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youtube-dl gets updated very frequently and the version that comes with your distribution (ie, ubuntu) usually is out of date and doesn't work often on most sit
by pavs 12y ago
youtube-dl gets updated very frequently and the version that comes with your distribution (ie, ubuntu) usually is out of date and doesn't work often on most sites. So its better to download from the source and update it using "youtube-dl -U"
- JoshTriplett 12y agoThat's true for the version in Debian stable as well. The package in unstable tends to pick up upstream updates pretty quickly, though, especially when they're needed to fix site support.