PyTube

[...] PyTube is a GUI for various command-line tools such as:youtube-dl, sox, mplayer, mencoder, ffmpeg and others.It allows you to resize, rotate, apply an external mp3 into a video, generate a 10 to 30 seconds mp3 ring tone. [...]

Essentially from youtube to your HD :P

What is?
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/pytube-best-youtubegoogle-manager-downloader-and-video-converter-for-ubuntu-linux.html

The original site is no more reachable, so if you use ubuntu here you'll find the binaries:

http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=pytube

Terratec Hybrid XS

Have you got this kind of device for tv acquisition and you don't know how to install on ubuntu???

well after some days spent surfing in the forums... i found this

ending ... to an useful even if obvious suggestion ...this one...

that's everything you'll need:

wget mcentral.de/empia/installer.sh
 chmod 777 installer.sh
 ./installer.sh

--- reboot ---

monitor too much bright?

It's the case of my glossy display (acer 2920) so I discovered that, under ubuntu, a gamma set to 0.6 it surely better:

1. how to find your preferred gamma settings:
   xgamma -gamma .6
   this will set both colors (rgb) to 0.6 value
2. alternatively it is possible to change each color as in the following example:
   xgamma -rgamma .6 -ggamma .8 -bgamma .6
3. Once discovered the right equilibrium among gammaa values, if you have the superuser rights you can set the xorg configuration in this manner:
   "sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
   modify the monitor section as follows, with your gamma values:
   
   

   Section "Monitor"
     Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
     Gamma           1.03 0.86 0.67
   EndSection
   

   
   
4. If you are not super user enabled???
   
   Open: System->Preferences->Sessions
   Press: Add
   
   Name: Gamma Settings
   Command: xgamma -gamma .6
   Description: optional