yt-dlc VS youtube-dl-server

(Installation instructions are included in the documentation provided by both forks)

I) https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc

youtube-dlc is a fork of youtube-dl with the intention of getting features tested by the community merged in the tool faster

We love yt-dlp which is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc. The main focus of the project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project.

ERROR: Channel Restricted; please report this issue on https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dlc -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dlc with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

$ git init # initialize folder as git repo # add remotes to compare $ git remote add youtube-dl https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl $ git remote add yt-dlc https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc $ git remote add yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp $ git remote update # download info from remotes # show number of different commits $ git log youtube-dl/master..yt-dlc/master --oneline | wc -l # in yt-dlc, not in youtube-dl $ git log yt-dlc/master..youtube-dl/master --oneline | wc -l # in youtube-dl, not in yt-dlc $ git log yt-dlc/master..yt-dlp/master --oneline | wc -l $ git log yt-dlp/master..yt-dlc/master --oneline | wc -l $ git log youtube-dl/master..yt-dlp/master --oneline | wc -l $ git log yt-dlp/master..youtube-dl/master --oneline | wc -l # print list of different commits in a file $ git log youtube-dl/master..yt-dlc/master > orig-dlc.txt # in yt-dlc, not in youtube-dl $ git log yt-dlc/master..youtube-dl/master > dlc-orig.txt # in youtube-dl, not in yt-dlc $ git log yt-dlc/master..yt-dlp/master > dlc-dlp.txt $ git log yt-dlp/master..yt-dlc/master > dlp-dlc.txt $ git log youtube-dl/master..yt-dlp/master > orig-dlp.txt $ git log yt-dlp/master..youtube-dl/master > dlp-orig.txt

yt-dlc

Not who you responded to, but I use youtube-dlc. It's a command-line based utility with a ton of options for downloading YouTube videos.

https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/commits/master

The previous update was July 25, and the one before that was December 2020.

While the July update dealt with the updater, having 2 days of small changes since December is not very active.

Second, you need something to download the youtube videos so that they are available as files in Plex. for that I use the youtube-dl-server project because it does a few things:

I use a youtube-dl-server fork which has the yt-dlp as option with nbr23/youtube-dl-server:yt-dlp

Not quite the same idea/feel, but I've been using youtube-dl-server for some time. It supports/has yt-dlp as an option. if anyone is just looking for similar projects in general.

Or better yet, just host something like youtube-dl-server.

If it's something I'll be watching in Plex, I use a docker container running youtube-dl-server+youtube-dl to import it. I have an identical container set up for my SO so she can add her own stuff into her Plex libraries. I'll eventually be swapping out youtube-dl for yt-dlp in these containers.