Ubuntu – how to use wget to download videos

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I want to download videos from this link http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?subjectId=106102064
I don't know how to use wget to download the videos from this site. Please help me. Thanks.

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better still:

wget -c -O /pathtoLocalDirectory/choosefilename.extensionLike3gpORflvORmp4 "HerePutTheHyperlinkInsideInvertedCommasWithoutAnyExtraSpacesSay http://somesite.something.somemorethings.etc"

reasons:

-c: if connection to server is broken before completion of your download then wget resumes from previously downloaded position, otherwise it wastes away what was already downloaded and has to restart from zero
-O: allows you to choose the location and filename of your choice in your computer

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Ubuntu – Wget to download a link.php

By default, the filename of the URL is used as the target filename. If redirection occurs, it is preferable to use the final filename. That can be accomplished with the --trust-server-names option of wget:

wget --trust-server-names http://example.com/file.php

From the manual page of wget:

--trust-server-names
If this is set to on, on a redirect the last component of the redirection URL will be used as the local file name. By default it is used the last component in the original URL.

If the target filename is not what you intended, you can use the -O (long option: --output-document) option as in:

wget http://example.com/file.php -O meh.tar.gz

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