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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 dexterdog »

baldfat wrote: post #163
guycook wrote: post #28

The tragedy of this software (and many like it) is that despite working exactly as advertised, easily and with a lot of features, because it's a quiet open source project without any SEO rigging it will never appear in page 1 of any searches by laymen trying to download videos ("save youtube to hard drive", "download youtube videos" et al). The amount of crapware I've had to remove from family member's PCs just becau…

I treat youtube-dl like Fight Club. I am glad it isn't on the top of searches since I am afraid sites would start trying to stop it from working harder.

They already do. That's why it updates pretty much every time I do a homebrew update.

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Post by robinson-wall »

ontouchstart wrote: post #130

I have a docker image to run it on OSX, haven't tested on Windows yet. https://hub.docker.com/r/ontouchstart/docker-youtube-dl/

It's usable natively on OSX, but Docker isn't.

Surely running youtube-dl inside a docker container inside a virtualbox VM created by boot2docker isn't easier?

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Post by looknee »

goldenrules wrote: post #151

i love youtube-dl. i've been interested in doing the same with soundcloud, but i have no idea how to go about learning how their streaming works. any advice for where to start?

I actually have a small node program that downloads your entire Favorites collection by just providing your username as a command line argument if you or anyone's interested

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Post by aluhut »

broodbucket wrote: post #122
ekianjo wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I prefer cli 1000 times over an overly badly designed gui anytime

Sure, but that's not the point, the point is most people are intimidated by a command line and don't want to have to learn it to accomplish the thing they're trying to do

Especially if you don't use it elsewhere or the task does not justify learning it. Like here.

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Post by noobie »

k4rtik wrote: post #200

User for >4 years. Absolutely love the nifty little tool. But I hated opening up a terminal each time I wanted to initiate a download. For PopClip[1] users on Mac, I made a little YouTube-dl extension[2] which lets you initiate the download just by selecting the video URL (best when done from browser's address bar) and clicking a button. Been using it as my primary ytdl client for past 5 months now. [1]: https://pilo…

This is exactly why I love FOSS. The main functionality is there and every user can customize it to best suit his needs.

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Post by Houshalter »

lanterk wrote: post #199
Houshalter wrote: post #95

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I happen to be on a fresh copy of Windows 7 right now, so I'm going to try it. I expect to encounter at least several steps where a nontechnical user would be totally lost or frustrated. 1. Download Python 2.7 and install. Encountered error where the installer stopped with no indication that it had completed or failed. Tried to install again and it messed up the original installer which was hiding in the background a…

For 9, I would just go with youtube-dl -f 140 (or 141 in some cases). No reason for lossy->lossy conversion.

Hmm I don't see any documentation for that format code.

I chose mp3 because it's the only format my ipod accepts. The formats it downloads by default won't play, even if they might be higher quality.

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Post by kevincox »

MiguelVieira wrote: post #208

Honest question: why would you want to download a video from YouTube? The main use case I can think of is you want to watch videos offline on a mobile device but don't want to pay for a YouTube Red subscription.

Mostly offline use. It's nice to be able to include them in a presentation. Rarely archiving is useful, especially if you think a video might get taken down. Also sometimes you want to grab a clip, for example if you are including it in a larger video.

I don't do it very often (except for mobile watching without burning quite as much battery) but I see a number of use cases.

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Post by tombert »

MiguelVieira wrote: post #208

Honest question: why would you want to download a video from YouTube? The main use case I can think of is you want to watch videos offline on a mobile device but don't want to pay for a YouTube Red subscription.

Well, not wanting to pay for a Youtube Red subscription is one possibility, another is that you want to access Youtube using only open source software, and another is to bypass ads.

I actually do pay for Youtube Red, but I like to download my Youtube videos because a) my internet connection is a bit spotty, and b) I like to keep as much as I can open source.

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