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youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from youtube.com and and about 150 other websites.

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Error downloading youtube-dlp: SSL handshake failed

After i upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04. i am receiving this error while downloading ClipGrab "Error downloading youtube-dlp: SSL handshake failed" ssl youtube-dl Zaeem Ali

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asked May 29 at 1:20 0 votes 0 answers 134 views

yt-dlp Permission denied error

Because of slow speed on youtube-dl and after reading this discussion I am trying to use yt-dlp (current version : 2021.12.27). But when I run yt-dlp I am getting error. ... command-line permissions youtube youtube-dl Abhishek Kamal

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asked May 20 at 9:51 0 votes 0 answers 87 views

Syntax Error on accessing JSON data in QML data from python youtube_dl

I have a simple youtube_dl function to access the youtube download links here, @QtCore.Slot(str, result=str) def getDownloadLinks(self, url): try: with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL({}) as ydl: ... python qt qml youtube-dl pyside Abdullah AL Shohag

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asked Mar 3 at 20:20 1 vote 0 answers 759 views

What is the youtube-dl best format?

I'm downloading a video with youtube-dl and trying to get the best possible sound quality. Youtube-dl has an option --audio-quality best that is supposed to achieve that. As I would expect, that doesn'... sound youtube-dl audacity Paul A.

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asked Jan 4 at 21:56 7 votes 1 answer 1k views

After installing youtube-dl on Ubuntu 21.10 with the instructions on github many applications, including default text editor, broke

A new user here, running ubuntu on version 21.10 impish. I was installing youtube-dl with the instructions on the github page (): $ sudo curl -L ... symbolic-link chmod paths curl youtube-dl Tomptp

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asked Dec 25, 2021 at 1:59 3 votes 2 answers 534 views

youtube-dl appears dead - what can I use to download videos?

Judging by the huge number of unresolved issues plus zero activity or communication from the project maintainers, the youtube-dl project appears to be dead and many of the project's contributors have ... youtube-dl alternative Paul

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asked Dec 16, 2021 at 15:26 5 votes 3 answers 4k views

No longer able to download YouTube using youtube-dl. How do I fix this problem?

When I run youtube-dl, I get the message below (it's very long). What is the problem and how do I fix this? It tells me to update youtube-dl but I am running it in terminal using the youtube-dl ... youtube youtube-dl Allan

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asked Dec 15, 2021 at 11:07 5 votes 2 answers 5k views

About youtube-dl and yt-dlp

It seems that youtube-dl is dead in the water since June 6, 2021 and it has reached a point where it cannot handle YouTube's downloading speed throttling at all. Does anyone know what has happened or ... youtube-dl Stormlord

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asked Oct 13, 2021 at 8:47 2 votes 1 answer 292 views

How do I get rid of youtube-dl?

It looks like youtube-dl is permanently stuck on my system. Months back I installed it (I don't know how). But now I'm desperately trying to uninstall it. All the uninstall commands say that it's not ... apt package-management dpkg youtube youtube-dl Vin Raghav

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asked Aug 30, 2021 at 16:04 0 votes 1 answer 87 views

cannot remove youtube-dl

I was trying to uninstall youtube-dl, but I got stuck. I'm using sudo apt-get remove youtube-dl but it still present in my distro and can run. This I get from terminal youtube-dl/hirsute,hirsute 2021.... youtube-dl MOHAMAD FAIRUN BIN RAMLY

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asked Aug 26, 2021 at 23:54 1 vote 0 answers 89 views

How do I add playlist index to an already downloaded youtube playlist done without the indexes originally?

I used to download youtube playlists using youtube-dl with the command youtube-dl -f bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/best[height<=?720] -o '%(... scripts downloads youtube youtube-dl himanshuxd

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asked Aug 12, 2021 at 12:08 0 votes 0 answers 40 views

Can you include logic in youtube-dl's --output parameter?

For youtube-dl, I have a script that has an --output value that looks like: "%(uploader)s/%(playlist_title)s/%(upload_date)s - %(title)s/%(upload_date)s - %(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s" ... bash youtube-dl jacroe

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asked Jul 31, 2021 at 4:56 0 votes 0 answers 678 views

Youtube-dl download speed

My script backs up certain video channels. Mostly the download speed is fine... but sometimes a video gets downloaded very slowly... and I have the option of either waiting for many hours until the ... youtube-dl download-speed user1366177

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asked Jul 15, 2021 at 2:20 1 vote 1 answer 123 views

youtube-dl Downloading channel page #number => how to skip old pages?

I live off grid, no internet access. Once in a while I go to the library and run my scripts, which backs up video channels (youtube, bitchute, rumble, ...) I lose a lot of time with large channels... ... youtube-dl user1366177

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asked Jul 15, 2021 at 1:39 0 votes 2 answers 111 views

Ubuntu 20.04 ClipGrab hangs when loading information about the video

I'm having issues with ClipGrab getting stuck on "Please wait while ClipGrab is loading information about the video ..." every time I try to download a video. I installed clipgrab from ... software-installation python video youtube-dl Pachuca

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asked Jun 21, 2021 at 14:01
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