*SOLVED* Youtube-dl not working

JimW · 2019-05-20 16:06

For the last few weeks I have been unable to download video's using youtube-dl. Has Youtube made some change that hasn't came through the repositories yet or has FireFox messed things up more?

Last edited by JimW (2019-05-20 23:48)

Dai_trying · 2019-05-20 16:49

I think YouTube changes it's api quite often to make things more difficult for users that don't want to see all their adverts, I think the best way to use it is to follow their instructions for installation from the git-hub page which also covers updating when the inevitable failures happen.

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/ … .md#readme

JimW · 2019-05-20 19:29

Ok! Thanks Dia. That worked.
After doing a complete removal of youtube-dl via synaptic I found I had to go to /usr/local and recreate the bin directory before it would complete. But it is now working!

Dai_trying · 2019-05-20 19:41

You're welcome Jim, a lot of users are having similar problems, partially caused by Debian's stable philosophy but I always recommend this route to anyone wanting to use YouTube-dl.

JimW · 2019-05-20 23:50

Almost forgot to change it to solved!

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