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Tinker at 17:49, 17 April 2023

2023-04-17T17:49:25Z

2022-04-26T15:49:43Z

ERROR: Did not get any data blocks

2022-04-26T15:29:08Z

ERROR: Did not get any data blocks

2022-04-26T06:20:19Z

2022-02-13T23:09:55Z

2020-06-24T20:46:07Z

scripting

2020-06-24T20:43:19Z

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← Older revision		Revision as of 17:49, 17 April 2023
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		+	BREAKING NEWS: Might be time to switch to [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp yt-dlp]
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	There are a few good reasons to be set up to download YouTube videos.		There are a few good reasons to be set up to download YouTube videos.

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 This is often caused by YouTube being weird...
-Adding <code>-f "bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best"</code> into the command line sometimes fixes it.
+Adding <code>-f "bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best" --merge-output-format mp4</code> into the command line sometimes fixes it.
 ([https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/s4pd6h/what_is_the_meaning_of_error_did_not_get_any_data/hssg8xs/ Reference])

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 But you may need to install python first...
 * <code>sudo apt install python</code>
 ==youtube-dl==
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 ([https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/s4pd6h/what_is_the_meaning_of_error_did_not_get_any_data/hssg8xs/ Reference])

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:20, 26 April 2022
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	This particular little script maintains a local archive of a channel that YouTube thinks Canadians should not be allowed to watch... (needless to say, it gets run on the VPN equipped Download Server.)		This particular little script maintains a local archive of a channel that YouTube thinks Canadians should not be allowed to watch... (needless to say, it gets run on the VPN equipped Download Server.)
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		+	===Troubleshooting===
		+	====ERROR: Did not get any data blocks====
		+	This is often caused by YouTube being weird...
		+
		+	Adding <code>-f "bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best"</code> into the command line sometimes fixes it.
		+
		+	([https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/s4pd6h/what_is_the_meaning_of_error_did_not_get_any_data/hssg8xs/ Reference])

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:09, 13 February 2022
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	Fortunately, it's pretty easy to do.		Fortunately, it's pretty easy to do.
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		+	But you may need to install python first...
		+	* <code>sudo apt install python</code>

	==youtube-dl==		==youtube-dl==

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 Fortunately, it's pretty easy to do.
-== youtube-dl ==
+==youtube-dl==
 [https://youtube-dl.org/ youtube-dl] is a pretty awesome tool.
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 Which guarantees you keep up with the multitude of random changes made at YouTube.
-=== scripting ===
+===scripting===
 Example of a useful script to update a local copy of a YouTube Channel:
 <code>youtube-dl -w --download-archive 11111111-ARCHIVE --write-description -f mp4 -o "%(upload_date)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight</nowiki></code>
-(this particular little script maintains a local archive of a channel that YouTube thinks Canadians should not be allowed to watch...)
+This particular little script maintains a local archive of a channel that YouTube thinks Canadians should not be allowed to watch...  (needless to say, it gets run on the VPN equipped Download Server.)

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 Fortunately, it's pretty easy to do.
 [https://youtube-dl.org/ youtube-dl] is a pretty awesome tool.
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 Instead, install it directly:
-* <code>sudo wget <nowiki>https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl</nowiki> -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
+*<code>sudo wget <nowiki>https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl</nowiki> -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
-* <code>sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
+*<code>sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
 This allows you to regularly update (maybe even through cron) it with the command:
-* <code>sudo youtube-dl -U</code>
+*<code>sudo youtube-dl -U</code>
 Which guarantees you keep up with the multitude of random changes made at YouTube.

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:36, 24 June 2020
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	But don't install it through the package manager. It gets incredibly regular updates & the package manager kinda borks this.		But don't install it through the package manager. It gets incredibly regular updates & the package manager kinda borks this.

−	Instead, install it directly:~~<blockquote>~~ <code>sudo wget <nowiki>https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl</nowiki> -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>~~</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote>~~ <code>sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code><~~/blockquote~~></~~blockquote~~>	+	Instead, install it directly:
		+
		+	* <code>sudo wget <nowiki>https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl</nowiki> -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
		+	* <code>sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
		+
		+	This allows you to regularly update (maybe even through cron) it with the command:
		+
		+	* <code>sudo youtube-dl -U</code>
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		+	Which guarantees you keep up with the multitude of random changes made at YouTube.

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 There are a few good reasons to be set up to download YouTube videos.
-* Geofencing
+*Geofencing
-* Reliability
+*Reliability
-* Bandwidth Management
+*Bandwidth Management
 Fortunately, it's pretty easy to do.
 [https://youtube-dl.org/ youtube-dl] is a pretty awesome tool.

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:28, 24 June 2020
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	Fortunately, it's pretty easy to do.		Fortunately, it's pretty easy to do.

−	youtube-dl	+	[https://youtube-dl.org/ youtube-dl] is a pretty awesome tool.