• s3rvant@lemmy.zip
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      yt-dlp is a free and open source tool you run locally to download from YouTube (and others).

      I often use it to download whole playlists or channels to then load into my Jellyfin server such as shows for my younger kids or to rip the audio for music.

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        Interesting!! I will take a look, but are they safe? I mean I will not get any surprises later lol

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          Worst case YT blacklists your IP, usually temporarily. I’ve had it happen a few times, had to dial up my throttle avoidance settings.

        • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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          I run mine behind a VPN just to be safe, and even then Google still tries to throttle/rate limit as much as they can - but it’s important enough to me that it’s still worth trying