[^a-z]t=([^(\&|$)]*)/);if(video_hash_match!=null)video_hash=video_hash_match[1]}}}if(video_id==null||video_hash==null){var%20args=null;try{args=yt.getConfig('SWF_ARGS')}catch(e){}if(args){video_id=args['video_id'];video_hash=args['t']}}if(video_id!=null&&video_hash!=null){var%20fmt='18';try{if(yt.getConfig('IS_HD_AVAILABLE'))fmt='22'}catch(e){}if(!document.getElementById('download-youtube-video')){var%20yt_mp4_path='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt='+fmt+'&video_id='+video_id+'&t='+video_hash;var%20div_embed=document.getElementById('watch-embed-div');if(div_embed){var%20div_download=document.createElement('div');div_download.innerHTML='%3Cbr%20/%3E%20%3Cspan%20id=\'download-youtube-video\'%3E%20%3Ca%20href=\''+yt_mp4_path+'\'%20onclick=\'blur(this);\'%3EDownload%20as%20MP4%3C/a%3E%3C/span%3E';div_embed.appendChild(div_download);}if(navigator.appName!='Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer'){document.location.href='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt='+fmt+'&video_id='+video_id+'&t='+video_hash}}}void(0);

once you use this code it supplies a link under the description to save file as an mp4 so im hoping this could be worked into an app that when you want to d/l it executes this script and starts downloading inside the app??

hmm, very nice. I wonder how difficult it'd be to make this as a patch for the youtube app. A download menu option on videos. Sound like a good alternative?

[Freshyz]

Originally Posted by Jason Robitaille

hmm, very nice. I wonder how difficult it'd be to make this as a patch for the youtube app. A download menu option on videos. Sound like a good alternative?

If I may be so bold as to throw out a Treky quote...
"Make it so #1."

[fritos1406]

don't you still need the plugin greasemonkey for the desktop though.?