Re: youtube video downloader for chrome
On Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 14:24:08 (-0700), Fred wrote:
> On 03/21/2019 11:57 AM, David Wright wrote:
> > On Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 10:17:11 (-0700), Fred wrote:
> > > On 03/21/2019 08:41 AM, David Wright wrote:
> > > > On Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 15:38:41 (+0100), Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, Celejar wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:34:42 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2019, riveravaldez wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Maybe worth mentioning: youtube-dl, exceptionally useful and simple CLI tool.
> > > > > > > useful and simple... but it works only for urls with alphanumeric characters
> > > > > > > I tried with an url containing ? and &, and I got nothing
> > > > > > > I tried also by escaping ? and & with \, and it was not better.
> > > > > > > I'll send you an example later, if you are not convinced...
> > > > > > You can also try putting the url(s) in a file, and feeding the file to
> > > > > > youtube-dl via its -a option.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Celejar
> > > > > >
> > > > > At last, I fixed everything just by loadind the last version of youtube-dl from the
> > > > > yt-dl site
> > > > > wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
> > > > >
> > > > > after that, I can do either
> > > > > youtube-dl --no-playlist 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQd1IOyhKS4&list=RDEMlHFFKeq-aYlBhg-LtJ-SHw&start_radio=1'
> > > > > or
> > > > > youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQd1IOyhKS4 both give
> > > > > exactly the same result.
> > > > >
> > > > > My question is why the Debian version so obsolte ans uneliable?
> > > > The latest version on the website is three days old. The version I
> > > > installed from backports on Jan 28 was 11 days old.
> > > >
> > > > You have to understand that sites like youtube and the BBC can
> > > > obsolete youtube-dl and get_iplayer overnight, and they do.
> > > > Then some clever people come up with a fix and release a new
> > > > version, and I heave a big sigh of relief and thanks. (Most
> > > > BBC programmes expire after four weeks, and I'm usually two or
> > > > three weeks behind, so a quick fix is vital.)
> > > >
> > > > Debian mainstream doesn't work to that timetable, so you should
> > > > check out the backports, where those sorts of package appear.
> > > > Fortunately, get_iplayer is a single Perl script so I just
> > > > download it from its site and put it in ~/bin, as you can see
> > > > from my examples.
> > > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I think you would be better off with:
> > >
> > > youtube-dl --update
> > a) Why?
> >
> > b) How?
> >
> > $ youtube-dl --update
> > Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
> >
> > youtube-dl: error: youtube-dl's self-update mechanism is disabled on Debian.
> > Please update youtube-dl using apt(8).
> > See https://packages.debian.org/sid/youtube-dl for the latest packaged version.
> >
> > $
> >
> > > also:
> > >
> > > youtube-dl --help
> > >
> > > will show all the options.
> > … and, of course, --update is missing.
> >
> > But which of these options did you mean to draw my attention to?
> Well, it would appear that I did not use the downlevel version from
> the Debian repository. If you install from the youtube-dl website and
> then use the --update command you can be sure of having the latest
> version.
Yes, the very latest. But with backports I get something that's
almost invariably up-to-date enough, and I don't have to check
for upgrades—they just appear, like mainstream updates.
Cheers,
David.
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