Comment summary: youtube-dl is praised for its versatility and effectiveness, allowing downloads from multiple media sites, including video and audio extraction, with extensive customization options. Users appreciate its simplicity and open-source nature. While command-line interface poses a challenge for some non-technical users, others value its lightweight operation. The program also supports subtitles and handles formats well. Occasional update issues due to changes in video platforms were noted, and a GUI like YouTube-DLG can enhance its accessibility.
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hathas
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simple but efficient commandline tool. I used it to download complete playlists of videos from Youtube with there original subtitles.
Top Negative Comment
ab1
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youtube-dl can be slow with some versions!
I confirm 50 KiB/s speeds with version 2021年12月17日 (latest release on GitHub) right now with googlevideo.com. Read these topics for more examples:
The fact that it's free and open source is reason enough to use it.
Thomas Bodine
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I liked youtube-dl. I used it in 2013-2015, it seemed to stop working. Today (2022) I downloaded it, and it seems to work again,yeah! I use it to cache movies that are slow to download so I can watch them later with out waiting for buffering.
Guest
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Because it is simple
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Must have apps for running your own personal media.
Updates:
May 20th, 2022: Replaced Mylar with Mylar3. Removed Cardigan due to discontinuation of development.
May 17th, 2022: Removed CouchPotato since it has been officially discontinued and the github repo archived by the author. Added "Readarr" and "Requestrr" to media management and request management.
May 16th, 2022: Added additional apps to the Honorable Mentions section.
March 27, 2019: Added MediaElch for metadata editing, TagScanner for audio file metadata editing, and Emby as an alternative to Plex.
December 3, 2018: Added Soundiiz for online music service playlist synchronization.
July 30, 2018: Added Mylar and Ombi.
July 28, 2018: Added Honorable Mentions section with other noteworthy media apps.
July 11, 2018: Added cTiVo as a media downloader.
June 18, 2018: Added a section for Search and Indexer utilities, which may utilized by the various Media Managers also listed below.
We sometimes had no idea what to install / what programs to have, and while this list may cover some programs that may be useless to some people, I hope you find it useful anyway.
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What is youtube-dl?
youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube icon YouTube and more than 1000 sites. It requires the Python interpreter and is therefore platform-independent.
It augmentable with front-ends such as Youtube-DLG icon Youtube-DLG. It can be integrated in other programs and so be used to watch online videos in local applications such as MPV icon MPV.
The GitHub repository was shut down in October 2020. It was restored the following November. Meanwhile, youtube-dl was forked to youtube-dlc (a.k.a yt-dlc) during this time. The development of youtube-dlc was soon discontinued. But further youtube-dlc forked to yt-dlp icon yt-dlp.
The development of youtube-dl began in 2006 by rg3. rg3 withdrew in 2011 and the lead developer has changed.
Comments and Reviews
simple but efficient commandline tool. I used it to download complete playlists of videos from Youtube with there original subtitles.
youtube-dl can be slow with some versions!
I confirm 50 KiB/s speeds with version 2021年12月17日 (latest release on GitHub) right now with googlevideo.com. Read these topics for more examples:
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/30184 https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30102
youtube-dl is a command-line program –– can anyone recommend a graphical program for downloading videos?
https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
The fact that it's free and open source is reason enough to use it.
I liked youtube-dl. I used it in 2013-2015, it seemed to stop working. Today (2022) I downloaded it, and it seems to work again,yeah! I use it to cache movies that are slow to download so I can watch them later with out waiting for buffering.
Because it is simple
there are lots of features