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Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by Mindwipe »

Jaruzel wrote: post #15
fapjacks wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Come again? Are you implying that we do not have a Fair Use in storing a local recording of a video broadcast for personal use? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Unive... .

It's not that clear-cut outside of the US. In the UK, it's only legal if it's for 'time-shifting' with the expectation the recording is only watched once and then deleted: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright#time-shi...

It's not legal in the UK period, as you can only timeshift a broadcast, and anything shown on-demand like YouTube isn't a broadcast.

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

LMYahooTFY wrote: post #41
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 can't watch anything at less than 1.5x? Is this something you've trained yourself to do...? Like deliberately?

It it's not uncommon to habitually listen to podcasts at that speed, and after a while you get used to it and everything else just sounds slow. Not exactly intentional, rather a side effect of something that made sense by itself.

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by cuchoi »

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=…

Made it work. Thanks!

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by anonytrary »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #52
LMYahooTFY wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...you can't watch anything at less than 1.5x? Is this something you've trained yourself to do...? Like deliberately?

It it's not uncommon to habitually listen to podcasts at that speed, and after a while you get used to it and everything else just sounds slow. Not exactly intentional, rather a side effect of something that made sense by itself.

This is fine for podcasts, lectures and books where the purpose is to take in information. Timing in movies and TV shows is important; silences and slow pans are placed there for a reason. I can't imagine why one would watch a movie or TV show at 1.5x when the purpose isn't to take in information, but to enjoy artwork.

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by sondh »

Just yesterday I built an Android app to cast audio-only (ogg format) from YouTube to Chromecast. Had to do it because:

1. Baby needs her white noise to sleep

2. No other sites have those "8 hours womb sounds" as good as YouTube

3. The YouTube app refuses to cast to Google Home mini

Came across ydls[1] which uses youtube-dl and ffmpeg to download then transcode media on-the-fly. It's not very effective but works great! We no longer have to turn on the TV in our baby room. Check out the source code[2] if you are also a new parent.

1: https://github.com/wader/ydls

2: https://github.com/daohoangson/android-ydls

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by explainplease »

sondh wrote: post #55

Just yesterday I built an Android app to cast audio-only (ogg format) from YouTube to Chromecast. Had to do it because: 1. Baby needs her white noise to sleep 2. No other sites have those "8 hours womb sounds" as good as YouTube 3. The YouTube app refuses to cast to Google Home mini Came across ydls[1] which uses youtube-dl and ffmpeg to download then transcode media on-the-fly. It's not very effective but works grea…

Save the video's audio as a local file if you want to keep using it. Any YouTube video is bound to disappear without warning at any time.

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by ballenf »

frou_dh wrote: post #19

It's not as slickly packaged, but I made a webserver that turns YouTube channels into proper RSS subscribe-able audio podcasts: https://github.com/frou/yt2pod If you find yourself often having your phone in your pocket with the screen blazing, just to be able to listen to YT content, you might like it. (it's on the todo list to Dockerize it)

Did you know iOS podcasts supports video podcasts? Haven’t looked at your code but maybe wouldn’t be too much work to make video work too. I’ll talk a look. Thanks!

I’ve thought that it would be a great way to avoid the algorithm addiction and only see my subs.

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by superasn »

LMYahooTFY wrote: post #41
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 can't watch anything at less than 1.5x? Is this something you've trained yourself to do...? Like deliberately?

Yes I have. I often watch video tutorials at 4X speed (chrome used to cut off audio after that so I couldn't go over that limit).

Nowadays i even watch movies at 1.5x speed and it looks very normal to me. Once you get used to it you can't have it any other way (especially documentaries and slow movies)

Re: Ytdl-webserver: Webserver for downloading YouTube videos

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Post by kekub »

Actually Apple provides a way to either download videos or audio directly on the device through Siri Shortcuts. The integration is great: Just open the share sheet in Safari or the YouTube app and run this shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/48d3103eafc04c7098094794e06... Add a convert media step if you want audio. I think I got it from this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/workflow/comments/2p0vga/workflow_d...
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