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See also the awesome youtube-dl script: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ - especially useful for videos you plan to watch mor

by duozerk 10y ago

See also the awesome youtube-dl script: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ - especially useful for videos you plan to watch more than once. It also handles far more than just youtube, despite the name.

vortico 10y ago
And for even more video services with an emphasis on live and one-time streams, see http://docs.livestreamer.io/ http://docs.livestreamer.io/
- deleted 10y ago
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- d8421l01vv4r 10y ago
  Livestreamer is discontinued. I suggest people try https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink
ams6110 10y ago
Does youtube-dl get the ad-free videos for YouTube Red subscribers?
- duozerk 10y ago
  I have never seen any ad on youtube; are they really integrated into the video itself ? from the fact that I never saw any either in the browser (with ublock origin) or through youtube-dl, I kinda just assumed they were distinct videos played by the JS player beforehand - and thus easy to bypass - and not an integral part of the main video file. Anyway, to answer your question: youtube-dl can perform the page fetching and the download in the context of an authenticated user (for example for age-limited videos), so I assume that any advantages associated with a youtube account would most likely work with it.
  - ams6110 10y ago
    I think in at least some cases they are integrated, because I use ublock origin as well and I did see at least some ads before I got YouTube Red. I could be wrong but that's my impression.
    - duozerk 10y ago
      Hmm, you could well be right and I simply didn't watch the right videos.
- Sylos 10y ago
  It just doesn't download the ad at all. You can specifically tell it to try to download the ad, but just don't do that and you get ad-free, no matter if you have YouTube Red or not.

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