On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:52:23 -0400, "Mayayana"
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mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
"konda" <kondalavanya335@gmail.com> wrote
| Have you noticed that youtube has started throttling the downloads when
you use YouTube-DL software?
|
I've noticed increasingly common problems where I have
to stop the download and restart it, sometimes several
times. I wrote my own graphical front-end and have a
download guage with my firewall, so it's not a big deal.
+1
Speeds down to almost dialup.
No restarts though, it's been slow and steady.
People have said that youtube-dl is being discontinued.
So far I have no confirmation of that and the website has
not posted any notice. The alternative fork recommended
doesn't support XP... So, I've been wondering what to think
all around. Just this morning I was researching alternatives,
but there don't really seem to be any worth trying.
+1
Tangentially, people have also been complaining about age
checks. Apparently the concern about kids getting porn has
given Google a perfect excuse to demand an ID to view
videos! Presumably downloading bypasses that, but I don't
know for sure.
I get a "Please login to you Google account to continue" if I
try looking at the webpage(any youtube link, I've never downloaded
PrOn from youtube).
Anyone not getting that has probably been ID'd either by
his/her OS or a datamining browser.
Youtube-dl bypasses that, but it is painfully slow. I always
download at 480p(-f 18), and even then a download can take hours.
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