yt-dlp - Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads

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• thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I love the answer in the FAQ: github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404#issuecommen…

  7. What about Selenium or a headless browser solution?

  The yt-dlp maintainers have no interest in doing this except as a measure of last resort. A headless browser solution would be an admission of defeat and would go against the spirit of this project.

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• fwygon@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Welp; It’s easy enough to download Deno.

  Anyone caught with their panties down after they make it a requirement is responsible for downloading Deno to fix it for themselves.

  I’m glad they’re doing what they must to keep the project going; and moving this function to a more powerful engine isn’t a bad idea…I hope other YT extracting tools will follow in these footsteps as well; leveraging a more powerful too ain’t a bad idea…and it might solve some of their own papercuts.

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• thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  This sucks, but it is what it is. I’m glad there is actually a solution available.

  I should also look into Deno for personal projects. Maybe I could utilize it myself for other stuff.

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• who@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Why Deno?

  Deno is sandboxed by default and does not allow filesystem or network access.

  I’m glad to see they’re using the safety-focused option by default.

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