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Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by hunterb123 »

_yoqn wrote: post #67
nebula8804 wrote: post #48

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I enjoy some of his podcasts. Yeah some are a waste of time but many have been spectacular.

To be fair I would agree with you that some of his guests are great (e.g. Quentin Tarantino) and I do enjoy the long-form interviewing. But Rogan himself, to me, gives off bad vibes. Not really sincere or actually interested in his guests more than he is interested in himself. I find he'll say he's interested and come back with some show of how cultured and learned he is by bringing some obscure minutiae. I think he…

Joe Rogan was a UFC interviewer & commentator, Fear Factor host, and comedian. Not exactly an unaccomplished stoner. All his jobs were great experience in interviewing people.

Everything you said is subjective. I don't really like him as a person, but our personalities are different. His interviews and podcasts are interesting because he lets the guest talk, unlike many other hosts.

All in all I don't agree with your assessment. I'm sure they people you listed are nice, but you could apply your same shallow subjective critiques to them as well.

Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by judge2020 »

Forbo wrote: post #65
judge2020 wrote: post #35

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Sure, but creators don’t have many other avenues for revenue when you’re already using YouTube-dl(p) to download videos without watching ads. I imagine sponsor spots will be devalued over time as sponsorblock usage continues to grow, especially for creators with audiences that watch content on desktop more than mobile.

Is it apparent to the sponsor when someone is watching using youtube-dlp versus a regular view? I'd imagine most sponsored segments are negotiated based on subscriber count or view numbers.

Sponsors might ask for some of the creator's analytics, eg. raid: shadow legends probably isn't going to sponsor channels that have very low mobile viewership compared to desktop. There are also paid analytics tools, eg. VidIQ, which can make good guesses about some metrics.

Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by hunterb123 »

newbie789 wrote: post #79
_yoqn wrote: post #67

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To be fair I would agree with you that some of his guests are great (e.g. Quentin Tarantino) and I do enjoy the long-form interviewing. But Rogan himself, to me, gives off bad vibes. Not really sincere or actually interested in his guests more than he is interested in himself. I find he'll say he's interested and come back with some show of how cultured and learned he is by bringing some obscure minutiae. I think he…

> Joe himself is an unaccomplished stoner… This is an interesting take. I personally find Joe Rogan to be an abhorrent human being that gives a platform to pseudoscientists and white supremacists, but I’ve never heard “his tens of millions of dollars are negated by the fact that he smokes weed” as a criticism. Out of curiosity, what value does Tim Ferris provide to society? I’m not being sarcastic, I just only know h…

Out of curiosity, who were the "psuedoscientists" and "white supremacists" you're accusing Joe of giving a platform to?

Slanderous accusation to just drop and not expand on.

Or is that what you call people that you don't agree with their scientific or political beliefs?

Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by austhrow743 »

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #26

haven't paid attention to this since all the drama last year but again - what are all of you using youtube-dl for? Archiving your channel subs?

Watching YouTube videos with no or poor internet connection.

Watching many high res videos without destroying phone data plan.

Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by prvc »

>yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project

yt-dlc's last commit was only 4 days ago, from the project owner. What are the advantages of each, and what about other forks out there?

Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by JKCalhoun »

Ansil849 wrote: post #33
azinman2 wrote: post #27

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Are the sponsor parts really so bad? To me not only is it easy to skip, I want indie people to make enough money to produce high quality content; otherwise media is just what a few biggies want to fund. They’re not enough from YouTube itself unless you’re in the top percentile. Also what sponsored content are people downloading versus just streaming live? I don’t get the use case.

> Are the sponsor parts really so bad? Yes. Some of us don't like being assaulted with sales pitches everywhere we look.

I'll add another wrinkle: I like content-creators that create for the love of doing it and not to try and turn it into a business.

When I follow a YouRuber (I'm borrowing that typo, I like it) and have seen them descend into the paid/promotional arena, I have been turned off and stopped subscribing to their channel.

Advertising tends to naturally weed out, for me, the ones who are not as passionate about what they do. Sorry if this model is counter to YT's business model.

Better: if you want to make a business out of it, sell plans like WoodenGears guy, or kits like Ben Eater.

Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by [deleted] »

nerdponx wrote: post #59
Ansil849 wrote: post #33

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> Are the sponsor parts really so bad? Yes. Some of us don't like being assaulted with sales pitches everywhere we look.

Maybe these creators should post sponsor-free versions of their videos on Patreon? If you are watching for free, and you're that annoyed by ads, then maybe you just feel entitled.

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Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by [deleted] »

nerdponx wrote: post #59
Ansil849 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Are the sponsor parts really so bad? Yes. Some of us don't like being assaulted with sales pitches everywhere we look.

Maybe these creators should post sponsor-free versions of their videos on Patreon? If you are watching for free, and you're that annoyed by ads, then maybe you just feel entitled.

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Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by JKCalhoun »

kortilla wrote: post #51
azinman2 wrote: post #27

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Are the sponsor parts really so bad? To me not only is it easy to skip, I want indie people to make enough money to produce high quality content; otherwise media is just what a few biggies want to fund. They’re not enough from YouTube itself unless you’re in the top percentile. Also what sponsored content are people downloading versus just streaming live? I don’t get the use case.

Yes, they are just ads in an even worse form because it’s not clear when to skip to to pass over them.

Like how all the wood-workers on YouTube have $1K Festool track saws and $4K SawStop table saws.

Re: Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

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Post by IronWolve »

Larrikin wrote: post #66
ChrisArchitect wrote: post #26

haven't paid attention to this since all the drama last year but again - what are all of you using youtube-dl for? Archiving your channel subs?

I've started saving anything I ever watch more than once. Cooking recipes, music videos, learning materials, etc. I started when a group I listened to removed all the content they had put up over the past year and said it was promotional material for their latest album which was garbage. Ads have gotten so bad that any videos over three minutes have multiple ad breaks so watching longer music videos or sets are just…

Good for saving music videos or concerts to throw up on the tv at the cabin on the weekends.

Theres tons of place without internet access, or I dont have a device with internet access.

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