how the fuck do i use youtube-dl? and why should i use it instead of searching "youtube video download" then pasting the url and then donwloading the video?
i cannot use anything that doesn't have an user interface. i don't care if im retarded by the way.
its purposely made this way op to annoy you, use jdownloader to dl videos
Most of those sites have ads, tracking, waiting, lower quality video etc. Even with uBlock Origin, you have to wait and end result is shit. Also you can get yt-dlp gui applications. Same thing; paste url, press button etc. but without anything bad and you get real video from source.
Don't use youtube-dl. use yt-dlp instead.
>how the fuck do i use youtube-dl?
Assuming you're using windows, go to the file directory you downloaded yt-dlp to and type 'cmd' into the address bar then press enter. In the Command Line type "yt-dlp <youtube-link-here>". There are ways to make this process easier if you want to do this more frequently.
>why should i use it instead of searching "youtube video download"
Type in yt-dlp -h and it gives a lot of options. You can download entire playlists and channels at once, select different codecs, download subtitles etc. It also works on multiple websites, not just youtube. It's just easier for me to quickly open up a terminal than going to a website.
>i cannot use anything that doesn't have an user interface.
I thought I couldn't either, but then again I knew how to use proper grammar.
>go to the file directory you downloaded yt-dlp to and type 'cmd' into the address bar then press enter. In the Command Line type "yt-dlp <youtube-link-here>". There are ways to make this process easier if you want to do this more frequently.
we shoudn't even need to do that bullshit at all.
>There are ways to make this process easier if you want to do this more frequently.
Retard. Besides none of my instructions should be too complicated for you. It would take 10 seconds.
>i cannot use anything that doesn't have an user interface
Most people have to suffer so few can enjoy life, that is just the natural order.
I just use chocolately to install it, sets it up so i dont even have to go to a memorized directory to use it like that.
>so i dont even have to go to a memorized directory
what is $PATH
Typing bloat :^)
yt-dlp can download an entire playlist automatically, with subtitles if needed and even embed the thumbnail into the final video. No ads, fastest downloads.
THIS is how a youtube downloader should look like..... no excuses no commandline bullshit
How is copying a link into a GUI any different to copying a link into a terminal?
i should be able to open the app in 2 second copy and paste a link and download a fucking video fuck this youtube- dl bullshit waste of time garbage app
You can open a terminal in less than a second. I just provided the retard proof instructions but apparently even that is too difficult for you. Use a browser extension.
i dont need to do that bullshit wanna know why? because i PAY for this because its easy does what i want a hell of a lot FASTER and BETTER then what you use yes im better then you
This is slower than using the command line
It's not. Pretend you're retarded and compare again.
That’s like saying you’ll walk 40 miles beacuse you’re too stupid to learn how to drive a car, just spend two minutes to learn it ffs
I should have realised that this was an elaborate bait post. You reached too far by pretending to pay for software.
no i did pay. i couldn't take the command line bullshit anymore, id pay again if i had to. yup you better believe it.
you should just stop. everyone knows you're baiting by now
You're literally retarded.
i dont need to learn commands, i use dlp to download videos but i still havent learned how to download videos in 720p instead of 1080p because im lazy
yeah i could learn it if i wanted to, but too much work
also, for some reason windows does not let me use dlp as a command, so this type of shit happends, i need to keep a copy of yt-dlp in my home folder and copy the files to whatever place i need them to be in, clicking a icon on my desktop and doing all of that there would make my life much easier
i know its not 1999 anymore but they were simple and genuinely easier and wayyyyyyyyyyyy better then what you lot use today
>zoomers unironically fear the terminal and post bait like this
You know what, I'm for once glad I'm a fa/g//g/ot and fell for multiple LULZ memes. I know how to use linux, I know how to operate the compooter, I learn programming and tech and I will keep doing this until there are normies alive that seethe at tech ((nerds)), real skill issue.
>im happy that im a perfect automaton
I know this is bait but honestly while I agree and do like having a GUI like these methods since they are old school SOVL, you a huge giga dumbass homosexual for not being able to "cmd yt-dlp" a simple video you humongous retarded idiot
kill yourself, roaches like you don't deserve to exist
im not even op and im mad. but oh well LULZ can't be reasoned with .
https://oleksis.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/
Use it with yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl because it’s faster.
I also used to be a GUIchud but yt-dlp really is pretty good.
>faster
>lightweight
>no ads
>always the best quality
>also downloads vimeo etc.
>ability to rip metadata, thumbnails, descriptions, subtitles, comments, chapters
>control over output codec/format
>able to download entire channels/playlists
>sponsorblock integration
>neat functions like --download-archive archive.txt for datahoarding
>pretty sure you can also set it to automatically check and start ripping livestreams as soon as they go live/even retroactively
If you're tired of always typing out the usual commands you can even automate it with a batch file and just paste the link into it.
you who love typing shit it when its unnecessary you are like this today you were like this 5 years ago and you will be like this 10 years from now, ill never understand it
after installing it, just type "youtube-dl *link to video here*" in the termal or cmd. Would recommend yt-dlp though since its more robust (you use it the same way).
>why should i use it instead of searching "youtube video download" then pasting the url and then donwloading the video?
You wont have to bother with ads and other kikery. It also works on many other services apart from youtube.
