I’m looking to download a number of educational youtube videos for future reference. Looking for a reliable way to download videos. OS is Ubuntu. FF extensions and docker containers all good. I don’t really want to install an executable on bare metal unless it is a flatpak.

My goal is for the downloaded videos to be accessed locally via jellyfin. Jellyfin is already sorted.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations!

  • cmnyboEnglish
    76·
    4 months ago

    I always use yt-dlp do download youtube videos. It doesn’t require installation, you just download and run it.

    • ReedReads@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      I was just looking at this. Do you typically run it behind a VPN or do you expose your actual IP?

        • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
          4·
          4 months ago

          I’ve never used a VPN with it either. But it should work, especially with an exit node in a country where Google has no incentive to/is prohibited from interfering with third party viewers.

          • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
            9·
            4 months ago

            but unless i am missing some edge case, there isn’t really a reason, downloading video from youtube is perfectly legal, it wouldn’t work otherwise after all

            • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
              7·
              4 months ago

              Love the handle, BTW. :)

              I think downloading is against Google’s TOS. Whether that makes it illegal is a question for a lawyer.

              • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                4 months ago

                Love the handle, BTW. :)

                thank you

                I think downloading is against Google’s TOS

                maybe, but you are not going to jail for that. at least not today.

      • cmnyboEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        I use it all the time without any VPN and haven’t had any issues. I watch almost all youtube videos in MPV, which uses yt-dlp to get the video. I download any video I may want to watch again later to my server.

      • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        I never used a VPN with it. I’ve been using it for years. I figured I’m getting it directly for YouTube. Google already knows my IP. I figured they wouldn’t care unless I abuse it anyway.

    • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      I used a program based on that and got a block I think. I get errors in the logs saying I need to use the official YouTube app.

      Anything to look out for or best practices for a noob? I think I got seen.