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Re:Use Maps in Lite mode by duozerk on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @08:49AM (#13309078)
See also the awesome youtube-dl script: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ - especially useful for videos you plan to watch more than once. It also handles far more than just youtube, despite the name.
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Re:Use Maps in Lite mode by vortico on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @08:53AM (#13309114)
And for even more video services with an emphasis on live and one-time streams, see http://docs.livestreamer.io/
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Re:Use Maps in Lite mode by d8421l01vv4r on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:45AM (#13309425)
Livestreamer is discontinued. I suggest people try https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink
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Re:Use Maps in Lite mode by ams6110 on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:13AM (#13309220)
Does youtube-dl get the ad-free videos for YouTube Red subscribers?
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Re:Use Maps in Lite mode by duozerk on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:17AM (#13309243)
I have never seen any ad on youtube; are they really integrated into the video itself ? from the fact that I never saw any either in the browser (with ublock origin) or through youtube-dl, I kinda just assumed they were distinct videos played by the JS player beforehand - and thus easy to bypass - and not an integral part of the main video file.

Anyway, to answer your question: youtube-dl can perform the page fetching and the download in the context of an authenticated user (for example for age-limited videos), so I assume that any advantages associated with a youtube account would most likely work with it.

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Re:Use Maps in Lite mode by ams6110 on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:26AM (#13309303)
I think in at least some cases they are integrated, because I use ublock origin as well and I did see at least some ads before I got YouTube Red. I could be wrong but that's my impression.
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Re:Use Maps in Lite mode by duozerk on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:29AM (#13309317)
Hmm, you could well be right and I simply didn't watch the right videos.
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Re:Use Maps in Lite mode by Sylos on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:12AM (#13310081)
It just doesn't download the ad at all. You can specifically tell it to try to download the ad, but just don't do that and you get ad-free, no matter if you have YouTube Red or not.
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