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Re:Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and f... by FiloSottile on Thursday August 26, 2021 @05:27PM (#28321054)
That is mostly already the case, you can invoke the extractors through the Python API or through the CLI and do the download yourself.

Extractors regularly require custom logic, so they can’t be described in anything else than a programming language.

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Re:Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and f... by polote on Thursday August 26, 2021 @05:52PM (#28321410)
Being two different projects has advantages, especially when one part (need to) moves much faster.

The fact that some requires custom logic doesn't prove that you need a programming language, it is just custom logic compared to the standard framework.

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Re:Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and f... by colejohnson66 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @08:37PM (#28322930)
If you’re implementing custom logic, why not just make it easy on yourself and use a proper programming language. Trying to invent custom logic systems gives us cmake.
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