yt-dlc VS youtube-dl-wpf

(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.

4.

youtube-dl-wpf is what I use, works well for CLI maggots like me -- doesn't feel like building a .bat script but also want the freedom to alter the actual argments that's passed to yt-dlp.

Once I posted a super long reply to a super long and messy feature request: https://github.com/database64128/youtube-dl-wpf/issues/131. It's basically like this:

> First of all, thank you for your support...$blah_blah_blah

> Unfortunately, I have to say no to some of your requests. $project is just a small side project of mine. My approach to its development will always be to prioritize my own use cases, while also catering to the community as much as I can. As you may have noticed, I have already implemented a bunch of new features and made quite a few changes based on community feedback. Decisions on whether to adopt a proposal from the community are made by evaluating the usefulness of the proposed feature or change for me and the wider community, and the feasibility of implementing it in my limited spare time.

> Now that I have explained my ways of doing side projects to you, let's go through your proposals:

heres a gui that i use. you just have to point to ffmpeg and yt-dlp executable in the settings and its all set up https://github.com/database64128/youtube-dl-wpf

A small project of mine: https://github.com/database64128/youtube-dl-wpf

It uses WPF so it can only run on Windows though.

you can try using yt-dlp along with a GUI of some sort, like Cube YouTube Downloader.

and its gui https://github.com/database64128/youtube-dl-wpf