{"id":23487,"date":"2022-07-19T07:50:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=23487"},"modified":"2022-07-19T07:50:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:50:56","slug":"is-there-a-youtube-app-for-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-there-a-youtube-app-for-linux","title":{"rendered":"Is There a YouTube App for Linux?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e879ef50d8c\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e879ef50d8c\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e879ef50d8c\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-there-a-youtube-app-for-linux\/#Is_There_a_YouTube_App_for_Linux\" title=\"Is There a YouTube App for Linux?\">Is There a YouTube App for Linux?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-there-a-youtube-app-for-linux\/#Minitube\" title=\"Minitube\">Minitube<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-there-a-youtube-app-for-linux\/#YouTube-dl\" title=\"YouTube-dl\">YouTube-dl<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-there-a-youtube-app-for-linux\/#YTMDesktop\" title=\"YTMDesktop\">YTMDesktop<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-there-a-youtube-app-for-linux\/#YouTube-viewer\" title=\"YouTube-viewer\">YouTube-viewer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_There_a_YouTube_App_for_Linux\"><\/span>Is There a YouTube App for Linux?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/UzAABmm.png\" style=\"max-height:246px; height:auto; margin:0px 10px; width:auto; max-width:33%\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Is there a YouTube app for Linux\"> <\/p>\n<p>There are a few benefits to using a YouTube application for Linux. For one thing, it can download video and audio. It also allows you to keep a local library of the videos and audio you download. In addition, it can download videos and audio from the Linux tarball or executable. Despite its limitations, there&#8217;s no better way to watch videos on Linux than with a YouTube application.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Minitube\"><\/span>Minitube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a YouTube app for Linux, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. Minitube is available under Applications &gt; Sound &amp; Video, and it contains controls for the popular video-sharing site. You can use the search tool in the Minitube window to locate a particular video by keyword, and then choose from the tabbed sections. If you&#8217;re a subscriber, you&#8217;ll find a list of videos there as well.<\/p>\n<p>Using the command line is another great feature. Minitube can be launched directly from the command line with a YouTube URL or keyword. Despite this, you don&#8217;t need a YouTube account to use the application. You can also subscribe to a channel without registering, which makes it an ideal option for those concerned with privacy. Similarly, Minitube can be translated into over 30 languages. It supports Chinese, Arabic, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Hebrew.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YouTube-dl\"><\/span>YouTube-dl<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Several forks of YouTube-DL for Linux are available. The original youtub-dl was a command-line tool that allowed you to download videos from over a thousand websites. While this command does not support all web formats, it should work fine for most users. Other forks add new features. One of these is yt-dlg, which provides a graphical interface for viewing downloaded videos.<\/p>\n<p>To install YouTube-dl for Linux, simply install a package named pip. Pip is the system-wide package manager for Python, and can be installed using your normal package manager. Once installed, you can run the YouTube-dl command from the command-line. This is especially handy for users of desktop versions of Fedora. The command-line youtube-dl version is a Python package, and should be copied to your system&#8217;s PATH directory. The PATH directory is usually located in \/usr\/local\/bin.<\/p>\n<p>The YouTube-dl command downloads the highest-quality audio and video streams, and then packages them into a mkv container. It warns you if it encounters any problems, but most importantly, it will download the video with the best quality. Unlike other downloaders, Youtube-dl can download audio from hundreds of sites. Just run the command in your terminal. It will list the formats available for download.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YTMDesktop\"><\/span>YTMDesktop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a good way to play YouTube on your Linux system, YTMDesktop is an excellent choice. This cross-platform desktop application allows you to listen to YouTube music from the comfort of your own desktop. The app comes with a variety of features, including desktop notifications, rich presence, and a customizable playlist. YTMDesktop also supports Discord and reads the clipboard for YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>To install YTMDesktop on Linux, you must launch the Terminal window. This can be done by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or by selecting &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from the app menu. You can also download the app from the Ubuntu Snap store. Once you&#8217;ve downloaded the application, follow the instructions to install it. You can then open the app and start watching videos.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YouTube-viewer\"><\/span>YouTube-viewer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are several ways to install YouTube-viewer for Linux. This open-source program can be downloaded for free from the Internet. It supports most of the features of YouTube, but it doesn&#8217;t support 1080p videos. This is because YouTube uses separate video and audio streams, which YouTube Viewer does not support. Although it can play these videos, it won&#8217;t download them. You can install SMTube to get a similar experience on your system.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube-viewer for Linux is a lightweight application that lets you view videos on the website. The program has a variety of search features that allow you to find videos based on various criteria. You can also refine the search results by specifying a regular expression that matches your desired search criteria. 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