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In case you're wondering: yes, it uses Electron. Because you definitely need yet another browser just to watch youtube videos.
To download them, not to watch. You still are going to watch in a native player like VLC, MPV, MPC or whatever, and also have the video backed up (which is important as YouTube videos get deleted often).
In case you're wondering: yes, it uses Electron. Because you definitely need yet another browser just to watch youtube videos.
youtube-dl is a 10 year old project. Where are all the great qt gui-s for it?
I had so much hope when I saw "cross-platform", finally a youtube downloader my parents can use on their 8 year old laptops. But alas, it's just electron. I guess they'll continue to use Newpipe on their phones, which has been working very well. Edit: I just realised that my comment is a bit on the meaner side. While I absolutely detest the current trend of Electron apps I also realise that the ecosystem doesn't have…
In case you're wondering: yes, it uses Electron. Because you definitely need yet another browser just to watch youtube videos.
I just don't get these kind of comments. This person's javascript knowledge enabled him to develop this multi-platform app, it looks and feels great and does its job. Yes, it uses a lot of memory (140mb by just opening it) but how long does this stay actually open? You download some videos and close it in a few minutes. It's not a persistent use case like a chat client. youtube-dl is a 10 year old project. Where are…
I’ve been using this[0] GUI for years which is cross platform (Python not electron) and works amazingly. Let’s you do custom download formats, and accepts any input normal YouTube-dl accepts (videos, playlists, channels, etc). I use it almost daily. [0] https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/
EDIT: apparently luck plays a part. I stopped the download halfway. Then downloaded anew, and got 80 kb/s. Then canceled and restarted again, and then got 5 Mb/s...
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I just don't get these kind of comments. This person's javascript knowledge enabled him to develop this multi-platform app, it looks and feels great and does its job. Yes, it uses a lot of memory (140mb by just opening it) but how long does this stay actually open? You download some videos and close it in a few minutes. It's not a persistent use case like a chat client. youtube-dl is a 10 year old project. Where are…
It's a CLI app, it doesn't need "an app" for it.
In case you're wondering: yes, it uses Electron. Because you definitely need yet another browser just to watch youtube videos.
I just don't get these kind of comments. This person's javascript knowledge enabled him to develop this multi-platform app, it looks and feels great and does its job. Yes, it uses a lot of memory (140mb by just opening it) but how long does this stay actually open? You download some videos and close it in a few minutes. It's not a persistent use case like a chat client. youtube-dl is a 10 year old project. Where are…
This is really a valid question (not just for youtube-dl but for chat apps as well)... I guess the answer is : Qt being LGPL and the abundance of front-end webdevs