Thats why I run it in docker with a web ui
Shut up, im not a nerd
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DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 1 month agoI was surprised at how well it works but anything command line is not for normies
Honeybee@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
stewi1914@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
simply downloading a video? sure, but literally anything else is insanely complicated for an average person.
If they want the music from a video they would have to look through all of github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp and probably still wouldn’t find what they’re looking forhomura@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I agree with the sentiment but you are going way too hard on it. Chill.
savedbythezsh@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The average person learns how to drive a car, which is akin to operating it. The average person does not know how to muck about in the engine of their car, and should not, because if they do the wrong thing they could break it. For that matter, I wouldn’t even recommend someone OPERATES the car without training.
The terminal is considered for advanced users for the same reason. Learning to copy/paste into the terminal without understanding how to use it could mean I say "oh yeah the fix for that issue is doing
rm -rf / --no-preserve-root.
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
If you are on an android phone you should check the F-Droid pages for Seal. No commandline, a nice GUI, works great.
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
+1 for Seal, Newpipe and Tubular both work fine too
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
This is the way, I use Seal.
stom@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
You can use the OpenWith extensions to add it as a right click option.
I have this setup for my non-technical family members, so they just right click on the page choose open with -> ytdlp and it saves it to their downloads folder.
You can set up different options for example video or audio only.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Normies don’t deserve joy.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Large language models from two years ago can write you a script.
My “subscriptions” are downloaded automatically on a schedule and imported in jellyfin. I never need to interact with it myself.
BehindTheBarrier@programming.dev 1 month ago
There’s GUIs for it though. Obviously not for everyone, but I made my own.
That it can download virtually from any site is pretty useful, assuming you know what to give it.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks 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.
Saithe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month 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 1 month 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.works 1 month 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 month 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 creativedoesn’t have that problem because it’s not a terminal, it’s a chat windowSaithe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I think saying “anything command line isn’t for normies” would only worsen the problem