←back to thread

Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

(github.com)
798 points bertman | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
bdz ◴[12 Nov 25 13:17 UTC] No.45899768[source]▶
I use yt-dlp (and back then youtube-dl) all the time to archive my liked videos. Started back in around 2010, now I have tens of thousands of videos saved. Storage is cheap and a huge percent of them are not available anymore on the site.

I also save temporary videos removed after a time for example NHK honbasho sumo highlights which are only available for a month or so then they permanently remove them.

replies(12): >>45899869 #>>45899943 #>>45900007 #>>45900140 #>>45900275 #>>45900581 #>>45900630 #>>45901958 #>>45902752 #>>45902786 #>>45903073 #>>45905245 #
nicman23 ◴[12 Nov 25 13:49 UTC] No.45900140[source]▶
do you have a cron job or something? i know it is probably trivial but eh
replies(2): >>45900220 #>>45900231 #
ivanjermakov ◴[12 Nov 25 13:57 UTC] No.45900231[source]▶
Popular self-hosted solution: https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist
replies(4): >>45900349 #>>45900443 #>>45900625 #>>45900708 #
trvz ◴[12 Nov 25 14:07 UTC] No.45900349[source]▶
You people always make everything more complicated than necessary.

  yt-dlp -o '%(uploader)s/%(upload_date)s - %(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s' --cookies-from-browser chrome https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=LL
replies(7): >>45900604 #>>45900608 #>>45902120 #>>45902541 #>>45903132 #>>45903908 #>>45907965 #
1. bspammer ◴[12 Nov 25 14:26 UTC] No.45900608[source]▶
> Once your YouTube video collection grows, it becomes hard to search and find a specific video. That's where Tube Archivist comes in: By indexing your video collection with metadata from YouTube, you can organize, search and enjoy your archived YouTube videos without hassle offline through a convenient web interface.

If you don't want the indexing and the pretty frontend that's fine, but there's a reason software like Plex is popular.