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!
I always use yt-dlp do download youtube videos. It doesn’t require installation, you just download and run it.
I was just looking at this. Do you typically run it behind a VPN or do you expose your actual IP?
I’ve never used a VPN with it.
okay. Thanks. Gonna give it a go. It seems to be the one everyone is using.
Yeah, I used to use yt-dl(whatever) but Seal is just so much more convenient
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.
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
Love the handle, BTW. :)
I think downloading is against Google’s TOS. Whether that makes it illegal is a question for a lawyer.
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.
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.
It shouldn’t be needed but if you want extra privacy, you can try torsocks.
No need of VPN. But it wouldn’t harm if you wanted to have more privacy
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.
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.
yt-dlp, full hd quality, best audio, reading from a txt file for every URL
+1 for yt-dlp
jdownloader2 also works for this
yt-dlp with a couple scripts I wrote, depending on the usecase.
For channels I want to preserve, Tube Archivist. For individual videos, yt-dlp.
You should listen to all the yt-dlp comments, but I’ve always had trouble getting all the yt-dl variants to just download the best version and subtitles consistently.
I use 4K Video Downloader, and it’s easier to use. It has a 30 video per day limit is all, which is more than I need.
WDYM you’ve had difficulty?? Isn’t it just --embedded-subs or something?
Maybe the command line version is consistent, but day to day I prefer not to do command line. I’ve tried like 5 different GUIs and they all have failed downloads, incorrect formats, and other issues just doing test downloads. I don’t know why, but it’s been a problem every time for me.
Well there’s your problem.
Learn how to actually use a computer.
Huh… That’s really not nice.
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
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.
the best version is always the default for me on yt-dlp, that and
--embed-subshas always worked perfectly for me, weird you’ve had issues with it, this is the first I’ve heard of anyone having that problem.deleted by creator
If you’re into selfhosting I’ve heard good things about tube archivist. It integrates with jellyfin
Seconded. It downloads metadata, thumbnails, and comments too. Also has a browser extension that adds a download button into YouTube to trigger downloads on the server.
JDownloader 2 has never let me down.
Tartube, a gui frontend for yt-dlp
+1
Nice and easy to use too with powerful automation if you want it.
on android: ytldnis
[i only trust the github one]Seal is another great downloader for Android
Just used this to load up some concerts for my long haul flights tonight and it worked great, thanks for the rec
I just go to YouTube to MP3, or whatever it’s called these days.
TubeArchivist with a browser extension to easily download any interesting video I want to preserve.
I have pending to link TubeArchivist to jellyfin for a more convenient frontend for my videos.
Cobalt is an awesome downloader, if the main instance (cobalt.tools) ever goes down or gets blocked by YouTube, there are countless other instances: https://instances.hyper.lol/instances/
It’s really a great project, make sure to promote it, give it a star on GitHub, maybe donate a few bucks (crypto addresses can be found when clicking on the donate button in the app)
I just add “pp” into the URL bar. Between the .com and youtube (youtubepp.com).
Idk if it’s safe or whatever, I get my video, and funny haha pp joke.
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