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I found this neat project that adds a GUI to YouTube-dl. It looks like an easy program for non-technical people to use. https://github.com/MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl

I found this neat project that adds a GUI to YouTube-dl. It looks like an easy program for non-technical people to use. https://github.com/MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui https://github.com/MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui

masklinn 10y ago
guycook's lament is about the findability of the project for laypeople, not about its interface. The interface is not an issue when laypeople can't find the project in the first place.
- Houshalter 10y ago
  Well the reason it has a bad ranking is because it isn't accessible to lay people. People might click the link and say "how do I install pip? Whats a PATH variable?" (or even "What's a command line?") and click back to the search page. Google counts that as a vote against that site, hence the bad ranking.
  - giancarlostoro 10y ago
    I never knew this occurred, how do they do this if I open links in a new tab? Maybe if the website uses Google Analytics they might take this into account, but if they didn't have any other software from Google? I'm quite intrigued. Thanks for that post!
    - Houshalter 10y ago
      I think just clicking the link and then clicking a different link counts against the first link. It probably doesn't matter if you actually use the back button or not. I don't know how they account for people clicking multiple links in new tabs. My guess is they reorder links sometimes so that users that click multiple links cancel each other out. They just try to maximize the probability you will click on a link and not come back to the search page.
      - throwaway7767 10y ago
        Do you have any reference to confirm that google does this? I really doubt it would be a useful heuristic, as just because someone opens another search result does not mean the first one was not valuable. Not saying they don't, but it seems unlikely and I'd be curious to know if this can be confirmed.
        simula67 10y ago
        When Marissa Mayer was working on Google User Experience she mentioned that Google did this : https://youtu.be/LT1UFZSbcxE?t=3462 https://youtu.be/LT1UFZSbcxE?t=3462
      - tokenizerrr 10y ago
        Well, I guess I cause a LOT of bad rankings for sites. I tend to just open a lot of results in different tabs, then go through them one by one.
        panglott 10y ago
        Me too, but I don't click on links that look obviously bad. I open the half-dozen or so most promising links.
        Grishnakh 10y ago
        Yeah, me too. My typical pattern when doing a search is to quickly middle-click the first three or four promising-looking results and look through those, and if that wasn't enough, go back for more.
        vxNsr 10y ago
        I generally do the same thing, rarely do I get a hit with the first link.
      - dangoldin 10y ago
        They might also look at the timestamp between the clicks. If they're all together they might realize it's just someone opening multiple tabs at once. If they're a few minutes apart that may mean something else.
ekianjo 10y ago
You dont need a gui at all gor youtube-dl. Its sufficiently explicit.
jccalhoun 10y ago
another good gui is this web-based one: http://www.alltubedownload.net/ http://www.alltubedownload.net/
- mti27 10y ago
  The pafy python add-in library is good too, although it is command-line it's really easy and well-documented. http://pythonhosted.org/Pafy/ http://pythonhosted.org/Pafy/
johnchristopher 10y ago
Oh, nice find ! There's even a windows version. edit: with an installer ! And the application updates youtube-dl to the last version. Very nice.
elzi 10y ago
I had to resolve a dependency before the installation worked (wxPython) on OSX. Worked via `brew install wxpython`

masklinn 10y ago

guycook's lament is about the findability of the project for laypeople, not about its interface. The interface is not an issue when laypeople can't find the project in the first place.

Houshalter 10y ago
Well the reason it has a bad ranking is because it isn't accessible to lay people. People might click the link and say "how do I install pip? Whats a PATH variable?" (or even "What's a command line?") and click back to the search page. Google counts that as a vote against that site, hence the bad ranking.
- giancarlostoro 10y ago
  I never knew this occurred, how do they do this if I open links in a new tab? Maybe if the website uses Google Analytics they might take this into account, but if they didn't have any other software from Google? I'm quite intrigued. Thanks for that post!
  - Houshalter 10y ago
    I think just clicking the link and then clicking a different link counts against the first link. It probably doesn't matter if you actually use the back button or not. I don't know how they account for people clicking multiple links in new tabs. My guess is they reorder links sometimes so that users that click multiple links cancel each other out. They just try to maximize the probability you will click on a link and not come back to the search page.
    - throwaway7767 10y ago
      Do you have any reference to confirm that google does this? I really doubt it would be a useful heuristic, as just because someone opens another search result does not mean the first one was not valuable. Not saying they don't, but it seems unlikely and I'd be curious to know if this can be confirmed.
      - simula67 10y ago
        When Marissa Mayer was working on Google User Experience she mentioned that Google did this : https://youtu.be/LT1UFZSbcxE?t=3462 https://youtu.be/LT1UFZSbcxE?t=3462
    - tokenizerrr 10y ago
      Well, I guess I cause a LOT of bad rankings for sites. I tend to just open a lot of results in different tabs, then go through them one by one.
      - panglott 10y ago
        Me too, but I don't click on links that look obviously bad. I open the half-dozen or so most promising links.
      - Grishnakh 10y ago
        Yeah, me too. My typical pattern when doing a search is to quickly middle-click the first three or four promising-looking results and look through those, and if that wasn't enough, go back for more.
        vxNsr 10y ago
        I generally do the same thing, rarely do I get a hit with the first link.
    - dangoldin 10y ago
      They might also look at the timestamp between the clicks. If they're all together they might realize it's just someone opening multiple tabs at once. If they're a few minutes apart that may mean something else.

ekianjo 10y ago

You dont need a gui at all gor youtube-dl. Its sufficiently explicit.

jccalhoun 10y ago

another good gui is this web-based one: http://www.alltubedownload.net/ http://www.alltubedownload.net/

mti27 10y ago
The pafy python add-in library is good too, although it is command-line it's really easy and well-documented. http://pythonhosted.org/Pafy/ http://pythonhosted.org/Pafy/

johnchristopher 10y ago

Oh, nice find ! There's even a windows version. edit: with an installer ! And the application updates youtube-dl to the last version. Very nice.

elzi 10y ago

I had to resolve a dependency before the installation worked (wxPython) on OSX. Worked via `brew install wxpython`