Yt-dlp Alternatives

Reviews and mentions

• is there a better way to normalize file names?
  reddit.com/r/youtubedl | 2021-09-25

  Since it seems filesystems do not inherently restrict NFC/NFD, it doesn't make sense to normalize the strings by default. However, I have added (to yt-dlp) the ability for user to normalize the fields if they want. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/524e2e4fda4d0deb135398ef85752be522b507e7

• Tool for downloading full soundcloud playlist?
  reddit.com/r/DataHoarder | 2021-09-24

  You can get the latest yt-dlp release and put it somewhere, then if you have done commandline at all, can do

• yt-dlp release 2021.09.25
  reddit.com/r/youtubedl | 2021-09-24

  Release: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest

• How to download Tiktok videos and how to add number for video with same name?
  reddit.com/r/youtubedl | 2021-09-24

  btw... next yt-dlp release will let you download from the profile URL, skipping the need to copy all links. it also returns a proper %(title)s

• Need help with downloading an episode from nbc
  reddit.com/r/youtubedl | 2021-09-20
• One of the youtube-dl developers has new activity on github after almost 3 months of silence
  reddit.com/r/DataHoarder | 2021-09-20

  False positives with yt-dlp's Windows releases in particular are a known issue: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/25

  reddit.com/r/DataHoarder | 2021-09-20

  See: Issue see #871 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/871

  reddit.com/r/DataHoarder | 2021-09-20

  Yes, you can view the project here: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

• Strip ending periods from video title before saving
  reddit.com/r/youtubedl | 2021-09-19

  e.g. (if using yt-dlp, which is recommened anyways...)

• Slow Youtube DL?
  reddit.com/r/youtubedl | 2021-09-18

  youtube is throttling us. youtube-dl devs aren't active, but if you switch to yt-dlp, it has a fix for it.

• Privacytools.io Twitter account just posted this?
  reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO | 2021-09-16

  It’s BETTER. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

• Is there a way to check which youtube videos from a ~50k list of ids are still up and which are deleted/altered?
  reddit.com/r/DataHoarder | 2021-09-15

  yt-dlp can show status, private, unlisted, etc

• Youtube video analysis with youtube_dl inconsistent, sometimes giving errors
  reddit.com/r/webdev | 2021-09-15

  You might get more consistent results with a fork, most of which have already fixed this issue. Some popular ones are yt-dlp/yt-dlp, blackjack4494/youtube-dlc and animelover1984/youtube-dl. Please note though these might not be drop-in replacements

• New to youtube dl trying to get passed a restricted video on youtube.
  reddit.com/r/youtubedl | 2021-09-15

  either use cookies or switch to yt-dlp (some videos might still require cookies even if switching)

• Can't download videos that have the new " This video may be inappropriate for some users" pop-up anyone know a workaround?
  reddit.com/r/StacherIO | 2021-09-14

  - Download the binary to your `~/.stacher` directory (on windows, this is `C:\Users\{username}\.stacher\` (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2021.09.02)