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YouTube-MP3 Fights Google With Lawyers and 220K+ Signature Petition

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Re: YouTube-MP3 Fights Google With Lawyers and 220K+ Signature Petition

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post #7

I use this to download from Youtube: http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/

Same. When I was 15, I wrote a little script that used youtube-dl and then ran the resulting download through mencoder to strip out the audio. I don't see why teens today can't do the same :-)

youtube-dl has an --extract-audio option built in.

Re: YouTube-MP3 Fights Google With Lawyers and 220K+ Signature Petition

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post #7

I use this to download from Youtube: http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/

Same. When I was 15, I wrote a little script that used youtube-dl and then ran the resulting download through mencoder to strip out the audio. I don't see why teens today can't do the same :-)

Oh dear, the Wifi I was using when I posted that was terrible and - a trip to Venice later - I am unable to delete the repeat comments. I'm very sorry :-S

Re: YouTube-MP3 Fights Google With Lawyers and 220K+ Signature Petition

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. When I was 15, I wrote a little script that used youtube-dl and then ran the resulting download through mencoder to strip out the audio. I don't see why teens today can't do the same :-)

youtube-dl has an --extract-audio option built in.

Hm, it may not have had it a number of years ago, I'm unsure. I would have looked at the man page though so I'm certain there was a reason for using mencoder in the end.

Re: YouTube-MP3 Fights Google With Lawyers and 220K+ Signature Petition

#24
Snippet from http://www.youtube-mp3.org/situation-update

Update: Google has released a new YouTube app for Android which allows videos to be downloaded and stored in a permanent fashion on the device. I don't think that it is necessary to comment this.

How convenient that they decided to start shutting down services that download videos/mp3 from youtube while launching an app to do exactly that

Re: YouTube-MP3 Fights Google With Lawyers and 220K+ Signature Petition

#25
post #19

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If PadMapper used an api, then why did they receive a cease and desist?

It appears they didn't, but in answer to your question generally, many APIs will often be subject to usage limitations. Twitter and Google Maps being two examples that immediately spring to mind.

My point was that with an API, you don't need to send a cease and desist. You can simply cut off API access.
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