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For me Vevo meant that the video would probably not play in my country and when it did, I wouldn't be able to play it with mpv and youtube-dl.
by hiccuphippo 8y ago
For me Vevo meant that the video would probably not play in my country and when it did, I wouldn't be able to play it with mpv and youtube-dl.
- exikyut 8y agoCan you clarify what you mean by this? I have never heard of any YouTube video (mp4/webm) having DRM in it.
- fragmede 8y agoGeoIP-based blocking, plus some techniques to detect VPN users, end up being fairly (but not 100%) effective at detecting foreign users. There's no need for DRM in the video file if you prevent most people from accessing it in the first place.
- exikyut 8y ago:( Okay, what about this: try youtube-dl on the infinitely-free 600M RAM instance you get in GCE. Upload bandwidth (what you'll use to d/l video from instance) is 1GB/mo max, but outbound to Google services is free, so transfer the videos out through gdrive.