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

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    798 points bertman | 15 comments | 12 Nov 25 10:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.02s | source | bottom
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    embedding-shape ◴[12 Nov 25 14:06 UTC] No.45900337[source]▶
    Seems its already in Arch's repositories, and seems to work, just add another flag to the invocation:

        yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox --remote-components ejs:github -f "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best" 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXX'
    It is downloading a solver at runtime, took maybe half a second in total, downloads are starting way faster than before it seems to me.

        [youtube] [jsc:deno] Solving JS challenges using deno
    [youtube] [jsc:deno] Downloading challenge solver lib script from  https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs/releases/download/0.3.1/yt.solver.lib.min.js
    It would be great if we could download the solver manually with a separate command, before running the download command, as I'm probably not alone in running yt-dlp in a restricted environment, and being able to package it up together with the solver before runtime would let me avoid lessening the restrictions for that environment. Not a huge issue though, happy in general the start of downloads seems much faster now.
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    WD-42 ◴[12 Nov 25 14:59 UTC] No.45901047[source]▶
    Glad to hear it’s faster now!

    YouTube barely works in a full-on browser these days, props to the team that keeps it accessible via a Python script!

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    gilfoy ◴[12 Nov 25 15:42 UTC] No.45901546[source]▶
    I use YouTube daily in safari and edge, this is complete hyperbole.
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    1. phplovesong ◴[12 Nov 25 15:46 UTC] No.45901585[source]▶
    Youtube is pretty unusable, as they throttle videos, and links sometimes dont work. It has gone downhill fast in recent years.
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    2. ConceptJunkie ◴[12 Nov 25 15:52 UTC] No.45901660[source]▶
    I have no problems with YouTube at all. Perhaps it's because I pay for Premium (primarily to get YouTube music).

    Regardless, Google services getting worse over time is becoming a law rather than a tendency.

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    3. shermantanktop ◴[12 Nov 25 16:06 UTC] No.45901854[source]▶
    No idea what you are talking about. I don’t have premium and use in both logged in and logged out.
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    4. nancyminusone ◴[12 Nov 25 16:29 UTC] No.45902127[source]▶
    If I'm logged out, I get "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot" about once a week from both home and the office.
    5. cons0le ◴[12 Nov 25 16:32 UTC] No.45902182[source]▶
    I don't get the value ad of youtube music. Everything's already on youtube and they let you make playlists, and they have playlists of the top charts already.

    What else does youtube music get you? I can play on my phone with the screen off with yt vanced ( and I would never pay just for that feature, because I remember when it was free and they took it away )

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    6. anonym29 ◴[12 Nov 25 16:42 UTC] No.45902311[source]▶
    Quick, everyone start sending unwanted junk mail to this guy's house, he'll pay you to stop!
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    7. ranger_danger ◴[12 Nov 25 16:56 UTC] No.45902513[source]▶
    No issues here for me with uBO, logged in or not, no premium
    8. weaksauce ◴[12 Nov 25 17:05 UTC] No.45902638{3}[source]▶
    > I can play on my phone with the screen off with yt vanced

    there's a lot of iphone/ipad users out there.

    > Everything's already on youtube and they let you make playlists, and they have playlists of the top charts already

    I don't use it but ui probably. ads maybe. plenty of people have money and don't want the inconvenience of trying to get around it.

    9. dyselon ◴[12 Nov 25 17:06 UTC] No.45902645{3}[source]▶
    Heaven forbid someone pay for an online service they use and enjoy.
    10. supportengineer ◴[12 Nov 25 17:13 UTC] No.45902729[source]▶
    No one ever got a promotion for maintaining software
    11. j45 ◴[12 Nov 25 17:17 UTC] No.45902793{3}[source]▶
    You can play youtube videos (ad free) as music on any chromecast device including chromecast homes with the microphone turned off.

    Also, when playing music you won't be hit with ads.

    Your setup can move with you wherever you are, home, travel, in the vehicle. This can be helpful for engaging the audible sensors of small aliens sans screen.

    Youtube without ads on every device, anywhere, is quite a different experience.

    12. charcircuit ◴[12 Nov 25 17:22 UTC] No.45902859{3}[source]▶
    No ads on music, no ads on shorts (shorts are allowed to freely use copyrighted music unlike long form video), background playback, downloading music to your device. These all are big value ads for me.
    13. kiwijamo ◴[12 Nov 25 17:46 UTC] No.45903198[source]▶
    They limit the buffer to around 30secs or so like all other streaming services but otherwise 95%+ of the time it just plays smoothing with no buffering at all from start to end. YouTube is generally in the top 3 of the video streaming services I use. Even on 4G wireless (which I occassionally use) it works well enough which is impressive as other video steaming services struggle (with the sole exception of Netflix which is probably the only one better than YouTube).
    14. jack_pp ◴[12 Nov 25 19:29 UTC] No.45905030{3}[source]▶
    You get music discovery, radios, go to album, go to artist
    15. raydev ◴[12 Nov 25 20:10 UTC] No.45905763{3}[source]▶
    For me, it just comes with Premium, and I buy Premium to support the creators I watch often without having to watch ads. I want them to get paid.