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NAME

get_flash_videos - Video downloader for various Flash-based video hosting sites

SYNOPSIS

get_flash_videos [OPTION]... URL [FILENAME]

DESCRIPTION

Download the Flash video from the web page given in URL saving as FILENAME. If no filename is supplied, a suitable one will be chosen.

get-flash-videos attempts to support many video sites, therefore there is no list of supported sites in this manual page as it frequently changes, see the website for a list.

OPTIONS

-d, --debug

Print extra debugging information.

-p, --play

Begin playing the video once enough of the file has been downloaded.

--player=CMD

Specify the player to use for the --play option. Any occurrence of %s in this string will be replaced with the filename of the video (appropriately shell escaped).

The default is to use mplayer:

mplayer -really-quiet %s

You may wish to automatically delete the video after you have viewed it:

mplayer -really-quiet %s; rm %s
-q, --quiet

Be quiet, only print errors.

-u, --update

Check the get-flash-videos website for a newer version. If a newer version is available download it and replace the running version with it. You will need to run this as a user with permission to write to the location of the get_flash_videos program. If you installed using a packaging system it is recommended to use that to upgrade, not this option.

-v, --version

Print the version of get_flash_videos.

-y, --yes

Do not prompt with any questions, just say 'yes'. This means either literally yes, or the default option if choosing from a list.

CONFIGURATION

On startup get_flash_videos will read the configuration files located at /etc/get_flash_videosrc and then ~/.get_flash_videosrc.

The files follow a simple name = value convention where the name matches the long version of the command line options. For example if you want to specify the default player, to always say yes and to always run the player the file might look like:

player = my-video-player %s 2>/dev/null; rm -f %s
yes

# Always play the video
play

Options given on the command line will override these options, with the exception that it is not currently possible to disable an option enabled in the configuration file from the command line.

BUGS

Third party sites are a moving target therefore it is possible support for some of the sites may not work correctly. First check that you are using the latest version.

If you wish to see open bugs or report a bug visit http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/issues/list.

HACKING

If you'd like to change or improve get-flash-videos (for example adding support for another site), please see the project wiki where there's an overview to help you get started, and a detailed tutorial on adding support for a new site: http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/w/list.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2009, zakflash and MonsieurVideo

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Contributions are welcome and encouraged, but please take care to maintain the JustWorks(tm) nature of the program.