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Re: Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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Post by mikestorrent »

jorvi wrote: post #467
PuercoPop wrote: post #418

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It is likely you use Chrome or a browser that uses Blink for its engine and the OP uses a non-blink browser like Firefox. I use Firefox and I can cofirm since the last few months Youtube usability borders on usable

They've also started to be really aggressive against VPNs. I've tried Private Internet Access, Mulvad and AirVPN and often I have to cycle through 5-15(!) servers before YouTube stops saying "sign in to confirm you're not a bot". Discord has started to become absurdly aggressive with it too, to the point that they don't even let you load messages whilst logged in if you're on a VPN. It really makes me feel like there…

100%. Web Credentials + Digital ID + age verification will all be handled with Secure Attestation backing it. Cloudflare will have a checkbox for site admins... [X] Require Age Verification... and that's it. Boom. Your site is "safe" from accidentally allowing kids in.

...of course, free speech and anonymity die with this, but why would that be a problem? You don't want to say anything the current or potential future government wouldn't like, do you?

Re: Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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Post by allan_s »

gpderetta wrote: post #83
alex7o wrote: post #52

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They find devices that are easy to hack (and I mean rip and tear) and extract the decryption keys from each of them, from what I have heard cheap chinese tvs and set top boxes, they extract the keys from the chips (hardware hacking, heard some even use microscopes to read the keys by hand), and then use them to decrypt streams, I heard that they catch them pretty fast to they use like 1 device per season. This is why…

The analog hole is real.

I was wondering how easy it is

I.e I know that hdmi stream can be encrypted so I guess for Netflix you can't juste have a "hdmi splitter"? Do you need to go as far as plugging yourself just before the lcd pixels ? And if so , is it the moment where its easier to have a high def camera pointed at your lcd screen with post processing?

Re: Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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Post by ryandrake »

johnisgood wrote: post #448
recursive wrote: post #259

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I use YouTube on a daily basis. I haven't seen any of these problems.

Well... I have many new, emerging problems with YouTube as of lately. For example I have to scroll down a lot to get to the comment section, the suggestions are all over the place, and so forth. Annoying. Also due to uBlock Origin, some videos do not start and I have to refresh. It is not much of an issue for me but the fact that apparently I need a huge monitor to see the "old layout" is a problem for me.

It feels like "serving you the video you actually want to see" has become some kind of unimportant side quest, as opposed to serving you the crap (Ads, Shorts, recommendations, comments, sponsored content) that they would rather you be looking at.

Re: Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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Post by physicles »

ifdefdebug wrote: post #278
cantor_S_drug wrote: post #90

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You are a digital hoarder. I have taken so many pics that I wouldn't even bother to look back that them (do we ever?) but Google memories is really a neat feature, it refreshes memories. I think you should run a similar service to refresh memory of your favourite videos like they are on speed dail.

I have an e-ink photo frame on the wall that switches picture once every 24h, picking one of my pictures of the last 10+ years by random. So every single one of my tens of thousands of pictures gets a real chance to be seen at least once during my lifetime :)

Which frame do you use? I’ve been looking for this for a long time, but I wasn’t aware color e-ink was good enough for this yet.

Re: Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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Post by jasomill »

alerighi wrote: post #249
alex7o wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They find devices that are easy to hack (and I mean rip and tear) and extract the decryption keys from each of them, from what I have heard cheap chinese tvs and set top boxes, they extract the keys from the chips (hardware hacking, heard some even use microscopes to read the keys by hand), and then use them to decrypt streams, I heard that they catch them pretty fast to they use like 1 device per season. This is why…

More easily in the past (I don't think if it's still true for 4K) you only needed an HDMI splitter to bypass HDCP copy protection.

Now you need both a buggy HDCP 1.4 splitter and an HDCP 2.1 to 1.4 converter.

Re: Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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Post by paradox460 »

embedding-shape wrote: post #319
ConceptJunkie wrote: post #256

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Modern video tools provide an enormous selection, much of which is free. But I'll always miss VirtualDub.

> But I'll always miss VirtualDub. Miss? I still used it just last week! Still haven't found anything that is as fast and easy to take a directory of frames in .png and concatenating them together into a proper video. I use it post 3D renders all the time :)

ffmpeg?

Re: Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

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Post by SchemaLoad »

jorvi wrote: post #467
PuercoPop wrote: post #418

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is likely you use Chrome or a browser that uses Blink for its engine and the OP uses a non-blink browser like Firefox. I use Firefox and I can cofirm since the last few months Youtube usability borders on usable

They've also started to be really aggressive against VPNs. I've tried Private Internet Access, Mulvad and AirVPN and often I have to cycle through 5-15(!) servers before YouTube stops saying "sign in to confirm you're not a bot". Discord has started to become absurdly aggressive with it too, to the point that they don't even let you load messages whilst logged in if you're on a VPN. It really makes me feel like there…

Almost everything blocks you on a VPN until you sign in now. AI scrapers were the final nail in the coffin.
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