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  • Re: New BBS history book

    From knightwise@VERT/BEERS20 to Ogg on Saturday, July 19, 2025 10:04:00
    I simply download the material using youtube-dl or yt-dlp
    depending on which computer I happen to be using and watch the
    material on my TV later.

    I do the same thing. I have an IOS shortcut that adds the url of the youtube video I want to watch to a text file. I then use a cronjob, yt-dlp an ffmpeg to download the video, convert it into ios-native format (mp4) and copy the file to a folder; That folder is synced to my laptop and my ipad. Youtube, Offline, No adds, no distracting algorhythm

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    www.knightwise.com

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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to knightwise on Sunday, July 20, 2025 07:42:00
    Hello knightwise!

    ** On Saturday 19.07.25 - 10:04, knightwise wrote to Ogg:

    I simply download the material using youtube-dl or yt-dlp
    depending on which computer I happen to be using and watch the
    material on my TV later.

    Wow.. the above quote is dated - Mo 11.07.22, 19:34

    I do the same thing. I have an IOS shortcut that adds the
    url of the youtube video I want to watch to a text file. I
    then use a cronjob, yt-dlp an ffmpeg to download the video,
    convert it into ios-native format (mp4) and copy the file
    to a folder; That folder is synced to my laptop and my
    ipad. Youtube, Offline, No adds, no distracting algorhythm

    Sounds like a good procedure.

    A lot has changed since my original post above in 2022.
    youtube-dl nolonger works in my WinXP, and ytp-dlp doesn't
    always succeed on my Win7 system.


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  • From knightwise@VERT/BEERS20 to Ogg on Monday, July 21, 2025 00:13:00
    A lot has changed since my original post above in 2022.
    youtube-dl nolonger works in my WinXP, and ytp-dlp doesn't
    always succeed on my Win7 system.



    I have it running on my raspberry pi running raspbian. Works ok.

    Knightwise
    Host of the knightwise.com podcast
    www.knightwise.com

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to OGG on Monday, July 21, 2025 10:14:23
    A lot has changed since my original post above in 2022.
    youtube-dl nolonger works in my WinXP, and ytp-dlp doesn't
    always succeed on my Win7 system.

    I am using it on a linux machine, so your mileage may vary, but yt-dlp has
    to be kept up to date pretty regular or it quits working. My guess is that
    it is more accurate to say that YT quits working with it. ;)

    My linux distro does provide a copy in its package libraries, and it is
    kept fairly up to date while the distro version is new. As it gets closer
    to time for a new release, you have to start getting that package via a "backport" or compiling from source in order to keep it current enough.


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