Download and Convert Videos with ClipGrab in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Download and Convert Videos with ClipGrab in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10/Previous Ubuntu versions/Linux Mint

ClipGrab is a free software for downloading and converting online videos from many sites like YouTube or Vimeo.
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).

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

ClipGrab isn't limited to the sites listed above, because many more sites are supported �unofficially� through the automatic site-recognition of ClipGrab - just try it!
By the way, ClipGrab can also download HD videos from sites that have support for high definition (e.g. YouTube or Vimeo).

>> For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal
To Install ClipGrab in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/initialtesting
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install clipgrab

>> For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10/Previous Versions
To Install ClipGrab in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clipgrab-team/ppa
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install clipgrab

That's it, Enjoy

Source: Clipgrab-team

Install Format Junkie in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 13

Install Format Junkie in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 13

It converts a variety of audio and video formats, and even can convert ISOs to other disc images (in this case the CSO disc image). In addition to audio, video, and disc image files, this converter even converts images and converts all the popular formats!
A Graphical User Interface user-friendly application with lots of options, which can convert your media files to all the popular formats! Unity integration has been bear in mind.

Specifically, it has the following features: 

• Audio: Conversion between the audio formats: mp3, mp2, wav, ogg, wma, flac, m4r, m4a and aac
• Video: Conversion between the video formats: avi, ogv, vob, mp4, vob, flv, 3gp, mpg, mkv, wmv
• Image: Conversion between the image formats: jpg, png, ico, bmp, svg, tif, pcx, pdf, tga, pnm
• Iso|Cso: Create an iso with selected files, convert iso to cso and vice versa.
• Advanced: Encode subtitles to an avi file.

To install FormatJunkie in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install formatjunkie

That's it, Enjoy