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minus-squareTwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoVideo Downloader. https://github.com/Unrud/video-downloader Strips all junk off any video url so you have the mp4 or mkv. Use this to add youtube videos/playlists to jellyfin. Doesn’t have to be youtube. Downloads any videos from a link. Can also save audio only from video links if you want to.
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoIt’s great for porn! Source: Twenty years of experience
minus-squaregaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAnd if you find yourself needing a less simple but more powerful tool for this: https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoi’ve been using yt-dlp for youtube videos for ages (supports about a million others as well) Supports metadata nicely which is beneficial, obviously.
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agofor a quick web based downloader I use https://cobalt.tools/
Video Downloader. https://github.com/Unrud/video-downloader
Strips all junk off any video url so you have the mp4 or mkv.
Use this to add youtube videos/playlists to jellyfin. Doesn’t have to be youtube. Downloads any videos from a link.
Can also save audio only from video links if you want to.
how does it compare to yt-dlp?
it’s a GUI for yt-dlp
It’s great for porn!
Source: Twenty years of experience
And if you find yourself needing a less simple but more powerful tool for this:
https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader
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i’ve been using yt-dlp for youtube videos for ages (supports about a million others as well)
Supports metadata nicely which is beneficial, obviously.
for a quick web based downloader I use https://cobalt.tools/
Parabolic does the same thing better