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Comments like this in here seem out of place. We're a community of hackers. Just read the source and figure out how it downloads the videos. Next time YT change
by elorant 6y ago
Comments like this in here seem out of place. We're a community of hackers. Just read the source and figure out how it downloads the videos. Next time YT changes something it'd probably be some query string in the url. It's not rocket science to download stuff from video sites.
- pmoriarty 6y agoNot only do you have to figure out the URLs from the source, but you have to assemble all the parts. Youtube's website changes all the time, too, so you'll have to constantly re-read the source and adapt your downloader to it (essentially what youtube-dl does). It may not be rocket science, but it's not trivial either, and not every developer on HN is a web developer or has any interest (or time) to become one.