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!

  • @ReallyActuallyFrankensteinEnglish
    3•4 days 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
      3•3 days ago

      Well there’s your problem.

      Learn how to actually use a computer.

        • Ace! _SL/SEnglish
          5•3 days 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•3 days 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.