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by account42
695 days ago
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> yt-dlp is not even necessary. If just downloading videos from YouTube this can be done with much less code and complexity. I use a tiny C program to do it. Tiny shell scripts work just as well. yt-dlp is not necessary ... if you write a replacement? Ok. Besides I doubt simple shell scripts will be able to download all videos that yt-dlp can. YouTube does not use the same protections for all videos. |
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You are free to doubt but the the truth is yes they can.
The only ones that are complicated are commercial videos.
Give me a list of videos you are downloading with yt-dlp and I will show you how to dowload the same videos without yt-dlp. I have been doing so for many years. Unless you are only downloading commercial videos, e.g., VEVO crap. Personally I am not interested in those videos.
I am actually liking this YouTube change getting rid of or throttling video with pre-muxed audio. Now I download only the audio. If I like it, then I download the video and mux. For many videos, there is no meaningful video; it is just slideshows of images or animations. For me, audio-only is faster and more space-efficient. I am avoiding downloading many videos because in many cases the audio is enough.