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Get the streaming video (mp4) for your public YouTube videos. -- Download YouTube videos PHP script.
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yt_get_video_url.php
function get_youtube_video_url( $youtube_id )
{
$data = trim(urldecode(file_get_contents('https://youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=' . $youtube_id)));
$d = parse_str($data, $info);
$stream_map = trim($info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map']);
if( !$stream_map ) return false;
if( substr( $stream_map, 0, 4 ) != "url=" )
{
return get_youtube_video_url( $youtube_id );
}
else
{
return substr( $stream_map, 4 );
}
}
$video_url = get_youtube_video_url('ndk6yxO97k4');
// RETURNS DIRECT LINK TO googlevideo.com/videoplayback VIDEO
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I've contacted YouTube Developers through Twitter to see if this is against the terms of service.

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