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It does fix it. I switched to `yt-dlp` months ago and never had a problem with throttled downloads anymore. Little later I also discovered I could use `yt-dlp`
by pdimitar 5y ago
It does fix it. I switched to `yt-dlp` months ago and never had a problem with throttled downloads anymore.
Little later I also discovered I could use `yt-dlp` together with the `aria2c` downloader and now I am never going below 15 MB/s when downloading.
- gaws 5y agoHow did you set this up?
- pdimitar 5y agoMade a config file at the same location where `youtube-dl` stores its. ~/.config/youtube-dl/config.yt-dlp: --restrict-filenames --output '%(title)s.%(ext)s' --ignore-errors --embed-subs --all-subs --format 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best' --embed-thumbnail --audio-quality 0 --add-metadata --xattrs --xattr-set-filesize --prefer-free-formats --geo-bypass --no-mark-watched --console-title --no-warnings --downloader aria2c --downloader-args '-j 16 -s 16 -x 16 -k 1M' Only the last 2 lines are pertinent here but I am including my entire config because it serves me very well. And my ~/.zshrc alias: alias ytdl="yt-dlp --config-location ~/.config/youtube-dl/config.yt-dlp"
- gaws 5y agoThank you.
- NylaTheWolf 5y agoyt-dlp is absolutely fantastic. It has all sorts of neat features and fixes too, like better support for bigger playlists and even SponsorBlock integration. Also they were super helpful whenever I had an issue and even added fixes or features after I opened them!