Re:Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video...
by gruez on Saturday September 12, 2020 @09:24AM
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pure speculation: youtube app on those platforms is just an embedded webview (or otherwise allows arbitrary code execution).
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Re:Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video...
by nogabebop23 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @09:52AM
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yes - they don't generally access the underlying meta & media directly; they use the well established, stable and YT-prefered method of embeding a video. This doesn't work if you want direct file access to a specific resolution, or format, or audio only for example.