Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos • Hacker News Board

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by shibel » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:34 AM UTC

xfer wrote: post #48

shibel wrote: post #39

I’ve actually used this one for quite a nifty Python script: Invoke a Workflow from a YouTube video on my iPhone -> Dropbox file gets appended with all the details of video -> Hazel is watching this file and triggers the Python script -> which converts the video to MP3, slaps on relevant tags and cover-art and uploads it to my iCloud Music Library [1]. So I can have an MP3 song on my iPhone minutes after I’ve watched…

A lot of anime/game music is not on any streaming service; so youtube-dl is the only option.

Yep. I would rather and do pay for music. As said I use this predominantly for obscure stuff.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by palad1n » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:35 AM UTC

I tried downloading a video I purchased on Youtube but what got retrieved I could not view. The DRM seems to have prevented this from working.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by BigJono » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:41 AM UTC

xfer wrote: post #48

shibel wrote: post #39

I’ve actually used this one for quite a nifty Python script: Invoke a Workflow from a YouTube video on my iPhone -> Dropbox file gets appended with all the details of video -> Hazel is watching this file and triggers the Python script -> which converts the video to MP3, slaps on relevant tags and cover-art and uploads it to my iCloud Music Library [1]. So I can have an MP3 song on my iPhone minutes after I’ve watched…

A lot of anime/game music is not on any streaming service; so youtube-dl is the only option.

It's especially bad with games because music gets updated and changed all the time. Official soundtracks often leave tracks out, take for example Civilization V which has an official soundtrack with like 30 tracks, when the game itself has more like 300. It's up to avid players of the game to compile and document the full collection.

Game developers by and large don't give a shit if the musician's work is preserved. If they don't make an effort then as far as I'm concerned they're forfeiting their right to take issue with the morality of downloading their game's music.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by fooker » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:48 AM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #28

This may be my most favorite piece of software I have installed. Does what it says on the tin, nothing more nothing less. LASER-focused, I really love that about it. mpv also comes close as great software.

Significantly more, actually. It can download videos from just about any website, and yes, including and especially NSFW ones.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by fooker » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:49 AM UTC

Firerouge wrote: post #3

For Mac users, this can be easily installed and updated using brew.

I found brew's version of youtube-dl to be often out of date. Haven't tried recently, this was last year.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by shmerl » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:55 AM UTC

EvanAnderson wrote: post #38

I feel like the first rule of youtube-dl is not to talk about youtube-dl. I keep expecting Google (and all the other sites it works on) to start taking active measures to disable it. At some point YouTube is going to require an EME module to play even "free" videos.

That would be sad, but I'll ditch Youtube for good if they'll introduce this garbage.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by shmerl » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:57 AM UTC

youtube-dl does a good job of merging DASH streams into proper media files.

It can also parse various audio sites, and I think it's what mpv is using for Bandcamp for example.

Try this:

    mpv https://danielamosboots.bandcamp.com/track/triangle-square

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by orev » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 2:57 AM UTC

shmerl wrote: post #56

EvanAnderson wrote: post #38

I feel like the first rule of youtube-dl is not to talk about youtube-dl. I keep expecting Google (and all the other sites it works on) to start taking active measures to disable it. At some point YouTube is going to require an EME module to play even "free" videos.

That would be sad, but I'll ditch Youtube for good if they'll introduce this garbage.

YouTube has the network effect just like every other big provider. You can’t ditch it unless the content you want to see has decided to move elsewhere.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by computerfriend » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 3:01 AM UTC

fooker wrote: post #55

Firerouge wrote: post #3

For Mac users, this can be easily installed and updated using brew.

I found brew's version of youtube-dl to be often out of date. Haven't tried recently, this was last year.

It's one of my most frequently updated formulæ.

Re: Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

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Post by shmerl » Thu, Jul 05, 2018, 3:02 AM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #28

This may be my most favorite piece of software I have installed. Does what it says on the tin, nothing more nothing less. LASER-focused, I really love that about it. mpv also comes close as great software.

mpv is using youtube-dl itself.