• youtube-dl blocked?

    From Markos@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 24 04:30:01 2024
    Dear

    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?

    Is there any other alternative to download videos from Youtube in Linux
    command line?

    Thanks,

    Markos

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  • From Greg Wooledge@21:1/5 to Markos on Wed Apr 24 04:40:01 2024
    On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 11:15:17PM -0300, Markos wrote:
    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?

    Nope. Works for me.

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  • From John Hasler@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 24 04:40:01 2024
    Package: yt-dlp
    Version: 2024.04.09-1
    Installed-Size: 10294
    Maintainer: Unit 193 <unit193@debian.org>
    Architecture: all
    Depends: python3-brotli, python3-certifi, python3-mutagen, python3-pycryptodome, python3-requests, python3-urllib3, python3-websockets, python3:any, python3-pkg-resources
    Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg
    Suggests: libfribidi-bin | bidiv, phantomjs
    Description-en: downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
    yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.
    The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches
    while also keeping up to date with the original project.
    .
    yt-dlp is a small command-line program to download videos from
    YouTube.com and other sites that don't provide direct links to the
    videos served.

    --
    John Hasler
    john@sugarbit.com
    Elmwood, WI USA

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  • From Charles Curley@21:1/5 to Markos on Wed Apr 24 04:50:01 2024
    On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:15:17 -0300
    Markos <markos@c2o.pro.br> wrote:

    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?

    It does not appear to be blocked from here (North America).


    Is there any other alternative to download videos from Youtube in
    Linux command line?

    root@jhegaala:~# apt-cache search youtube-dl
    haruna - Video player built with Qt/QML on top of libmpv
    youtube-dl - download videos from YouTube and other sites (transitional package)
    youtubedl-gui - GUI on yt-dlp (ie, youtube-dl) to download videos from a variety of sites
    yt-dlp - downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
    ytfzf - script to find and watch youtube videos from the terminal root@jhegaala:~#

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  • From David Wright@21:1/5 to Markos on Wed Apr 24 05:30:01 2024
    On Tue 23 Apr 2024 at 23:15:17 (-0300), Markos wrote:
    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?

    Is there any other alternative to download videos from Youtube in
    Linux command line?

    That site works here, but I don't think that's important. It appears
    to offer youtube-dl 2021.12.17, which is /ancient/.

    You'd be better off just installing Debian's yt-dlp in the usual
    manner. And you can do better than that at the moment, by using
    the backports version, 2024.04.09-1~bpo12+1.

    If the backports version falls behind, you can usually install the
    version from unstable (now trixie), because yt-dlp's dependencies
    are all unversioned. The medium term disadvantage of this approach
    is that it won't be upgraded automatically when a new version
    appears: you have to keep an eye out.

    Cheers,
    David.

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  • From Stefan Monnier@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 24 05:30:01 2024
    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html
    is blocked?

    Now that you got answers, a question: what made you post this here?
    AFAICT this has nothing to do with Debian (if you use Debian, you'd
    more naturally install that tool from `apt` which won't fetch it from
    Github).


    Stefan

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 24 07:00:02 2024
    Am 23.04.2024 um 23:15:17 Uhr schrieb Markos:

    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?

    Please specify that more precisely.
    Run

    host ytdl-org.github.io

    --
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    Marco

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  • From Charles Curley@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Wed Apr 24 16:00:01 2024
    On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:57:17 +0200
    Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

    Am 23.04.2024 um 20:40:25 Uhr schrieb Charles Curley:

    It does not appear to be blocked from here (North America).

    By DNS?

    It does not appear to be blocked by DNS.

    charles@jhegaala:~$ host ytdl-org.github.io
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.110.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.111.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.108.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.109.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8002::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8001::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8000::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8003::153
    charles@jhegaala:~$ dig ytdl-org.github.io

    ; <<>> DiG 9.18.24-1-Debian <<>> ytdl-org.github.io
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2298
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

    ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
    ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
    ; COOKIE: 7d7680b13414d6220100000066290ed6b9195aa4330329ee (good)
    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;ytdl-org.github.io. IN A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    ytdl-org.github.io. 3414 IN A 185.199.108.153 ytdl-org.github.io. 3414 IN A 185.199.111.153 ytdl-org.github.io. 3414 IN A 185.199.110.153 ytdl-org.github.io. 3414 IN A 185.199.109.153

    ;; Query time: 8 msec
    ;; SERVER: 192.168.100.12#53(192.168.100.12) (UDP)
    ;; WHEN: Wed Apr 24 07:53:26 MDT 2024
    ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 139

    charles@jhegaala:~$



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  • From David Wright@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Wed Apr 24 15:20:01 2024
    On Wed 24 Apr 2024 at 06:58:02 (+0200), Marco Moock wrote:
    Am 23.04.2024 um 23:15:17 Uhr schrieb Markos:

    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?

