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!

  • KairosEnglish
    4•4 months ago

    WDYM you’ve had difficulty?? Isn’t it just --embedded-subs or something?

    • @ReallyActuallyFrankensteinEnglish
      3•4 months ago

      Maybe the command line version is consistent, but day to day I prefer not to do command line. I’ve tried like 5 different GUIs and they all have failed downloads, incorrect formats, and other issues just doing test downloads. I don’t know why, but it’s been a problem every time for me.

      • KairosEnglish
        4•4 months ago

        Well there’s your problem.

        Learn how to actually use a computer.

          • Ace! _SL/SEnglish
            5•4 months ago

            True, that guy seems like a jerk

            Also, if you only want the highest quality using the command line version is easy as running

            yt-dlp “link”

            for example:

            yt-dlp “https://m.youtube.com/watchv=dQw4w9WgXcQ”

            Although it needs ffmpeg too for certain websites that have seperate audio and video streams. Maybe that’s why your previous experiences have been wonky

          • KairosEnglish
            1•4 months ago

            If you want to use a computer you’re going to need to learn how to use it.

            It’s not reasonable to expect maintainers of a very nice Python CLI tool to also maintain a GUI that works perfectly with it. Just look at the manpage if you need to find an option.