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Enjoy the tiny hole in your wallet? Weird flex. I enjoy the same benefits using uBlock origin and yt-dl. And it didn't take any tinfoil :)

by bavell 3y ago

dxxvi 3y ago
Thank you for reminding me that yt-dlp also works with youtube music (didn't think of that). I just tried to list all the available formats of a song there: ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH │ FILESIZE TBR PROTO │ VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 233 mp4 audio only │ m3u8 │ audio only unknown Default 234 mp4 audio only │ m3u8 │ audio only unknown Default 599 m4a audio only 2 │ 1.05MiB 31k https │ audio only mp4a.40.5 31k 22k ultralow, m4a_dash 600 webm audio only 2 │ 1.27MiB 37k https │ audio only opus 37k 48k ultralow, webm_dash 139 m4a audio only 2 │ 1.67MiB 49k https │ audio only mp4a.40.5 49k 22k low, m4a_dash 249 webm audio only 2 │ 1.86MiB 55k https │ audio only opus 55k 48k low, webm_dash 250 webm audio only 2 │ 2.44MiB 71k https │ audio only opus 71k 48k low, webm_dash 140 m4a audio only 2 │ 4.42MiB 130k https │ audio only mp4a.40.2 130k 44k medium, m4a_dash 251 webm audio only 2 │ 4.71MiB 138k https │ audio only opus 138k 48k medium, webm_dash Hm ... no mp3 (my car accepts mp3 only) and the bit rate is not very high. Is youtube music that bad?
- iggldiggl 3y ago
  > no mp3 (my car accepts mp3 only) Both AAC and Opus fix some of MP3's inherent design problems (like imperfect handling of short sharp transients no matter how much bitrate you throw at it), so the only reason to continue using MP3 is for compatibility with old devices. Since downloads aren't an official part of Youtube's offering, they don't have to care about old offline-only hardware players only supporting MP3, either and anything that's modern enough to still support either a Youtube app or the website will also support either AAC or Opus. > the bit rate is not very high There's also a high bitrate available, but only for subscribers.
elif 3y ago
Tell me, do you casually click 15-20 videos on your phone while You're taxing before takeoff to be entertained for the whole flight? Do you use a media player that lets you turn off the screen but continue to listen to your just released yt podcast while you work out? Do you watch live feeds on your phone without ads? Or do you run a yt-dl scripts from the CL 3-4 times per year to farm w comments?
- bavell 3y ago
  I use NewPipe for all of those use cases. No ads, playback while screen is off, queue up and download videos, watch live streams, etc. Sorry, was that supposed to be a gotcha?

Enjoy the tiny hole in your wallet? Weird flex. I enjoy the same benefits using uBlock origin and yt-dl. And it didn't take any tinfoil :)

by bavell 3y ago

Enjoy the tiny hole in your wallet? Weird flex. I enjoy the same benefits using uBlock origin and yt-dl. And it didn't take any tinfoil :)

dxxvi 3y ago

Thank you for reminding me that yt-dlp also works with youtube music (didn't think of that). I just tried to list all the available formats of a song there: ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH │ FILESIZE TBR PROTO │ VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 233 mp4 audio only │ m3u8 │ audio only unknown Default 234 mp4 audio only │ m3u8 │ audio only unknown Default 599 m4a audio only 2 │ 1.05MiB 31k https │ audio only mp4a.40.5 31k 22k ultralow, m4a_dash 600 webm audio only 2 │ 1.27MiB 37k https │ audio only opus 37k 48k ultralow, webm_dash 139 m4a audio only 2 │ 1.67MiB 49k https │ audio only mp4a.40.5 49k 22k low, m4a_dash 249 webm audio only 2 │ 1.86MiB 55k https │ audio only opus 55k 48k low, webm_dash 250 webm audio only 2 │ 2.44MiB 71k https │ audio only opus 71k 48k low, webm_dash 140 m4a audio only 2 │ 4.42MiB 130k https │ audio only mp4a.40.2 130k 44k medium, m4a_dash 251 webm audio only 2 │ 4.71MiB 138k https │ audio only opus 138k 48k medium, webm_dash Hm ... no mp3 (my car accepts mp3 only) and the bit rate is not very high. Is youtube music that bad?

iggldiggl 3y ago
> no mp3 (my car accepts mp3 only) Both AAC and Opus fix some of MP3's inherent design problems (like imperfect handling of short sharp transients no matter how much bitrate you throw at it), so the only reason to continue using MP3 is for compatibility with old devices. Since downloads aren't an official part of Youtube's offering, they don't have to care about old offline-only hardware players only supporting MP3, either and anything that's modern enough to still support either a Youtube app or the website will also support either AAC or Opus. > the bit rate is not very high There's also a high bitrate available, but only for subscribers.

elif 3y ago

Tell me, do you casually click 15-20 videos on your phone while You're taxing before takeoff to be entertained for the whole flight? Do you use a media player that lets you turn off the screen but continue to listen to your just released yt podcast while you work out? Do you watch live feeds on your phone without ads? Or do you run a yt-dl scripts from the CL 3-4 times per year to farm w comments?

bavell 3y ago
I use NewPipe for all of those use cases. No ads, playback while screen is off, queue up and download videos, watch live streams, etc. Sorry, was that supposed to be a gotcha?