Download Youtube Videos Using QtTube

QtTube is a good youtube videos downloader. It has graphical user interface (GUI), so it's very easy to use.



just enter the url (usually by copy-paste), type or browse for the destination folder, enter the file name, and click Get Video to start downloading.

Download Youtube Videos Using youtube-dl

I often use this tool to download youtube videos.
To install youtube-dl:
     # apt-get install youtube-dl

The usage is simple:

     youtube-dl -o youtube-video-file-name.flv youtube-video-url

          -o : output

Example:
     $ youtube-dl -o 'red cliff mv with sub.flv' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8Wj5O1Ghc

Enhance the Look of Audacious

What is Audacious?
There was Winamp, a very popular media player to play MP3 and other media formats in Windows. Then there was a clone in Linux named XMMS. Now, Audacious, that is also a clone of Winamp.
As a clone, we can use various skins, plugins, presets from Winamp.

Audacious in Ubuntu comes with very few skins.
To enhance the look, you can download the Winamp skins from:
http://www.winamp.com/skins

Copy the downloaded skins (*.wsz) to ~/.local/share/audacious/Skins/
Then run the Audacious.
Right-click on the Audacious, select Preferences (CTRL-P).
Click Appearance. Click Refresh Skin list button. On the Skin list box, select the skin you like.

Example of skins (my favorites):

Expensive_HI-FI-1.2



WilD GlazE



Neoclassic_V_1_2



n3ON



Alien_Assault_v1