Downloading youtube videos with minitube

Since the standard installed video-lens in 12.04 also covers youtube, the youtube-lens seems obsolete. However, the programme that connects the youtube lens with minitube (scope-youtube) doesn't seem to connect the videos lens and minitube. Is there any way to have those videos not opened in my browser but in Minitube?

Minitube, an application that aims to provide a completely different YouTube experience, has just reached version 2.0.

Minitube 2.0 will allow users to find missing parts of a multipart video, sort videos by relevance, date, view count and rating, filter videos by publication date, video duration and video quality, and much more.

Highlights of Minitube 2.0:

• YouTube categories and “

There are two simple way to download a YouTube video in Ubuntu / Linux Mint – using a desktop application (gui based or a terminal utility) or using a plugin – in your favorite browser such as Firefox or Google Chrome.

Minitube is a small application that can be used to download and watch YouTube videos on Ubuntu Linux. Minitube is a small application with GUI that is very easy to use. We are using Ubuntu 11.04 on this tutorial but if you already upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10, you still can use this tutorial to download [...]

Does anyone use MiniTube for there Youtube videos ?

I downloaded this but it does not show any videos just descriptions where the video would be

Any ideas whats wrong ?

If I could give only one example of a program on Linux that does things right, it would be Minitube. Minitube is a YouTube client for Linux which not only allows you to watch YouTube videos Flash free, but it also supports viewing the HD videos on your desktop as well.

YouTube is the most popular video sharing site – or I can say it has videos about everything. When you’re watching videos on YouTube (Suppose You’re using Ubuntu 11.10) and some of them are such videos that you watch often – repeatedly, in that case you might want to download/save it to your computer’s hard drive.

I have been using youtube-dl to download videos from YouTube, but suddenly it stopped working:

youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wglrcytdE9Y&feature=related"

[youtube] Setting language [youtube] wglrcytdE9Y: Downloading video webpage [youtube] wglrcytdE9Y: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] wglrcytdE9Y: Extracting video information

ERROR: unable to download video

youtube-dl

i have made a media converter called format-junkie, participated at the ubuntu app showdown.

I am wondering if i add to the program the ability to download a youtube video and maybe convert it at mp3, will the program be able to be in USC at ubuntu 13.04? Or i don't have rights for something like this?

I am wondering cause I THINK, minitube has the ability to download to youtube videos..