    Please specify that more precisely.
    Run

    host ytdl-org.github.io

    $ host ytdl-org.github.io
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.111.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.108.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.109.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.110.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8002::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8003::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8000::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8001::153
    $

    $ wget https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html
    --2024-04-24 07:59:25-- https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html Resolving ytdl-org.github.io (ytdl-org.github.io)... 185.199.109.153, 185.199.110.153, 185.199.111.153, ...
    Connecting to ytdl-org.github.io (ytdl-org.github.io)|185.199.109.153|:443... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 3834 (3.7K) [text/html]
    Saving to: ‘download.html’

    download.html 100%[=========================================>] 3.74K --.-KB/s in 0s

    2024-04-24 07:59:25 (18.4 MB/s) - ‘download.html’ saved [3834/3834]

    $ ls -Glg download.html
    -rw-r----- 1 3834 Aug 1 2023 download.html
    $

    From the middle of the US.

    Cheers,
    David.

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  • From Bret Busby@21:1/5 to David Wright on Wed Apr 24 16:40:01 2024
    On 24/4/24 11:23, David Wright wrote:
    On Tue 23 Apr 2024 at 23:15:17 (-0300), Markos wrote:
    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?

    Is there any other alternative to download videos from Youtube in
    Linux command line?

    That site works here, but I don't think that's important. It appears
    to offer youtube-dl 2021.12.17, which is /ancient/.

    You'd be better off just installing Debian's yt-dlp in the usual
    manner. And you can do better than that at the moment, by using
    the backports version, 2024.04.09-1~bpo12+1.

    If the backports version falls behind, you can usually install the
    version from unstable (now trixie), because yt-dlp's dependencies
    are all unversioned. The medium term disadvantage of this approach
    is that it won't be upgraded automatically when a new version
    appears: you have to keep an eye out.

    Cheers,
    David.

    I have been unable to use youtube-dl for (I believe) over a year, now,
    due, I believe, to changes made by youtube, and, had been unable to use
    yt-dlp .

    Then, after reading the above post by David Wright, I updated my
    installed version of yt-dlp to the backports version
    2024.04.09-1~bpo12+1, and, yt-dlp is merrily working.

    The latest version of youtube-dl , makes it too old to try to use now;
    if you can get it working with youtube, good luck to you.

    An unmaintained package, that is three years since last updated, for
    accessing web sites on the World Wide Web?

    Hmmmm.....

    ....
    Bret Busby
    Armadale
    Western Australia
    (UTC+0800)
    .................

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 24 16:50:01 2024
    Am 24.04.2024 um 22:31:44 Uhr schrieb Bret Busby:

    An unmaintained package, that is three years since last updated, for accessing web sites on the World Wide Web?

    Development of original youtube-dl ceased, yt-dlp is now the thing to
    use.

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    Marco

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  • From Greg Wooledge@21:1/5 to Bret Busby on Wed Apr 24 17:00:02 2024
    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 10:31:44PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
    The latest version of youtube-dl , makes it too old to try to use now; if
    you can get it working with youtube, good luck to you.

    An unmaintained package, that is three years since last updated, for accessing web sites on the World Wide Web?

    Hmmmm.....

    The youtube-dl package in Debian 12 is a transitional package which
    brings in yt-dlp (version 2023.03.04-1 currently).

    Whether that's too old to be usable is a good question, but it's
    definitely not "three years since last updated".

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  • From Curt@21:1/5 to David Wright on Wed Apr 24 16:30:01 2024
    On 2024-04-24, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
    On Wed 24 Apr 2024 at 06:58:02 (+0200), Marco Moock wrote:
    Am 23.04.2024 um 23:15:17 Uhr schrieb Markos:

    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?

