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Not OP, but I personally use youtube-dl to retrieve videos on a remote server accessed via ssh, which then get downloaded slowly over a low bandwidth link for o
by pengaru 6y ago
Not OP, but I personally use youtube-dl to retrieve videos on a remote server accessed via ssh, which then get downloaded slowly over a low bandwidth link for offline viewing at a later time. They may or may not get reencoded using the ffmpeg integration before retrieving as well.
YouTube's web interface is basically useless for me on a slow link, not to mention it's incredibly obnoxious with all its recommendations and other unmanagable propaganda delivery.
Youtube-dl's ability to retrieve titles and descriptions without showing me anything else and before retrieving any video content alone make youtube's opaque hashed URLs usable for me.
- _whiteCaps_ 6y ago> YouTube's web interface is basically useless for me on a slow link I've never used youtube-dl. How do you find the videos to download?
- pengaru 6y agoYoutube links are shared everywhere, including here on HN. I also have a small collection of youtube channels bookmarked at their /videos URL, which at least doesn't try play any video and just gives a grid of thumbnails. Occasionally I'll visit those to discover new videos from the creators I'm interested in. This already consumes more time watching youtube content than I care to admit.
- kzrdude 6y agoYou could look into newpipe, an alternate youtube player for Android. Or look at RSS feeds for the channels you want to follow.