Easy way to download videos from watch online movie sites? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I wouldn't need such a tool usually, but when I watch content in my native language, the sites are clearly overused, and the video blocks every 5 seconds. On Android I use LJ Video Downloader, and I'm wondering if there's something for Windows.

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[-] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

It’s yt-dlp. Don’t mess with any of the front ends, just learn how to type “yt-dlp” and whatever flags you want then paste your url.

[-] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

any reason why I should not just use Stacher? I used to use yt-dl as a kid but nowadays I like more chill approaches

[-] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

It works better, stays up to date, has better error reporting, has better documentation, is more trustworthy and isn’t gonna become abandonware in the near future.

It’s probably also faster for you once you get used to it: (if you’re on a webpage with a video you wanna download) ctrl-l, ctrl-c, (open your command prompt, for me it’s win-r -> “cmd” -> enter), yt-dlp ctrl-v.

I can’t think of anything more chill than pasting the url. It’s got incredibly good defaults.

[-] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I tried using it but the problem is the video it's always a generic page. When I use LJ on Android it lets me open the page from a browser and detect the video after I select season and episode on that page