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!

    • Ace! _SL/SEnglish
      5•5 months ago

      True, that guy seems like a jerk

      Also, if you only want the highest quality using the command line version is easy as running

      yt-dlp “link”

      for example:

      yt-dlp “https://m.youtube.com/watchv=dQw4w9WgXcQ”

      Although it needs ffmpeg too for certain websites that have seperate audio and video streams. Maybe that’s why your previous experiences have been wonky

    • KairosEnglish
      -5•5 months ago

      If you want to use a computer you’re going to need to learn how to use it.

      It’s not reasonable to expect maintainers of a very nice Python CLI tool to also maintain a GUI that works perfectly with it. Just look at the manpage if you need to find an option.