submitted 1 day ago by waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I want to download a couple of videos from creators I like, to keep them in case they are ever lost later (whether due to censorship or drama, etc). What is the best method to use for getting files from youtube? bonus points especially if they result in file types that I can burn to a dvd.

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[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 39 points 1 day ago

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

[-] waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

thank you!

[-] sonalder@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you don't feel confortable with CLI tools their is graphical front-ends for yt-dlp such as Open Video Downloader or stacher but using yt-dlp is always better

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

is there a reason to be uncomfortable? I'm noob

[-] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 1 points 17 hours ago

No. With Unix-style tools, bare terminal is always more powerful than any GUI. It's just that a lot of people don't want to invest their time into reading manuals and actually understanding how it all works.