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Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by aeyes on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @11:56AM (#45362162)
I use yt-dlp inside of a-shell on iOS, then play files using VLC.
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by comprev on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:54PM (#45362999)
Nice trick I'll have to try this. Thanks!
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by stirlo on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:39PM (#45364341)
Doesn’t solve VLCs suckiness on iOS. No PiP support when it’s been in iOS for years now…
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by averageRoyalty on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @05:37PM (#45366281)
When your PR is ready, you can submit it here:

https://github.com/videolan/vlc-ios/pulls

Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by amatecha on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:13PM (#45367066)
Yeah because everyone who has a user experience feedback about a piece of software is magically a skilled programmer? The smug "PRs accepted" doesn't help anyone. Expressing hope for a feature at least shows potential implementers that the feature is wanted.
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by idiotsecant on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:42PM (#45367327)
Expressing hope for a feature? Is that the tone you pulled from that post?
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by johnisgood on Thursday September 25, 2025 @03:17AM (#45370087)
"Doesn’t solve VLCs suckiness on iOS. No PiP support when it’s been in iOS for years now…" is an obvious entitled complaint.
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by ethbr1 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @08:32PM (#45367767)
ideas/assholes/everyone has one, etc
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by Dylan16807 on Thursday September 25, 2025 @07:43AM (#45371696)
There's a certain rudeness to imposing your own ideas, but that does not apply here. It's not their idea. It's a standard feature of video apps that's missing.
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by ethbr1 on Friday September 26, 2025 @05:35PM (#45391264)
The observation isn't about imposing ones ideas, but rather the relative surfeit of ideas vs the dearth of time/skill/energy to realize them.
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by averageRoyalty on Saturday September 27, 2025 @08:14PM (#45400551)
I felt I was replying to rudeness with rudeness of a similar tone. GP called an open source project "sucky" for not having a feature they wanted. Calling that "expressing hope" feels a stretch to me.
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by fyrabanks on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @06:40PM (#45366782)
i use this for things i repost on IG with commentary. i would rather not have a huge folder of downloads of random stuff i'm not even sure i want to revisit. (and i'm bad about clearing out space on my phone.)
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by busymom0 on Thursday September 25, 2025 @05:50PM (#45379598)
What shell app do you use?
Re:Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads by enlightens on Monday October 06, 2025 @12:54PM (#45493376)
It's literally "a-shell"

https://github.com/holzschu/a-shell