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Using youtube-dl circumvents both the personal data and the marketing. Just convert to audio with ffmpeg, and then you can listen on your own devices with a nor
by snazz 8y ago
Using youtube-dl circumvents both the personal data and the marketing. Just convert to audio with ffmpeg, and then you can listen on your own devices with a normal music player.
- Retr0spectrum 8y agoYou can use youtube-dl to download just the audio stream directly, no need to remux with ffmpeg.
- criddell 8y agoAre you happy with the audio quality with streams ripped from YouTube? I'm guessing it's been compressed more than once and that can't be good.
- snazz 8y agoUsing the flag shown at https://askubuntu.com/questions/423508/can-i-directly-download-audio-using-youtube-dl https://askubuntu.com/questions/423508/can-i-directly-downlo..., you can see all of the different stream qualities available (both audio and video). Some videos (particularly official music videos) have pretty good audio, while amateur videos, remixes, and parodies usually don’t sound as good.
- jasonjayr 8y agoIt's just as good as taping music off the radio...
- Retr0spectrum 8y agoAssuming the file uploaded to youtube was high enough quality, what you get from youtube-dl has only been compressed once.
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