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YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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Re: YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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Post by Nadya »

Kristine1975 wrote: post #50
extrapolar wrote: post #24

Note that it is against YouTube's ToS to download videos: https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms "You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted under these Terms of Service. You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content."

So if I never agreed to those terms, I'm in the clear?

You agree to the terms by using the Service - not when making an account.

I think something could be said about how an agreement of that manner is not legally binding so you can ignore it, but IANAL. Just a faint memory something from the legality of TOS and maybe I'm not remembering it right. I place my confidence at 85% for "not legally enforceable".

It has to be brought to your attention and usually that step is when creating an account.

I'm also not sure if "please do not use the Service" is equivalent to "you may not use the Service". It's a request, not a demand. But I'm not sure if that sort of pedantic attitude would slide in court.

Regardless - Google/YouTube aren't enforcing this so I don't think it matters from a legal standpoint - just a moral one.

>By using or visiting the YouTube website or any YouTube products, software, data feeds, and services provided to you on, from, or through the YouTube website (collectively the "Service") you signify your agreement to (1) these terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service"), (2) Google's Privacy Policy, found at http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy and incorporated herein by reference, and (3) YouTube's Community Guidelines, found at http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines and also incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to any of these terms, the Google Privacy Policy, or the Community Guidelines, please do not use the Service.

Re: YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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Post by OJFord »

jefurii wrote: post #236
OJFord wrote: post #121

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> The problem is so bad, I know lots of people - myself > included - who hunt for projects first on Github, and > Google a distant second. Seriously? I search with `site:github.com` all the time.

DuckDuckGo has !github, !gh, !ghcode, and !gist. https://duckduckgo.com/bang?q=github

That just takes me to GH search results, though.

My point is I find that I have more success with Google's indexing than Github's own (same with SO; many others).

Re: YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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Post by OJFord »

rg3 wrote: post #226
rasz_pl wrote: post #178

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>youtube-dl actually has quite sane defaults not really, if you copy url of a clip in a playlist it will start downloading WHOLE playlist :(

As it was pointed out the first time youtube-dl was on Hacker News, our user base seems to be split regarding that behavior. When you copy a URL from a playlist, the URL includes both the video id and the playlist id. Some people want to download the whole playlist when passing a URL from one of the videos (because otherwise it's hard to get an URL that contains just the playlist). Some other people just want to down…

Why not drop to a "did you want the playlist, or just this video?" prompt?

Side-benefit: force care to be taken to be explicit if used in a script.

Personally, without reading any docs the first thing I did was paste in just a video ID (i.e. not the entire URL) so it seems natural to me that including both would be ambiguous.

Re: YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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Post by giancarlostoro »

kccqzy wrote: post #156
giancarlostoro wrote: post #74

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This is true, while my mom never taught me too much she still did plenty in DOS. My dad on the other hand... He has an iPhone but would be happy with a flip phone, he uses the exact same amount of functionality that both phones carry, only difference being he has to touch his screen.

Off topic but just want to say, Apple knows there are many people like this, and the 16GB models are designed for them. I tire of seeing whines about 16GB being not enough. We the tech people are siloed in our own bubble and we often can't comprehend the existence of such people, unless they are our family members/close friends.

Well I don't mind him having a modernized phone, at least he gets a GPS. Not sure if he's ever used it, he probably could, he just likes to be simple I guess. As for the 16GB my only peeve against Apple (I'm an Android user though) is no availability to add in an SD card, even if it can't be used as "permanent" storage SD cards hold their value for being portable and transferable. It wont affect me as much though since I'm an Android user.

I'm inclined to agree with you though, except hard drive space is a lot cheaper these days, for about $10 I can have a 32 GB USB 3.0 thumb drive. Eventually the cheaper iPhone options should just carry a minimal 32GB if they decide to stop overcharging for more space. Videos and images are only going to increase in file size over the years to account for 4K adaptability, granted that might take quite a while.

Re: YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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Post by StavrosK »

Bouncingsoul1 wrote: post #17
jtokoph wrote: post #6

Some of the things that make this the 'ultimate': - Supports hundreds of services, not just youtube [0] - Allows you to extract audio in multiple formats - Download entire playlists (and general batch support) - Configure video/audio quality - Extract/build metadata - Cross platform [0] https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html

-Python integration I used it to write a small program for my Raspi. Send a playlist link (Youtube or other) via WhatsApp or Email. Download, copy to according folder. Have it available on my Multimedia System and OwnCloud for my friends.

I was just researching this, as I want to write a small CLI script to play videos on my Chromecast (e.g. "castchrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_05mIC3BIBc" and the TV will start playing). That way, I can outsource the hard work of discovering the URL to youtube-dl, and all I have to do is send it to the Chromecast.

Re: YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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Post by x0 »

melicerte wrote: post #41
awqrre wrote: post #5

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I like this command to extract audio from youtube videos: youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3

That's my main use of youtube-dl for years now. I'm extracting audio from old french movies available on youtube, work a small sound extract with audacity and then post the result on soudcloud[1]. [1] A bit of self-promotion here, if you are interested this is my soundcloud playlist https://soundcloud.com/melicerte/sets/extraits-de-vieux-film...

That is a really cool playlist.

Re: YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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Post by [deleted] »

chriswarbo wrote: post #139
aluhut wrote: post #35

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It's not easy because it's an command line. Not a single family member would touch this here. It's sad but understandable.

> It's not easy because it's an command line. > Not a single family member would touch this here. > It's sad but understandable. I can understand why many people will avoid using commandlines. The part I don't understand is how they're quite comfortable when those commandlines are surrounded by "Forward", "Back", "Stop" and "Reload" buttons; or when they have an "I'm feeling lucky" button underneath. In the case of t…

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Re: YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader

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chriswarbo wrote: post #139
aluhut wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not easy because it's an command line. Not a single family member would touch this here. It's sad but understandable.

> It's not easy because it's an command line. > Not a single family member would touch this here. > It's sad but understandable. I can understand why many people will avoid using commandlines. The part I don't understand is how they're quite comfortable when those commandlines are surrounded by "Forward", "Back", "Stop" and "Reload" buttons; or when they have an "I'm feeling lucky" button underneath. In the case of t…

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