    Please specify that more precisely.
    Run

    host ytdl-org.github.io

    $ host ytdl-org.github.io
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.111.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.108.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.109.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.110.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8002::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8003::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8000::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8001::153
    $

    $ wget https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html
    --2024-04-24 07:59:25-- https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html Resolving ytdl-org.github.io (ytdl-org.github.io)... 185.199.109.153, 185.199.110.153, 185.199.111.153, ...
    Connecting to ytdl-org.github.io (ytdl-org.github.io)|185.199.109.153|:443... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 3834 (3.7K) [text/html]
    Saving to: ‘download.html’

    download.html 100%[=========================================>] 3.74K --.-KB/s in 0s

    2024-04-24 07:59:25 (18.4 MB/s) - ‘download.html’ saved [3834/3834]

    $ ls -Glg download.html
    -rw-r----- 1 3834 Aug 1 2023 download.html
    $

    From the middle of the US.

    curty@einstein:~$ host ytdl-org.github.io
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.111.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.108.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.109.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has address 185.199.110.153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8003::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8000::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8001::153
    ytdl-org.github.io has IPv6 address 2606:50c0:8002::153
    curty@einstein:~$ wget https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html --2024-04-24 16:11:26-- https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html Resolving ytdl-org.github.io (ytdl-org.github.io)... 2606:50c0:8002::153, 2606:50c0:8001::153, 2606:50c0:8000::153, ...
    Connecting to ytdl-org.github.io (ytdl-org.github.io)|2606:50c0:8002::153|:443... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 3834 (3.7K) [text/html]
    Saving to: ‘download.html’

    download.html 100%[======================================>] 3.74K --.-KB/s in 0.001s

    2024-04-24 16:11:27 (2.96 MB/s) - ‘download.html’ saved [3834/3834]

    curty@einstein:~$ ls -Glg download.html
    -rw-r--r-- 1 3834 Aug 1 2023 download.html

    From Île-de-France.

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  • From Greg Wooledge@21:1/5 to Bret Busby on Wed Apr 24 17:40:02 2024
    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 11:26:09PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
    Okay - my apology - at https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/ChangeLog
    is

    "
    dstftw
    release 2021.12.17

    version 2021.12.17

    So don't use that.

    The Debian package youtube-dl is NOT actually youtube-dl any more. It
    is a transitional package that brings in yt-dlp instead.

    hobbit:~$ dpkg -s youtube-dl | grep -e transitional -e Depends
    Depends: yt-dlp
    Description: download videos from YouTube and other sites (transitional package)

    The yt-dlp package is version 2023.03.04-1. It's 13 months old.

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  • From Bret Busby@21:1/5 to Greg Wooledge on Wed Apr 24 17:30:01 2024
    On 24/4/24 22:50, Greg Wooledge wrote:
    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 10:31:44PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
    The latest version of youtube-dl , makes it too old to try to use now; if
    you can get it working with youtube, good luck to you.

    An unmaintained package, that is three years since last updated, for
    accessing web sites on the World Wide Web?

    Hmmmm.....

    The youtube-dl package in Debian 12 is a transitional package which
    brings in yt-dlp (version 2023.03.04-1 currently).

    Whether that's too old to be usable is a good question, but it's
    definitely not "three years since last updated".
    Okay - my apology - at https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/ChangeLog
    is

    "
    dstftw
    release 2021.12.17

    version 2021.12.17

    Core
    * [postprocessor/ffmpeg] Show ffmpeg output on error (#22680, #29336)

    Extractors
    * [youtube] Update signature function patterns (#30363, #30366)
    * [peertube] Only call description endpoint if necessary (#29383)
    * [periscope] Pass referer to HLS requests (#29419)
    - [liveleak] Remove extractor (#17625, #24222, #29331)
    + [pornhub] Add support for pornhubthbh7ap3u.onion
    * [pornhub] Detect geo restriction
    * [pornhub] Dismiss tbr extracted from download URLs (#28927)
    * [curiositystream:collection] Extend _VALID_URL (#26326, #29117)
    * [youtube] Make get_video_info processing more robust (#29333)
    * [youtube] Workaround for get_video_info request (#29333)
    * [bilibili] Strip uploader name (#29202)
    * [youtube] Update invidious instance list (#29281)
    * [umg:de] Update GraphQL API URL (#29304)
    * [nrk] Switch psapi URL to https (#29344)
    + [egghead] Add support for app.egghead.io (#28404, #29303)
    * [appleconnect] Fix extraction (#29208)
    + [orf:tvthek] Add support for MPD formats (#28672, #29236)


    version 2021.06.06
    "

    - the changelog showing youtube-dl to have been last updated 2021.12.17

    so, it is only two years and four months ; 28 months, and, not 36
    months, since it was last updated.

    My error.

    I wonder how many people would be happy using Debian Linux, if it was
    not updated for 28 months?

    ..
    Bret Busby
    Armadale
    West Australia
    (UTC+0800)
    ..............

