[needs-packaging] PyTube - GUI video converter using mencoder, ffmpeg, mplayer and more.

[Marcos]

PyTube is a GUI for many applications like mencoder ,mplayer, ffmpeg, swftools, vorbis-tools, youtube-dl and others.
It allows you to download videos from youtube and convert them to many formats, it also allows you to convert local video files into other formats such as:

MP4, 3GP, MPG, AVI, OGM, OGG, WAV, MP3, GIF, FLV and SWF

You can also merge multiple videos into 1 single avi file, rotate them, apply a seperate mp3 file into a video, you can generate 10 to 30 seconds ringtone for your cellphone and also re-scale videos.

PyTube requires the medibuntu version of the ffmpeg package, maybe Hardy's official ffmpeg package could be equally compiled with the same options?

[Deepak Tripathi (gnumonk)]

can you please provide the url. from where i can download the package?

[Marcos (marcosrdz)]

http://www.bashterritory.com/pytube

[Tree MendUs (tree-mendus-deactivatedaccount)]

http://www.bashterritory.com/pytube appears to be not available anymore.

There is a version for Hardy (only), at http://www.getdeb.net/app/PyTube
This also links to the same homepage as above (not available).

Suse Linux has some information and a download at ;
http://www.susegeek.com/multimedia/pytube-downloadeditconvert-videos-from-video-sharing-websites/

ZeanWalk has a repository at
http://zur.zenwalk.org/view/package/name/pytube

ForesightLinux has a version at https://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/docs/Pytube
Installation with terminal:
sudo conary update pytube --install-label foresight.rpath.org@fl:2-devel

Both ZeanWalk and Foresight link to the same defunct web site.

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The Brainstorm Idea at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/10342/
has comment from the author (Marcos) , where he says :

"
Hi, I am the main developer of the PyTube project. PyTube currently has many features such as the following:

* Easy GUI
* Multimedia file conversion ( OGM, OGG, OGV, MP3, MPEG, AMV, GIF, MP4, WAV, AVI, 3GP, FLV)
* Integrated search for YouTube Videos
* Ability to download flagged videos from YouTube using a registered account
* Ability to transfer videos currently being played using Flash towards your desktop ( Linux only )
* Ability to download an unlimited quanitity of videos from YouTube, MyspaceTV, Google Video and Metacafe
* Preconfigured devices support for fast video compability on your device ( Apple iPods, Sony PSP, Flip Mino, Others to come )
* Editing tools such as video rotation, video scaling, inserting a custom audio file into a video file, video merging, cellphone ringtone generator.
* Retrieve profile information and contacts from YouTube members
* Share your favorite videos by exporting a list of video links, or import a list from another user with a few clicks
* Crossplatform Code

The link to the project is posted on the comment made by Eldmannen ( http://www.bashterritory.com/pytube ).
It seems like there are concerns due to legal situations the program might provoke. The program is designed to allow users download content from various video sharing sites, it is not mentioned anywhere that the program promotes the ilegal downloads of certain videos found on these sites. If there are steps to be taken before considering including this package in the Multiverse repository then I will be glad to follow them, this way any Ubuntu user can enjoy the application. As shown on the features list, this program does not fully concentrate on downloading content, it also allows you to do very simple editing of videos such as rotation and stretching, meaning this application has many uses.
"

His Ubuntu Brainstorm details are at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/contributor/marcos/

Also comments at Ubuntu Forums http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-559164.html
which is better viewed at ;
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=559164
His details there are http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=289059
so it might be possible to contact Marcus and find out where his latest web site is.

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PyTube is written in Python.

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TonyBlog has it (may be an old version) and has ad...

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

The poject seems abandoned by upstream.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

I've contacted the main developers:

Marcos Rodriguez:
"[...]It has been months since I last touched the application's code. Sadly, the application can be considered pretty much dead, currently I am learning C++, slowly. If I manage to learn enough then I will consider reviving the project under a new codebase."

Przemysław Świerczek:
"It is suspended for now I think. I am planing to get back to pytube development this spring when I should have some more free time.[...]"

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

Setting as incomplete (based on Savvas comment)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Ubuntu because there has been no activity for 60 days.]