• Saithe@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Anyone who’s done “/gamemode creative” is smart enough to figure out “yt-dlp <url>”. Seriously people need to stop acting like typing the most basic commands that you can find tutorials about is some kinda level 9 magic

        • essell@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 months ago

          I think you’ve defined the problem rather well there…

          It’s not that Normies couldn’t use it, it’s that Normies won’t use it.

          • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            Which generally helps it fly under the radar so us nerds can have nice things for longer.

            I’m not for gate keeping, but I kinda like having tricky things if it means they don’t get ruined/stopped as fast.

        • Revan343@lemmy.ca
          1·
          3 months ago

          It’s not that peoplecan’t figure it out, it’s that they won’t. As soon as you mention the terminal they stop listening or thinking

          /gamemode creative doesn’t have that problem because it’s not a terminal, it’s a chat window

      • stewi@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        3 months ago

        Nah I’m sorry. There is a point where it’s unreasonable to expect someone to learn something, but that isn’t it.

        Using yt-dlp is extremely straightforward.

        Being ignorant and proud of it is a horrid personality trait. The average person knows how to drive a car, how to call others using their phone and how to use an ATM.

        Typing 7 characters and copy-pasting a link is well within their abilities.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comBannedEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        listen bro, just get better. It’s worth it. It’s literally just yt-dlp, followed by whatever specific flags you want, and the video link, in the directory that you want it to download.

      • Honeybee@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        3 months ago

        Thats why I run it in docker with a web ui (On my server behind a reverse proxy, so I could get HTTPS working)

        Shut up, im not a nerd

      • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        3 months ago

        If you are on an android phone you should check the F-Droid pages for Seal. No commandline, a nice GUI, works great.

    • stom@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 months ago

      You can add it as a right-click option to Firefox:

      • Install: https://webextension.org/listing/external-application-button.html
      • In the Extension options, add an application
      • Name it something like “Open in YT-DLP: mp4”
      • Set the exe name to the path of a local copy of yt-dlp
      • Set the arguments to be -S res,ext:mp4:m4a --recode mp4 [HREF]
      • Under the Placement options -> Context Menu -> select “All Contexts”

      You should now be able to right click on a YouTube page and choose “External Application launcher -> Open in YT-DLP: mp4”

      If you want audio only, add another application in the extension settings and use the arguments -f ba[ext=m4a] [HREF] for m4a files.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        3 months ago

        It shouldn’t. When I first set it up the commands I was entering were creating an unreadable file. Double check the format you’re outputting too and dont listen to the people in this thread saying its easy. Its pretty complex.