[gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl has been very slow

2021-11-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 08/11/2021 17:57, Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: What was the reasoning/motivation behind the fork? I see the yt-dl subreddit recommending yt-dlp as you have here, but not explanation other than the throttling being experienced and described here. It was a fork that added things youtube-dl did

[gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and the conf file.

2020-10-29 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-10-28, Michael wrote: > I had an old desktop which during a lightning storm ended up with a > blown PSU and a blown winmodem. The winmodem was unrepairable, but > the PSU survived following the replacement of a single capacitor. All Winmodems were 100% unrepairable fresh off the assembl

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-18 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 12:38:47PM +0100, Mick wrote > If you do not specify an output format for youtube-dl to transcode the > video and audio into, the application will use a matroska container: > > [ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Double Slit Experiment explained! by Jim Al- > Khalili-A9tKncAdlH

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-18 Thread Mick
On Thursday, 18 April 2019 03:43:05 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > This thread has piqued my interest in youtube-dl. I'm trying to get > best audio and video together in a 1920x1080 video for Youtube URL > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9tKncAdlHQ > > My config file is... > > -f bestvideo[width<=1

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-17 Thread Walter Dnes
This thread has piqued my interest in youtube-dl. I'm trying to get best audio and video together in a 1920x1080 video for Youtube URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9tKncAdlHQ My config file is... -f bestvideo[width<=1920]+bestaudio --merge-output-format mp4 --no-mtime --no-playlist -o ~/yt

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/04/2019 16:07, Dale wrote: >> This is what I have right now. >> >> --format >> bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best >> >> >> [...] >> >> That seems to have another option I >> like to, get .mp4 if available.  I

[gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/04/2019 16:07, Dale wrote: This is what I have right now. --format bestvideo[ext=webm][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/bestvideo[ext=mp4][width<=?1280]+bestaudio/best [...] That seems to have another option I like to, get .mp4 if available.  I think.  It did anyway.  :/  Time will tell. YouTub

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/04/2019 14:44, Mick wrote: >>> It still insists on downloading the largest file. >> >> It is doing this because you're asking it to download a video of >> [height<=? >> 1280], and also download potentially separately an audio file - then >> mux them >> into one cont

[gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/04/2019 14:44, Mick wrote: It still insists on downloading the largest file. It is doing this because you're asking it to download a video of [height<=? 1280], and also download potentially separately an audio file - then mux them into one container file. A *height* of <=1280 means a res

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 13 April 2019 12:19:46 BST Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/04/2019 11:55, Dale wrote: > > Just tried this as well. > > > > root@fireball / # cat /home/dale/.config/youtube-dl/config > > > > ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best > > > > It still insists on downloadin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 13 April 2019 09:55:45 BST Dale wrote: > root@fireball / # cat /home/dale/.config/youtube-dl/config > ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best > root@fireball / # > > > > It still insists on downloading the largest file. It is doing this because you're asking it to do

[gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/04/2019 11:55, Dale wrote: Just tried this as well. root@fireball / # cat /home/dale/.config/youtube-dl/config  ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1280]+bestaudio/best It still insists on downloading the largest file. "--ytdl-format" is an MPV option, not a youtube-dl option. Also, omitti

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 13/04/2019 11:11, Dale wrote: >>> Anyway, I want to set it so that the highest resolution it >>> will download is 720P. [...] >>> >>> I stuck the following into the file, in each location I tried. >>> >>> ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/bes

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/04/2019 11:11, Dale wrote: >> Anyway, I want to set it so that the highest resolution it >> will download is 720P. [...] >> >> I stuck the following into the file, in each location I tried. >> >> ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/best >> >>  From my goog

[gentoo-user] Re: youtube-dl and mpv.conf file

2019-04-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/04/2019 11:11, Dale wrote: Anyway, I want to set it so that the highest resolution it will download is 720P. [...] I stuck the following into the file, in each location I tried. ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?720]+bestaudio/best From my googling, that's what is shown is several places a

[gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10?

2008-09-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Graham Murray wrote: Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm using Flash 10_beta20080811. All high-resolution content on YouTube gives a "We're sorry, this video is no longer available." error. Can someone confirm? Here's a high-res video: The new version 10_rc20080915 seems to h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10?

2008-09-18 Thread Basti Steiner
I'm using flash 9 and sometimes the message pops up even on non HD videos. Don't know what it is, but a reload solves the problem most times. On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Graham Murray wrote: >> >> Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>

[gentoo-user] Re: YouTube

2008-09-03 Thread James
Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: > > I'm using Flash 10_beta20080811. All high-resolution content on YouTube > gives a "We're sorry, this video is no longer available." error. Can > someone confirm? Here's a high-res video: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhZd3WU5l38&fmt=18 Confirm

[gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10?

2008-09-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Graham Murray wrote: Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I know that Flash 9 can play it. I'm just wondering if everyone here who uses Flash 10 has the same problem. I think that I am, but had not associated the problem with HD until reading your post. I noticed that after upgradin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10?

2008-09-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 02 September 2008 23:16:50 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Nicola wrote: > > Alle martedì 2 settembre 2008, Nikos Chantziaras ha scritto: > >> I'm using Flash 10_beta20080811. All high-resolution content on YouTube > >> gives a "We're sorry, this video is no longer available." error. Can >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10?

2008-09-02 Thread Graham Murray
Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know that Flash 9 can play it. I'm just wondering if everyone here > who uses Flash 10 has the same problem. I think that I am, but had not associated the problem with HD until reading your post. I noticed that after upgrading to Flash 10 that I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10?

2008-09-02 Thread Sascha Hlusiak
Am Dienstag 02 September 2008 23:16:50 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > Nicola wrote: > > Alle martedì 2 settembre 2008, Nikos Chantziaras ha scritto: > >> I'm using Flash 10_beta20080811. All high-resolution content on YouTube > >> gives a "We're sorry, this video is no longer available." error. Can

[gentoo-user] Re: YouTube "HD" unusable with Flash 10?

2008-09-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Nicola wrote: Alle martedì 2 settembre 2008, Nikos Chantziaras ha scritto: I'm using Flash 10_beta20080811. All high-resolution content on YouTube gives a "We're sorry, this video is no longer available." error. Can someone confirm? Here's a high-res video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhZ