On Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 14:24:08 (-0700), Fred wrote: > On 03/21/2019 11:57 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 10:17:11 (-0700), Fred wrote: > > > On 03/21/2019 08:41 AM, David Wright wrote: > > > > On Thu 21 Mar 2019 at 15:38:41 (+0100), Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, Celejar wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:34:42 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel > > > > > > <pierre.frenk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2019, riveravaldez wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe worth mentioning: youtube-dl, exceptionally useful and > > > > > > > > simple CLI tool. > > > > > > > useful and simple... but it works only for urls with > > > > > > > alphanumeric characters > > > > > > > I tried with an url containing ? and &, and I got nothing > > > > > > > I tried also by escaping ? and & with \, and it was not > > > > > > > better. > > > > > > > I'll send you an example later, if you are not convinced... > > > > > > You can also try putting the url(s) in a file, and feeding the file > > > > > > to > > > > > > youtube-dl via its -a option. > > > > > > > > > > > > Celejar > > > > > > > > > > > At last, I fixed everything just by loadind the last version of > > > > > youtube-dl from the > > > > > yt-dl site > > > > > wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O > > > > > /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl > > > > > > > > > > after that, I can do either > > > > > youtube-dl --no-playlist > > > > > 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQd1IOyhKS4&list=RDEMlHFFKeq-aYlBhg-LtJ-SHw&start_radio=1' > > > > > or > > > > > youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQd1IOyhKS4 both give > > > > > exactly the same result. > > > > > > > > > > My question is why the Debian version so obsolte ans uneliable? > > > > The latest version on the website is three days old. The version I > > > > installed from backports on Jan 28 was 11 days old. > > > > > > > > You have to understand that sites like youtube and the BBC can > > > > obsolete youtube-dl and get_iplayer overnight, and they do. > > > > Then some clever people come up with a fix and release a new > > > > version, and I heave a big sigh of relief and thanks. (Most > > > > BBC programmes expire after four weeks, and I'm usually two or > > > > three weeks behind, so a quick fix is vital.) > > > > > > > > Debian mainstream doesn't work to that timetable, so you should > > > > check out the backports, where those sorts of package appear. > > > > Fortunately, get_iplayer is a single Perl script so I just > > > > download it from its site and put it in ~/bin, as you can see > > > > from my examples. > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I think you would be better off with: > > > > > > youtube-dl --update > > a) Why? > > > > b) How? > > > > $ youtube-dl --update > > Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...] > > > > youtube-dl: error: youtube-dl's self-update mechanism is disabled on Debian. > > Please update youtube-dl using apt(8). > > See https://packages.debian.org/sid/youtube-dl for the latest packaged > > version. > > > > $ > > > > > also: > > > > > > youtube-dl --help > > > > > > will show all the options. > > … and, of course, --update is missing. > > > > But which of these options did you mean to draw my attention to?
> Well, it would appear that I did not use the downlevel version from > the Debian repository. If you install from the youtube-dl website and > then use the --update command you can be sure of having the latest > version. Yes, the very latest. But with backports I get something that's almost invariably up-to-date enough, and I don't have to check for upgrades—they just appear, like mainstream updates. Cheers, David.
