N_m3u8DL-CLI vs yt-dlp

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N_m3u8DL-CLI		yt-dlp
	Project
23	Mentions	102
13,469	Stars	99
-	Growth	-
3.0	Activity	9.9
11 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
C#	Language	Python
MIT License	License	The Unlicense

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

N_m3u8DL-CLI

Posts with mentions or reviews of N_m3u8DL-CLI. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-12.

How to download content from Skool?
1 project | /r/Piracy | 20 Apr 2023

Internet download manager, or use stream detector to get the m3u8 link and use N_m3u8DL-CLI to download the videos (for an easy use I suggest you to use the SimpleG)
How to download from redbull.com?
1 project | /r/Piracy | 7 Mar 2023

N_m3u8DL also works with downloading the video.
How to download DRM protected M3U8 files? (Already tried IDM, youtube-dl, m3u8x and Chrome extensions)
1 project | /r/Piracy | 25 Oct 2022
How do i use a m3u8 downloader??
2 projects | /r/Piracy | 12 Jul 2022

looks like this will do it
I'm looking for 1DM+ alternative for PC.
3 projects | /r/software | 14 Feb 2022

After getting the link, use yt-dlp (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) or N_m3u8DL (https://github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-CLI/releases) to download.
How to Download encrypted HLS video/stream?
3 projects | /r/Piracy | 5 Feb 2022

Try any of these solution : N_m3u8DL-CLI - m3u8x - The Stream Detector - HLS Downloader - Stream Recorder also what site are u referring too ?
IDM refuse to download a "protected stream"
1 project | /r/Piracy | 21 Jan 2022
do you have any idea if this m3u8 downloader tool is safe ?
1 project | /r/ffmpeg | 4 Jan 2022

github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-CLI
Downloading encrypted live MPD.
3 projects | /r/Piracy | 15 Dec 2021

try N_m3u8DL-CLI
Downloaded potential malware from Github?
1 project | /r/antivirus | 24 Sep 2021

yt-dlp

Posts with mentions or reviews of yt-dlp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-02.

YouTube is Slow [MEGATHREAD]
6 projects | /r/youtubedl | 2 Mar 2023

On Win10, I download the .exe from the latest release here: https://github.com/ytdl-patched/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2023.03.03.19419
Slow download speed for Audio but fast download speed for Video?
1 project | /r/youtubedl | 2 Mar 2023

For those who still have this issue and are on Windows and need a fix right now just go and download the "yt-dlp.exe" from here: https://github.com/ytdl-patched/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2023.03.01.19419
Trottling Speeds?
2 projects | /r/youtubedl | 2 Mar 2023

The issue is already fixed in the code so if you compile from the code your issue will be fixed. Personally though I just downloaded the daily build and that seemed to fix the issue https://github.com/ytdl-patched/yt-dlp
Download capped for no reason
1 project | /r/youtubedl | 2 Mar 2023

Temporarily, you could also install the unofficial daily build of yt-dlp from here.
Has anyone else started experiencing some YouTube throttling in the last day or so?
3 projects | /r/youtubedl | 27 Feb 2023

Get the latest unofficial build from here. 🙂
Cinema mod not working
1 project | /r/beatsaber | 20 Feb 2023

It seems Youtube did change something internally so the old yt-dlp exe file (which the Cinema mode uses) no longer works. Found a fix: Go here to download the latest yt-dlp exe file: https://github.com/ytdl-patched/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2023.02.17.334. Then go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Beat Saber\Libs on your PC and replace the old yt-dlp.exe file with the new one you just downloaded. And it should fix Cinema mod. I just tried and it works for me now!
Is the yt-dlp fix for Vimeo's "Unable to extract info section" available as an .exe?
2 projects | /r/youtubedl | 11 Feb 2023

So, if you want this fix "as an .exe", just download the unofficial daily build from here, or compile yourself.
yt-dlp speeds at 60 to 70 KiB/s
2 projects | /r/youtubedl | 9 Feb 2023

Have you tried the latest daily release? https://github.com/ytdl-patched/yt-dlp/releases I had problems with throttling too, but switching to the daily release fixed it for me, you get the most recent fixes, but it might be not as stable, the original yt-dlp was updated a month ago
Getting error: "nsig extraction failed: You may experience throttling for some formats. Install PhantomJS to workaround the issue."
1 project | /r/youtubedl | 7 Feb 2023

Until the next update of yt-dlp, you could try with the unofficial daily build, made by @Lesmiscore: https://github.com/ytdl-patched/yt-dlp.
yt-dlp starts to throttle and no longer able to download 4k videos?
2 projects | /r/youtubedl | 1 Feb 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing N_m3u8DL-CLI and yt-dlp you can also consider the following projects:

widevine-l3-decryptor - Mirror of the original repo

youtube-dl-gui - A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

widevine-l3-guesser

jellyfin-youtube-metadata-plugin - Youtube Metadata Plugin for Jellyfin

netflix-1080p - Chrome extension to play Netflix in 1080p and 5.1

youtube-dl - Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

widevine-L3-WEB-DL-Script - This is a batch script created to WEB-DL.

yt-dlp - A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

XstreamDL-CLI - 命令行版本的HLS/DASH流下载器，支持标准AES-128-CBC解密

YT-DLP-SCRIPTS - ...Just a place for me to share my various YT-DLP & related bash scripts.

PatreonDownloader - Powerful tool for downloading content posted by creators on patreon.com. Supports content hosted on patreon itself as well as external sites (additional plugins might be required).

iina - The modern video player for macOS.