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Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by MaxBarraclough »

gsich wrote: post #178
MaxBarraclough wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends what we mean by 'crack'. A few years ago I was surprised to see that Netflix in Chrome on Linux didn't prevent screen-capture. If I recall correctly, On Windows, it won't let you screenshot Netflix - you get a black box instead. Failing that, it's possible to record high-quality analogue output from, say, a Playstation 3. Failing that, it's always possible to point a camera at a screen. Piracy of video isn't…

Only Windows with Edge can play 4k. Chrome is 720p.

Fair point.

Apparently it's possible to trick Netflix into 1080P on Chrome, in at least some cases - https://www.ghacks.net/2018/02/12/watch-netflix-in-1080p-on-...

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by severine »

woodruffw wrote: post #175
severine wrote: post #167

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I don't use the Play Store but a friend recently asked me for a youtube-dl frontend for Android (using other words), care to name some?

Not the GP, but NewPipe is the one I'm familiar with. It's available on F-Droid.

I use NewPipe, but my friend does not sideload apps or use F-Droid, that's why I'm asking for Play Store options.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by savoytruffle »

zacmps wrote: post #165
naibafo wrote: post #131

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But they don't download the ads, so I doubt they matter very much as far as google is concerned

You can actually download the ads with YouTube-dl... I believe it's YouTube only and still named as 'experimental', but theoretically it could be a default to appease the big G.

But surely they arrive as separate files, and not interspersed in the main video. So it's implausible they'd ever be watched.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by crtasm »

Synaesthesia wrote: post #132
QasimK wrote: post #117

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But if people didn’t talk about this, I would have have known that I could use it to watch BBC iPlayer without going through the annoying login-wall!

Wow that’s really useful to know. It also works for YouTube vids which are blocked in your country. :-)

It does? I used it to grab a full series of an 90s movie reviews show and some episodes were 'unavailable in your region'.

Some other episodes had the different error of unavailable due to copyright claim by [various movie distributors].

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by muxator »

StavrosK wrote: post #11

The most useful part of youtube-dl is that it works with mpv, so you just pass a URL on the command line and MPV just plays the video in it. I have two monitors, so I put a button on my Firefox toolbar to launch MPV with the current URL, and configured MPV to start fullscreen on the second monitor immediately and quit when done. It's made my video-watching experience on the web an order of magnitude better.

Sincere curiosity: is there any advantage over playing full screen via a browser?

I'm a heavy youtube-dl user and command line addicted myself, but cannot imagine an advantage in using youtube-dl for live-playing a video, when using the browser seems to give the same experience.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by crtasm »

QasimK wrote: post #117
eurticket wrote: post #49

Please stop talking about this, I love how it is now!

But if people didn’t talk about this, I would have have known that I could use it to watch BBC iPlayer without going through the annoying login-wall!

Very useful! Did you hear about get_iPlayer too?

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by kowdermeister »

AndrewUnmuted wrote: post #63
orev wrote: post #58

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YouTube has the network effect just like every other big provider. You can’t ditch it unless the content you want to see has decided to move elsewhere.

Important and desirable media is almost always available from more than one source. If not, then Sometimes, it's as simple as asking the producer to upload to your preferred streaming endpoint.

This is not feasible for the majority of users.

I follow ~360 YT channels, I desire them very much and they are not uploading it anywhere else.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by StavrosK »

muxator wrote: post #185
StavrosK wrote: post #11

The most useful part of youtube-dl is that it works with mpv, so you just pass a URL on the command line and MPV just plays the video in it. I have two monitors, so I put a button on my Firefox toolbar to launch MPV with the current URL, and configured MPV to start fullscreen on the second monitor immediately and quit when done. It's made my video-watching experience on the web an order of magnitude better.

Sincere curiosity: is there any advantage over playing full screen via a browser? I'm a heavy youtube-dl user and command line addicted myself, but cannot imagine an advantage in using youtube-dl for live-playing a video, when using the browser seems to give the same experience.

Yes, I would have to detach the browser window, move it to the other screen (which is inconvenient because it has to go through a third screen), drop it, fullscreen it, press play, and when it's done close the window.

Much more involved than a single click that never even has to open a new tab.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by jccalhoun »

barking wrote: post #101

I presume this is only for the occasional thing that people are afraid will disappear from youtube or is there some other reason for downloading that I'm missing?

That is the main reason I download stuff from youtube. I am an academic and I've had more than one video I used in a class or wanted to use for research disappear. So now I download copies of all videos that I think I might use in a class or for research.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by jorvi »

AndrewUnmuted wrote: post #63
orev wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YouTube has the network effect just like every other big provider. You can’t ditch it unless the content you want to see has decided to move elsewhere.

Important and desirable media is almost always available from more than one source. If not, then Sometimes, it's as simple as asking the producer to upload to your preferred streaming endpoint.

That’s the same reasoning of ‘just ask people to use iMessage/Telegram/Signal’. Most people, whether they are producers or persons you want to talk with don’t want to deal with learning an extra platform. Don’t get me wrong, I love Telegram and YouTube not being the only player would make for a healthier market, but it just doesn’t work that way. I mean, how many people do you know that are not on WhatsApp? Its so ubiquitous market penetration is something like 90%+..
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