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YouTube-dl has been taken down

11 points by Steven420 3y ago

Just got this message when trying to download youtube-dl: Access denied Due to a ruling of the Hamburg Regional Court, access to this website is blocked. Zugriff gesperrt Aufgrund eines Urteils des Landgerichts Hamburg ist der Zugriff auf diese Website gesperrt.

Steven420 3y ago
Unfortunately I had just downloaded youtube-dl but to the wrong directory and in hindsight stupidly decided to delete it and re-download...
- yorwba 3y ago
  So get https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp instead?
hnarn 3y ago
The fact that you are blocked from visiting a website does not mean that it has been “taken down”. I don’t know exactly what the domain you’re trying to access is but most likely this block is at a DNS level, so just stop using the DNS server provided by your ISP (which there is no reason to do anyway) and use something like https://www.dns0.eu/ https://www.dns0.eu/ or one of the many other alternatives instead. Also, in my opinion, yt-dlp is better.
Night_Thastus 3y ago
Good thing youtube-dlp exists!
ipaddr 3y ago
https://source.netsyms.com/Mirrors/youtube-dl https://source.netsyms.com/Mirrors/youtube-dl Mirrors?
phoe-krk 3y ago
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl works just fine for me and so does http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/. What's your DNS?
- Steven420 3y ago
  The official website is what was taken down
  - phoe-krk 3y ago
    What is the address of the official website?
    - Steven420 3y ago
      Yt-dl.org
      - phoe-krk 3y ago
        I see. According to the Web Archive, this website stopped working all the way in November 2023, and http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ now contains all the same content as the old one and is the new "official" website.
on_the_train 3y ago
The infamous court strikes yet again. They must get so much money
r0ckarong 3y ago
Next time this happens just type "<thing you wanted> mirror" into your search engine. Usually that will give you some more options. Geoblocking tools is not going to stop unfortunately.
- hnarn 3y ago
  Or, you know, maybe don’t use DNS servers that break the Internet, and maybe don’t rely on “mirrors” that you have no idea who is operating them.
  - r0ckarong 3y ago
    [flagged]
TypicalHog 3y ago
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp is the way to go.
postepowanieadm 3y ago
Ahh, Germany.
deleted 3y ago
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emjoes1 3y ago
Why would anyone use an online service for this anyways. Why not just use VLC?

11 points by Steven420 3y ago

Steven420 3y ago

Unfortunately I had just downloaded youtube-dl but to the wrong directory and in hindsight stupidly decided to delete it and re-download...

yorwba 3y ago
So get https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp instead?

hnarn 3y ago

The fact that you are blocked from visiting a website does not mean that it has been “taken down”. I don’t know exactly what the domain you’re trying to access is but most likely this block is at a DNS level, so just stop using the DNS server provided by your ISP (which there is no reason to do anyway) and use something like https://www.dns0.eu/ https://www.dns0.eu/ or one of the many other alternatives instead. Also, in my opinion, yt-dlp is better.

Night_Thastus 3y ago

Good thing youtube-dlp exists!

ipaddr 3y ago

https://source.netsyms.com/Mirrors/youtube-dl https://source.netsyms.com/Mirrors/youtube-dl Mirrors?

phoe-krk 3y ago

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl works just fine for me and so does http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/. What's your DNS?

Steven420 3y ago
The official website is what was taken down
- phoe-krk 3y ago
  What is the address of the official website?
  - Steven420 3y ago
    Yt-dl.org
    - phoe-krk 3y ago
      I see. According to the Web Archive, this website stopped working all the way in November 2023, and http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ now contains all the same content as the old one and is the new "official" website.

on_the_train 3y ago

The infamous court strikes yet again. They must get so much money

r0ckarong 3y ago

Next time this happens just type "<thing you wanted> mirror" into your search engine. Usually that will give you some more options. Geoblocking tools is not going to stop unfortunately.

hnarn 3y ago
Or, you know, maybe don’t use DNS servers that break the Internet, and maybe don’t rely on “mirrors” that you have no idea who is operating them.
- r0ckarong 3y ago
  [flagged]

TypicalHog 3y ago

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp is the way to go.

postepowanieadm 3y ago

Ahh, Germany.

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emjoes1 3y ago

Why would anyone use an online service for this anyways. Why not just use VLC?