Download Flash Video in Ubuntu using get-flash-videos

Want to download and save flash video in Ubuntu? Here's how!

First off, grab get-flash-videos_1.24-1_all.deb from here

Open it and Ubuntu Software Centre will ask you if you want to install (I installed all the optional stuff afterwards, just in case)

For some strange reason the command to run the downloader is get_flash_videos with underscores and not get-flash-videos as you would expect. This can be fixed by using the terminal:

cd /usr/bin
mv get_flash_videos get-flash-videos

Videos get saved into whatever directory you are in when you run the command. To use the downloader: go to the page which contains the video you want to save, then copy (Ctrl-c) and paste the URL (web address) from your browser into a terminal (Ctrl-Shift-v) like this:

get-flash-videos "http://yoururlgoeshere.com"

(The quotes are needed if the URL contains characters such as &)

Enjoy!