[SOLVED] youtube downloader

RandomTroll · 03-03-2023, 10:36 PM

I download YouTube videos on the command line. I used to use youtube-dl but when it bogged down to unusuably slow I switched to yt-dlp. Today yt-dlp has bogged down and I hope somebody else has gotten ahead of YouTube's efforts to block this. Of course I updated yt-dlp.

jefro · 03-04-2023, 12:14 AM

If you trust one of the online places they always seem to have it figured out. Usually a cat and mouse game. Did yt-dlp use android to attack it?

lvm_ · 03-04-2023, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by RandomTroll

Of course I updated yt-dlp.

Not enough. The latest version - the 2023.03.03 one, manages to bypass the throttling again.

pan64 · 03-04-2023, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by lvm_

Not enough. The latest version - the 2023.03.03 one, manages to bypass the throttling again.

This is the default action, in case of any problem try the latest and greatest version of it. YouTube is always changing something in the background without any notification.

RandomTroll · 03-04-2023, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jefro

If you trust one of the online places they always seem to have it figured out.

Which? DDG turned up a variety of conflicting opinions. I hoped someone here knew.

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Originally Posted by jefro

Usually a cat and mouse game.

Yes. youtube-dl stopped playing. I was worried that yt-dlp had.

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Originally Posted by jefro

Did yt-dlp use android to attack it?

I don't know.

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Originally Posted by lvm_

Not enough. The latest version - the 2023.03.03 one, manages to bypass the throttling again.

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Originally Posted by pan64

This is the default action, in case of any problem try the latest and greatest version of it. YouTube is always changing something in the background without any notification.

A crontab job runs update daily. But running it again later in the day got a newer version that isn't throttled. I should run it reflexively before using it.