Freeware

HowTo: Download Youtube Video

Mar 4th

Posted by L@iSeng® in Freeware

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There is nifty free and open source tools out there which can be used to download

This tool is created using Python programming language and it’s called youtube-dl

Screeshot of youtube-dl in action

To use it you must do the following

  1. Then download and install Python (What is Python?). Direct link for Python Windows Installer for XP/Vista
  2. Get it from http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/. Direct link to download youtube-dl here (Right click and save as)
  3. Press Windows Key + R (Win+R) and key in cmd (Without quote) and then press enter
  4. Type in  cd [Path to your downloaded youtube-dl.txt file] press enter  e.g. cd c:downloads
  5. Then key in c:\Python26python.exe youtube-dl.txt [PASTE YOUTUBE VIDEO URL HERE]
    Press enter and it will starts to download shortly
    Screenshot on how to use youtube-dl

from screenshot above you can find the *.flv file in c:downloads

you can then dowload http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ to play*.flv file

Freeware – Launchy

Jan 24th

Posted by L@iSeng® in Freeware

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This is a great tools for increase productivity. It resembles Windows Vista Start Menu search but this one do it with elegant way. This launcher named Launchy and it is fast and easy to use.

By default you press Alt+Space key to active the interface (Screenshot 1) and start typing you program that you need to launch. With this tool you do not to organize of look for programs in you Start -> All Programs menu anymore and you do not need to organize them at all.

The best part of this is that it’s a freeware and open source software. But if you like this tools you can make a donation or two here http://www.launchy.net/#donate to support the project and the people who created this tool.

Download Mirror 1, Mirror 2 (Size: 3.37 MB)

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