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  • From Bret Busby@21:1/5 to Greg Wooledge on Wed Apr 24 17:50:01 2024
    On 24/4/24 23:32, Greg Wooledge wrote:


    The yt-dlp package is version 2023.03.04-1. It's 13 months old.
    And the backports version is 2024.04.09-1~bpo12+1 ; all of 15 days old.

    Sheesh.

    This is starting to appear like the Monty Python's Flying Circus "Buying
    an argument" skit.

    I have had enough.

    And, as the great Forrest Gump said, "And that is all I have to say
    about that."

    I am leaving this skit.

    ....
    Bret Busby
    Armadale
    Western Australia
    (UTC+0800)
    .................

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  • From David Wright@21:1/5 to Greg Wooledge on Wed Apr 24 18:10:02 2024
    On Wed 24 Apr 2024 at 10:50:06 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 10:31:44PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
    The latest version of youtube-dl , makes it too old to try to use now; if you can get it working with youtube, good luck to you.

    An unmaintained package, that is three years since last updated, for accessing web sites on the World Wide Web?

    Hmmmm.....

    The youtube-dl package in Debian 12 is a transitional package which
    brings in yt-dlp (version 2023.03.04-1 currently).

    Whether that's too old to be usable is a good question, but it's
    definitely not "three years since last updated".

    My experience was similar to Bret's, only I'd long got used to not
    just taking Debian's proferred version, but checking whether there
    was a newer version somewhere around. It was in February 2023 when
    I found that even the most modern version of youtube-dl that I could
    find would still not work with some sites that had worked before.
    That's when I stumbled upon yt-dlp, and realised the world had
    quietly moved on.

    This was in the days of bullseye, and note that bullseye still has
    a /normal/ youtube-dl package, 34 months old, and no yt-dlp package.
    For the latter, you need to be running backports (and I have no idea
    when yt-dlp entered bullseye-backports).

    It kind of reminds me of the mplayer, mpv, and the debian multimedia
    site melange of a few years ago, only there there was more discussion
    of rival versions (and the perils of using that site) on the list.

    Cheers,
    David.

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  • From Andy Smith@21:1/5 to Bret Busby on Wed Apr 24 18:40:01 2024
    Hello,

    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 11:26:09PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
    I wonder how many people would be happy using Debian Linux, if it was not updated for 28 months?

    It definitely sounds like you should ask those youtube-dl people for
    a refund, and maybe some service credit for all the distress this
    matter has caused you.

    Thanks,
    Andy

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  • From Curt@21:1/5 to David Wright on Wed Apr 24 18:50:01 2024
    On 2024-04-24, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:

    My experience was similar to Bret's, only I'd long got used to not
    just taking Debian's proferred version, but checking whether there
    was a newer version somewhere around. It was in February 2023 when

    I had to use it once for a friend of my wife. I downloaded the
    github version (as it keeps abreast of the frequent breakages, and I
    lack the moral rigor of our numerous purists).

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  • From Greg Wooledge@21:1/5 to Fred on Wed Apr 24 21:40:02 2024
    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 12:27:22PM -0700, Fred wrote:
    If you type yt-dlp --help you get a large list of options.
    yt-dlp --update will get you the very latest version. (Must be root).

    -U, --update Check if updates are available. As yt-dlp
    has been installed via apt, you should use
    that to update. If you're on a stable
    release, also check backports.

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  • From Fred@21:1/5 to David Wright on Wed Apr 24 21:40:02 2024
    On 4/24/24 08:30, David Wright wrote:
    On Wed 24 Apr 2024 at 10:50:06 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 10:31:44PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
    The latest version of youtube-dl , makes it too old to try to use now; if >>> you can get it working with youtube, good luck to you.

    An unmaintained package, that is three years since last updated, for
    accessing web sites on the World Wide Web?

    Hmmmm.....

    The youtube-dl package in Debian 12 is a transitional package which
    brings in yt-dlp (version 2023.03.04-1 currently).

    Whether that's too old to be usable is a good question, but it's
    definitely not "three years since last updated".

    My experience was similar to Bret's, only I'd long got used to not
    just taking Debian's proferred version, but checking whether there
    was a newer version somewhere around. It was in February 2023 when
    I found that even the most modern version of youtube-dl that I could
    find would still not work with some sites that had worked before.
    That's when I stumbled upon yt-dlp, and realised the world had
    quietly moved on.

    This was in the days of bullseye, and note that bullseye still has
    a /normal/ youtube-dl package, 34 months old, and no yt-dlp package.
    For the latter, you need to be running backports (and I have no idea
    when yt-dlp entered bullseye-backports).

