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Cunted said:
Don't do this on ubuntu (probably applies to all stable distros), it has some old ass version on apt, which probably doesn't work anymore. You should use pipx or install it just using pip (if you don't care about python). You will need to install the ffmpeg package for this method.
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If you do this then you will need to update it manually from via pip when it changes.

Personally? I add the following to the bottom of my ~/.bashrc file:
Code: 
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
and make sure there's a 'bin' directory in my home folder. Then I download the 'yt-dlp' file from the latest release in:
github.com

Releases · yt-dlp/yt-dlp

A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes - yt-dlp/yt-dlp
github.com github.com
That way, to update, all I need to do is run
Code: 
yt-dlp -U
Alternatively, JDownloader is really pretty good for downloading Youtube videos, updates automatically, and it has a graphical interface. It will work on Windows, Linux, MacOS. All you need to do is download the 'other- Multios JAR' version of JDownloader2 from here and make sure a Java JRE is installed (something like the openjdk-11-jre package on Ubuntu should work just fine, but JDownloader isn't actually picky about java versions at all). It also allows downloading subtitles, descriptions, etc, it's just not as good if you want to combine subtitles, chapters etc into a single .mp4 file- yt-dlp is much better if you want to do that on your initial download without any postprocessing.
 
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Powdy Riper said:
this sounds retarded but people should start taking screenshots of whatever nonsense advertisements you see on youtube

I already have a few of them in a folder somewhere (mostly scams, but a few other friends I know have taken screenshots of sketchy porn-esque stuff)

sorta want to post up whatever I see whenever I accumulate enough of them
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they should be sued in a class action for allowing all these scam and fraud ads
 
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Reporting back in.

Invidious instances don't work on Freetube right now however local API does. I still haven't seen any ads being forced into content but I'm not getting my hopes up yet.
 
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This really is the end game of a net that primarily, let alone solely, derives all it's money from ads. We need a new system before ad culture and the ghouls behind them, destroy pretty much everything. (the driving force behind the PG-ification of the net and so much more) It'll still be a fight though thanks to business and market "logic".. Inf growth fallacies mean they will never be allowed to "leave money on the table" even with a different option.
 
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I wish more normies channels posted to alternative sites. I used to like odysee but I checked it out yesterday and the frontpage had a 7 hour Livestream with 0 viewers. Dailymotion probably gets more traffic. Rumble is all republican politics and sports shit, and kick is people who got banned off Twitch and it shits itself if you have a VPN.
The Internet used to be full of alternative websites, why can't the normies make little hops when it comes to YouTube when they'll shit themselves and run to fucking threads and bluesky over minor disagreements with the owner?
 
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IDanceonTrannyGraves said:
I too look forward to Rumble becoming the dominant streaming service.
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Nobody should be using Rumble unless they use a spoof phone number either with a burner phone, or this site: https://www.receivesms.co/

Rumble has this annoying thing where they ask you for your phone number if you want to upload your very first video, and the reason they give is "for verification purposes"... because confirming your email wasn't enough of a verification for these guys.
 
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Null said:
As far as your computer is able to discern, the content you are watching is indistinguishable from the rest of the video. It is effectively lying to your computer as to what is ad and what is not ad.
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I've noticed that the normal YouTube controls (resolution, time skipping, etc.) aren't available during these ads... shouldn't that be a point of differentiation your browser can pick up on?
 
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DamnWolves! said:
I've noticed that the normal YouTube controls (resolution, time skipping, etc.) aren't available during these ads... shouldn't that be a point of differentiation your browser can pick up on?
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Yes, but
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And really, if they're that dedicated, more sophisticated tools could be detected. Even if it were something really magic like being able to download the next sequence of the video from a remote server and play it instead, YouTube would be able to tell that your player is now acting as if the ad never played, and it could break itself.
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LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV] said:
I admit it makes me really MATI.

I dont care if i post something and people call me a faggot and tell me to kms but hiding comments like this drives me off the wall.

Its not just about my own comments either When a comment section says "10 replies" but after expanding it there are only 2 because the rest were shadowbanned it makes me want to fedpost.
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Makes me wish something Like Dissenter would've actually taken off back in the day.
 
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Gravityqueen4life said:
HOLY SHIT! I FOUND IT! PLEASE, SOMEONE ARCHIVE IT FOR ME!


NVM, found another link and DL. im never letting this go.
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>Less than a page after a way-too-long 'how to use yt-dlp' post
>HALP ARCHIVE THING FOR ME NOBODY COULD DO THIS BUT A SUPERHACKER

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GenociderSyo said:
This may make a bit more easy for people to understand why ad block won't work anymore:
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How the fuck long did Muta have to go to a voice coach so that this leafjeet sounds like neither Leaf nor Pajeet? Shit had to be like Batman training up.
 
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DickMain said:
Hell, within the decade I could see them going the extra mile and using AI to keep the actor appear to remaining in motion waiting for your reply instead of pausing outright.
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I could see them using AI to make commercials reference the content you're watching.

"Rescuing the princess in six minutes? That's fast. But not as fast as getting pre-approved for a home loan with Rocket Mortgage!"

Current tech is almost all of the way there.
 
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YOUTUBE IS INJECTING AIDS!?

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