Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by amstan on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:32AM
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My mpv calls yt-dlp directly, and it can even seek.
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by dredmorbius on Saturday May 13, 2023 @02:35PM
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Mine likewise, but it still encounters errors frequently, particularly with YouTube, which my hack addresses. Even after updating to the most recently-available versions.
This is on Android / F-Droid / pip. I've hacked those specifically to keep yt-dlp and mpv as updated as possible.
- You can stream directly. I do this via a bash function for cases where mpv itself doesn't play a video (for reasons I've been unable to / not had the spoons to track down):
- You can use ytdlp as a front-end to other tools, and in fact if you peek under the bonnet you'll find that many YouTube / video streaming tools are in fact using yt-dlp as their access mechanism.- There are times when downloading a video is the only way to be assured that you'll have access to content in the future, or when offline. Note that when YouTube removes content it also removes all metadata associated with that content, including title, description, and the account which had posted it.