: This is a checkbox that you can set if you want to automatically convert all video into a new format, you can choose which output format, video and audio quality and if delete the original video once the conversion is done.
In this menu you can set the following options:ĭownloads : here you can define the default folder where you want to download the movies.įFmpeg Lib : Here you should see the full path to ffmpegĬonvert Videos to Mpeg/DivX/Etc. The first thing to do is to take a look at the options, to do this click on the lower right area, where it’s wrote “more options” you’ll see the following window: Now you can type xvst in a terminal or run the program from the menu, usually this program is located under Multimedia, the first screen you’ll see is this one:
Or as alternative you can use Ubuntu Software Center. To add the repository GPG key, open a terminal window and type:
Or if you use Ubuntu or Debian and you prefer to install from a repository you can use the get deb repository, to add this external repository go to System-Administration-Software Sources, Third-Party Software tab, Add: The software is available as binary package on the official website, the ffmpeg lib is not included, to enable the video conversions you should install the ffmpeg lib. Language manager – Install and uninstall languages inside the xVST and don’t worry about download and install manually the new languages.Children protection – Disable adult website support and protect your children from porn sites.Session Manager – Save and Restore your download lists automatically.Pause and resume downloads – Pause, resume or cancel your downloads if you need more connection to perform other important tasks.Search videos – Search videos inside the xVST and download (or play) them!.Schedule configuration – Configure your own download shcedules and let the xVST to download your videos when you are not using your computer!.HTTP & RTMP support – Download almost any video from internet via HTTP and RTMP protocols.Convert downloaded videos – Convert each video to one of most popular format: AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, MP4, 3GP, MP3.
– Download Videos from a lot of important Web Video Services: YouTube, Yahoo, Google Videos, Metacafe, etc… XVideoServiceThief (a.k.a xVST) is an open source tool for downloading your favourite video clips from a lot of video websites ( currently supports 93 websites ) and it also provide you the ability to convert each video in themost popular formats: AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, MP4, 3GP, MP3 file formats. There are dozen of extensions for Firefox and Chrome to do this kind of task, but today I’ve found an interesting program that can download a video from a long list of website and convert that video into another format: xVideoServiceThief Sometimes I find a long and interesting video on youtube or vimeo about Linux events or presentations, documentaries or movies that I’d like to see in a second moment, maybe when I’m offline or from my TV that has an usb port but no wireless.