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!

  • ReedReads@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

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

      • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I’ve never used a VPN with it either. But it should work, especially with an exit mode in a country where Google has no incentive to/is prohibited from interfering with third party viewers.

        • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
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          4 months ago

          but unless i am missing some edge case, there isn’t really a reason, downloading video from youtube is perfectly legal, it wouldn’t work otherwise after all

          • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Love the handle, BTW. :)

            I think downloading is against Google’s TOS. Whether that makes it illegal is a question for a lawyer.

            • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
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              4 months ago

              Love the handle, BTW. :)

              thank you

              I think downloading is against Google’s TOS

              maybe, but you are not going to jail for that. at least not today.

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I use it all the time without any VPN and haven’t had any issues. I watch almost all youtube videos in MPV, which uses yt-dlp to get the video. I download any video I may want to watch again later to my server.