What is your preferred way of downloading youtube videos? (self.piracy)

submitted 1 week ago by ReedReads to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking to download a number of educational youtube videos for future reference. Looking for a reliable way to download videos. OS is Ubuntu. FF extensions and docker containers all good. I don't really want to install an executable on bare metal unless it is a flatpak.

My goal is for the downloaded videos to be accessed locally via jellyfin. Jellyfin is already sorted.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations!

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[-] [email protected] 75 points 1 week ago

I always use yt-dlp do download youtube videos. It doesn't require installation, you just download and run it.

[-] ReedReads 11 points 1 week ago

I was just looking at this. Do you typically run it behind a VPN or do you expose your actual IP?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I never used a VPN with it. I've been using it for years. I figured I'm getting it directly for YouTube. Google already knows my IP. I figured they wouldn't care unless I abuse it anyway.

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