I’m looking to download a number of educational youtube videos for future reference. Looking for a reliable way to download videos. OS is Ubuntu. FF extensions and docker containers all good. I don’t really want to install an executable on bare metal unless it is a flatpak.

My goal is for the downloaded videos to be accessed locally via jellyfin. Jellyfin is already sorted.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations!

    • @ReedReads@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      11•5 months ago

      I was just looking at this. Do you typically run it behind a VPN or do you expose your actual IP?

        • @CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
          4•5 months ago

          I’ve never used a VPN with it either. But it should work, especially with an exit node in a country where Google has no incentive to/is prohibited from interfering with third party viewers.

          • @14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
            9•5 months ago

            but unless i am missing some edge case, there isn’t really a reason, downloading video from youtube is perfectly legal, it wouldn’t work otherwise after all

            • @CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
              7•5 months ago

              Love the handle, BTW. :)

              I think downloading is against Google’s TOS. Whether that makes it illegal is a question for a lawyer.

              • @14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
                2•5 months ago

                Love the handle, BTW. :)

                thank you

                I think downloading is against Google’s TOS

                maybe, but you are not going to jail for that. at least not today.

      • @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        3•5 months ago

        I use it all the time without any VPN and haven’t had any issues. I watch almost all youtube videos in MPV, which uses yt-dlp to get the video. I download any video I may want to watch again later to my server.

      • adr1anEnglish
        2•5 months ago

        No need of VPN. But it wouldn’t harm if you wanted to have more privacy

      • FleppensteynEnglish
        2•5 months ago

        It shouldn’t be needed but if you want extra privacy, you can try torsocks.

      • @IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        I never used a VPN with it. I’ve been using it for years. I figured I’m getting it directly for YouTube. Google already knows my IP. I figured they wouldn’t care unless I abuse it anyway.

    • EbbyAEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      I used a program based on that and got a block I think. I get errors in the logs saying I need to use the official YouTube app.

      Anything to look out for or best practices for a noob? I think I got seen.