You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web

Post by andai » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 8:13 PM UTC

ww520 wrote: post #46

andai wrote: post #41

For a while I had expensive internet and low bandwidth, but I loved listening to music and lectures on YouTube. At some point I realized that getting only the audio stream would save me 90% in bandwidth costs. [0] youtube-dl (and yt-dlp) has a flag, I believe -G, which gives you the URL(s) for the requested format/quality. I used the command line on my computer and put the link in VLC. On my phone I had this elaborat…

That’s the -F option to list all the formats, including the audio streams. Pick the audio format with -f to download the audio. I usually pick the .m4a format and then run it through ffmpeg to convert to mp3.

Post by userbinator » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 9:19 PM UTC

therein wrote: post #55

MattDaEskimo wrote: post #52

Another library released which lies about what it is to circumvent anti-bot security. Let's just not act surprised when tighter attestation comes in effect.

A future in which YouTube will refuse to stream you data because you didn't pass client attestation is definitely coming and I wish we could stop it. It is a dark future where some of us will accept it, and rest of us will be constantly taking part in a cat-mouse chase in which we glitch out attestation tokens from vulnerable devices to get by.

Post by jdthedisciple » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 9:23 PM UTC

    you-get: [error] oops, something went wrong.
    you-get: don't panic, c'est la vie. please try the following steps:
    you-get:   (1) Rule out any network problem.
    you-get:   (2) Make sure you-get is up-to-date.
    you-get:   (3) Check if the issue is already known, on
    you-get:         https://github.com/soimort/you-get/wiki/Known-Bugs
    you-get:         https://github.com/soimort/you-get/issues
    you-get:   (4) Run the command with '--debug' option,
    you-get:       and report this issue with the full output.

    pattern = str(pattern, 'latin1')
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    TypeError: decoding to str: need a bytes-like object, NoneType found

Post by icar » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 9:28 PM UTC

gaudystead wrote: post #58

l3x4ur1n wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know why your comment is downvoted because I use this feature of Brave very often and I also exclusively watch YT in Brave mobile (no ads).

For me, it was as easy as adding a shortcut to the YouTube homepage on Brave that it basically acts like the YouTube app, but with ad blocking built in. It's the only way I watch YT videos on mobile.

Post by khaki54 » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 9:40 PM UTC

fnoobnar wrote: post #68

I’m not sure I understand why Bandcamp is on the list of supported sites: they allow you to just download the files on the condition you first pay the artist for them. The fact you can download it with this tool is because the artist is letting you listen to it for free before buying it. Downloading it with this tool seems totally unnecessary and a bit of a jerk move. Bandcamp hosts mostly small and independent artis…