• Saithe@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        2 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·
          2 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·
            2 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·
          2 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·
        2 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·
        2 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.

      • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        2 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.

      • Honeybee@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 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

    • stom@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 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·
        2 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.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Pro tip to teach people to fish instead of giving them a fish:

    Whenever you’re looking for a new software tool to do something, especially something “sketchy” like this, add something like “GPL” or “open source” to the end of your search string. It might not be quite enough to raise the official site of the best tool all the way to the first search result, but it cuts way, way down on the scam sites.

    Or perhaps even better yet, go straight to checking AlternativeTo.net.

  • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
    1·
    2 months ago

    The fundamental issue is that he’s looking for someone to provide a free service instead of for someone to provide free software.

    The latter happens so much more often because it doesn’t create ongoing costs for the developer.