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djoldman ◴[12 Nov 25 12:54 UTC] No.45899558[source]▶

>>45898407 (OP) #

From

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS

it looks like deno is recommended for these reasons:

> Notes

> * Code is run with restricted permissions (e.g, no file system or network access)

> * Supports downloading EJS script dependencies from npm (--remote-components ejs:npm).

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1. jbreckmckye ◴[12 Nov 25 14:53 UTC] No.45900960[source]▶

>>45899558 #

For a long time, yt-dlp worked completely with Python. They implemented a lightweight JavaScript interpreter that could run basic scripts. But as the runtime requirements became more sophisticated it struggled to scale

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