    It kind of reminds me of the mplayer, mpv, and the debian multimedia
    site melange of a few years ago, only there there was more discussion
    of rival versions (and the perils of using that site) on the list.

    Cheers,
    David.

    Hi,

    If you type yt-dlp --help you get a large list of options.
    yt-dlp --update will get you the very latest version. (Must be root).

    Best regards,
    Fred

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  • From Curt@21:1/5 to Andy Smith on Thu Apr 25 15:10:01 2024
    On 2024-04-24, Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
    Hello,

    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 11:26:09PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
    I wonder how many people would be happy using Debian Linux, if it was not
    updated for 28 months?

    It definitely sounds like you should ask those youtube-dl people for
    a refund, and maybe some service credit for all the distress this
    matter has caused you.

    He may also be able to sue for emotional distress in some jurisdictions.

    Thanks,
    Andy



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  • From Curt@21:1/5 to Lee on Fri Apr 26 17:40:01 2024
    On 2024-04-26, Lee <ler762@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 12:43 PM Curt wrote:

    On 2024-04-24, David Wright wrote:

    My experience was similar to Bret's, only I'd long got used to not
    just taking Debian's proferred version, but checking whether there
    was a newer version somewhere around. It was in February 2023 when

    I had to use it once for a friend of my wife. I downloaded the
    github version (as it keeps abreast of the frequent breakages, and I
    lack the moral rigor of our numerous purists).

    I should probably switch to using the Debian package; I lack the moral
    rigor to keep it updated :(

    $ which youtube-dl
    /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

    $ youtube-dl --version
    2021.12.17

    $ which yt-dlp
    /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

    $ yt-dlp --version
    2023.03.04

    Regards,
    Lee

    I'm really not a very technical personal at heart, but what I found at
    once slightly disturbing and mildly surprising was the lack of
    understanding of how the whole shebang works for a majority of my contemporaries. I mean, my wife went to the url of the youtube video, downloaded *that* from her browser, and then expressed a certain
    confusion that what she had downloaded onto her hard drive was not the
    video itself, but something else entirely.

    There was no use trying to explain to her anything at all; she only
    wanted the video for her friend, and if I could get it for her, that was
    the full extent of her desire. She wasn't interested in understanding
    how it "works" fundamentally. Her attitude was and is: you're interested
    in that sort of thing, but I'm not and am not going waste my time with
    whatever it is.

    There are many intelligent people floating around the world with similar attributes. What can you do for them but what you can do for them?

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  • From Markos@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 28 05:00:01 2024
    This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
    Hi Holloway,

    Thanks for the suggestion of yt-dlp.

    Best Regards,

    Markos

    Em 24/04/2024 00:11, (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho escreveu:
    On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 10:23 AM Markos <markos@c2o.pro.br> wrote:

    Dear

    The site https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

    is blocked?


    Nope. All clear from Malaysia.


    Is there any other alternative to download videos from Youtube in
    Linux
    command line?


    GitHub directly - https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.04.09

    yt-dlp is a currently maintained version via forking compared to ytdl.


    Regards,
    Holloway
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    </head>
    <body>
    <p>Hi Holloway,</p>
    <p>Thanks for the suggestion of yt-dlp.</p>
    <p>Best Regards,</p>
    <p>Markos<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Em 24/04/2024 00:11, (Holloway) Chew,
    Kean Ho escreveu:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CA+gMoNU5BTZ_3tYn2JHVvDXXfEeEn-SkcGc+C5CuzvyhzrYCLg@mail.gmail.com">
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    <div dir="ltr">
    <div class="gmail_quote">
    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at
    10:23 AM Markos &lt;<a href="mailto:markos@c2o.pro.br"
    moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">markos@c2o.pro.br</a>&gt;
    wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
    0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
    rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear<br>
    <br>
    The site <a
    href="https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html"
    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html</a><br>
    <br>
    is blocked?<br>
    </blockquote>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div class="gmail_default"
    style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Nope. All clear from
    Malaysia.</div>
    <br>
    </div>
    <div> </div>
    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
    0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
    rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
    <br>
    Is there any other alternative to download videos from
    Youtube in Linux <br>
    command line?<br>
    </blockquote>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div class="gmail_default"
    style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">GitHub directly - <a href="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.04.09"
    moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2024.04.09</a></div>
    <br>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div class="gmail_default"
    style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">yt-dlp is a currently
    maintained version via forking compared to ytdl.</div>
    <br>
    </div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div class="gmail_default"
    style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Regards,</div>
    <div class="gmail_default"
    style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Holloway</div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </blockquote>
    </body>
    </html>

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