>pasting the url and then donwloading the video
That's literally how you use youtube-dl/yt-dlp
The only "trick" is opening a command window, which you can do just by typing "cmd" in the bar at the top
You still have to remember all the random letters though. Why couldn't they make it so you just click an app on the desktop?
thank you anon. i'd suck your dick if i could
nevermind, it doesnt fucking work. like every single time developers insist on doing this stupid bullshit instead of just creating a normal program
add yt-dl.exe to your PATH variable
doesnt work, i tried
why are italians so computer illiterate?
why should i tell you?
you dont, you are just wasting your time, leave it to the people who actually want to help
who would want to help some screeching retard who throws a tantrum at every post trying to... oh wait, i guess there's always a cuck like
look, if you dont want to help just leave the thread man
im op and only wrote two posts lmao, do the math with posters and reply count.
i don't know what the fuck that means, also, i don't have the other stuff this anon
has, and my .exe is named differently
because we live in the best place on earth so we don't need to spend 24/7 on a computer in our mom's basement, homosexual
Just subscribe to Spotify or whatever normies are using nowadays, homosexuali.
>we live in the best place on earth
that I agree with
still not an excuse not to learn a few things though
i just realized the thing i have is different and anons are recommending me another program.
teehee! sorryyyyyyy i didn't raed all the replies
it's quite literally downloading random videos that aren't even the ones on the sidebar recommendations of the video i used.
if you're too stupid to use yt-dl/yt-dlp then just download the hundreds of youtube-dl(p) GUI applications that exist on github to do the hard work for you
im scared of downloading viruses, can you send me one? also where can i get ffmpeg.exe
and, do any of these work for lives like this anon
said but on tiktok?
>github
>viruses
go back to facebook, grandpa
>also where can i get ffmpeg.exe
there's a website called www.google.com, you should try using it
>tiktok
yeah go back there
>YES I AM A ZOOMER
>YES I USE TIKTOK
>YES I WATCH RETARDED LYPSINCING CONTENT
>YES I AM TECHONOLOGICALLY ILLITERATE
>YES I AM GAY
>YES I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE YOU IN THE WORKFORCE
>YES I WILL ANNOY YOU AS A COWORKER WITH THE MOST COMMON SENSE RETARDED QUESTIONS
>YES YOU WON'T GET TO RETIRE
seethe mald and cope homosexual
you know you can just right click and download most videos for tiktok on desktop right
it's literally shit, puts tiktok's watermark all over the video, adds the outro, halves the resolution. also, im talking about tiktok lives. i need to record twinks showing off their feet
you could do the same thing all your other retarded zoomer friends do
>turn on iphone
>open tiktok
>start screen recording
see? fast and simple!!! very high quality
it's not source quality, and of course it would show the user interface. what the fuck are you doing here on LULZ? even a retard like me knows this
...that was a joke
and also not a joke
you are clearly too retarded to even use a computer so that's literally your only option
yet you can't read simple instructions
you need to record a 'tok with the instructions
ideally you should put another, unrelated video on the bottom to make it easier to watch
yes
did this, it still downloads multiple random videos instead of the one i want. and it says there's a mistake and to go on github and report it (ain't doing allat)
>multiple random videos
Was the video in a playlist?
If you give a playlist it will download the entire playlist
Start powershell in administrative mode by pressing windows key and "X" at the same time then hitting "A".
In the powershell window paste this command in Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
Might prompt you to confirm install hit "y" or "a"
Then punch in choco install ffmpeg
Its that easy. Keep using the internet and you'll develop a sense for sketchy shit on the internet. More importantly you should learn to back up anything that you would answer the question "if i suddenly lost this device, what would i miss" on a memory card (thumb drive for normalfags).
:^)
or just download ffmpeg.exe and put it in the same folder as yt-dlp
your suggestion is actually just straight up more complicated, and requires installing chocolatey which is useless bloat he'll never use after that
>useless bloat
>on windows
choco install librewolf mpv -y
Oh im running into an issue and i want to update my shit incase that's the problem
choco upgrade all
After installing yt-dlp
yt-dlp -S res,ext:mkv:opus -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' -P "put the directory from file explorer of where you want your video to go here" "put your URL of the video here"
>choco upgrade all
that's not very useful to a nagger that's only going to use it for yt-dlp and can just do yt-dlp -U instead
It will be once he realizes the other shit hosted on the default repository on there. But hey thanks spoonfeeding him the more direct option :^)
what other cool things i can do with that because i doubt i will realize alone
choco search is your friend, look up any program you can think of or even head to the websi
>chocolatey with a less faggy name
I need to check that out on that basis alone then, why the fuck do coders insist on giving some of the homosexualiest of homosexual names to programs
winget exists
I use MediaHuman video downloader on my pc, and newpipe on my phone to download videos from youtube. All free and, decent user interface
>command line phobes filtered
working as intended. if google thought everyone was doing this then they'd obfuscate their data feeds even more. get fucked, zoomer chud
yt-dlp
I Reccomend you to use ytfzf + yt-dlp
its easy as fuck, even a caveman would do it
alright i made it. now it's donwloading the correct video, i just went on the channel and reopened the video to get a normal url, cause the url was something like "watch=app=desktop" instead of v/watch etc etc, the usual url.
though it's still giving off error messages but it's none of my business, you nerds might wanna deal with this though just saying
kinda unrelated but is the yt-dl function from boram also broken for anyone else?
https://github.com/Kagami/boram
I use this https://github.com/adithya-s-sekhar/advanced-youtube-client-ayc
get android app "Seal"
its yt-dlp without the commandfuckery
he probably has an iPhone anyways
Jdownloader wins again
>how the fuck do i use youtube-dl?
You don't, you use YouTube dlp
>and why should i use it instead of searching "youtube video download" then pasting the url and then donwloading the video?
Because you can control more stuff, control the resolution, have mass downloads, archival purposes, implementation with other programs, etc
>i cannot use anything that doesn't have an user interface. i don't care if im retarded by the way.
It's ok anon, I was the same. YouTube dlp is easy to use, just give it a try
>anon passive aggressively responding to each post
Bravo OP, its rare when i see someone get that mad on here