Download and convert Youtube/Vimeo videos in Ubuntu

There are lots of ways to download Youtube or Vimeo videos and save to your hard disk in Ubuntu.
ClipGrab is a free and easier way downloading and converting online videos from many sites like YouTube or Vimeo.

Video Search in ClipGrab

ClipGrab can download from the following sites: YouTube, Clipfish, Collegehumor, Dailymotion, MyVideo, MySpass, Sevenload, Tudou, Vimeo.
Downloaded videos can be converted to the following file formats: WMV, MPEG4, OGG Theora, MP3 (audio only), OGG Vorbis (audio only).

Video Download in ClipGrab

 By the way, ClipGrab can also download HD videos from sites that have support for high definition (e.g. YouTube or Vimeo)



Install ClipGrab on Ubuntu
For installing ClipGrab we need to add the ppa to our software sources. Simply start our very friendly terminal by pressin Ctrl+Altr+T ,insert the following code and hit enter...

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clipgrab-team/ppa

If it asks for any confirmation press enter. Wait until the process is finished.

Adding PPA to Software Sources

After adding the PPA run following command in the terminal.


Wait until the process is finished.

Getting the updates

When the process is finished run the following code to install ClipGrab.

sudo apt-get install clipgrab

If asks confirmation press 'y' and hit enter. Wait until the process is finished. When the process is finished go to dash and search for clipgrab. Now start downloading your favorite videos.


Written by Shovik Chowdhury
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