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Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by chungy »

hgasimov wrote: post #13

Is downloading youtube videos legal?

Probably only on creative commons-licensed videos (there are some). Otherwise, it might be an unlawful replication.

And yes, there will be arguments about how you're just saving to a file what otherwise comes in via the player. I honestly don't know the definitive answer. :)

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by roywiggins »

CraneWorm wrote: post #18
hgasimov wrote: post #13

Is downloading youtube videos legal?

How could it not be? You "download" the stream every time you watch it. It's to everyone's benefit to cache it if you want to watch it more than once. That way you don't use that much bandwidth. You might be served less ads, but you shouldn't be watching them anyway.

The law can make a distinction between bits you downloaded to cache the video as you streamed it, and bits you downloaded to keep a copy offline. Of course, the result is similar- you have a copy of it on your hard drive somewhere- but the actions you took are different, your intentions are different, and the law can look at those things if it wants (which it does, all the time).

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by roywiggins »

aaaaaaaaaab wrote: post #23
hgasimov wrote: post #13

Is downloading youtube videos legal?

How would you watch them without downloading?

Streamed bits might have different Colour than bits downloaded through youtube-dl, even if they're the same bits. It depends on your legal jurisdiction.

http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by superasn »

Is there a way to download Netflix videos too? My reason is I just can't watch anything at less than 1.5X speed nowadays and Netflix has no such option on mobile (there is a chrome extension though). Any ideas how to do either (dl or increase playback speed on mobile)

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by severine »

superasn wrote: post #34

Is there a way to download Netflix videos too? My reason is I just can't watch anything at less than 1.5X speed nowadays and Netflix has no such option on mobile (there is a chrome extension though). Any ideas how to do either (dl or increase playback speed on mobile)

You mean apart from the obvious?

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by jwilk »

severine wrote: post #35
superasn wrote: post #34

Is there a way to download Netflix videos too? My reason is I just can't watch anything at less than 1.5X speed nowadays and Netflix has no such option on mobile (there is a chrome extension though). Any ideas how to do either (dl or increase playback speed on mobile)

You mean apart from the obvious?

Obvious what?

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by wongarsu »

jimktrains2 wrote: post #16

I was just thinking the other day of writing a small utility to download a YouTube video and metadata, stuff the metadata in a database, and be able to have a local, searchable copy of videos and channels I'd like to have for a while -- I don't trust they'll be around forever. I was thinking it could be better if the utility would be more useful if it integrated with mythtv, but I might start as a standalone.

Having a local, searchable version of some channels would be great, especially if it can be configured to download new videos automatically. Some channels are notorious for having videos deleted (e.g. commentary channels that have to fight with contentid or educational channels that have videos involving gunpowder or uranium). Manually backing them up and organizing the videos is very cumbersome.

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by Retr0spectrum »

m-p-3 wrote: post #21
bklaasen wrote: post #20

I use Android and have Termux[1] installed. If you create a shell script named '~/bin/termux-url-opener' and share URLs to Termux, it'll invoke that script. Here's the contents of mine: ``` #!/bin/bash pip install --upgrade youtube-dl cd storage/movies youtube-dl "${1}" ``` Works a treat! [1] Termux (Terminal emulator with packages) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.termux , https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=…

That's my workflow too, works well for many websites. To watch I use NewPipe instead of the official YouTube client.

I find NewPipe's built-in downloading functionality more convenient - although it only works for YouTube videos of course.
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