RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHub’s CEO

Re:RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHu... by lolbot on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:30PM (#24909704)

>> You can download mp4 files directly from Youtube.

You really can't.

>> I've found a way to download videos right from the domain googlevideo.com

I assure you, you really didn't.

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Re:RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHu... by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:48PM (#24909908)

I've found it too. It's really easy. Just look at the Network tab.

Here's a really simple site that can do it: https://en.savefrom.net/1-youtube-video-downloader-4/ There are tens of others.

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Re:RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHu... by dkonofalski on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @02:10PM (#24910145)

Just curious... why should anyone trust your assurances?

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Re:RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHu... by ubercow13 on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:48PM (#24909909)

Sure you can, youtube-dl even has the `-g` flag to give you the URL

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Re:RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHu... by ffpip on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:45AM (#24915641)

> I assure you, you really didn't.

I'm not gaining anything from your assurance. I've found the best way - A first party method. No shady downloaders, extensions. I'm going to keep using it.

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