I've personally had best success using pyIDM with youtube-dlc fork. For the remainder, youtube-dl might be abandoned at the moment where youtube-dlc is the successor. Arguing about the laws and DMCA relating to youtube-dl will be a conversation that never ends, best to move on just as the earth revolves. I believe other programs will use youtube-dlc instead.
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On https://youtube-dl.org/ there is version v2020.11.01.1 available.I just typed -U and it updated. Download link redirects now to https://gitlab.com/dstftw/youtube-dl/, which as of right now wasn't announced as an official mirror, dstftw is sergey's username on github, and download link on youtube-dl.org points to it, so looks legit.I didn't know names of the maintainers, so did some digging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube-dl points to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8648436 which points to https://rg3.name/201408141628.html where I found Sergey M. aka dstftw. So it does indeed look legit.
tdlr; temporary new version available here: https://gitlab.com/dstftw/youtube-dl/ -
Here is a reddit thread about the new version
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/jm0pin/looks_like_there_is_a_new_release/ -
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That Reddit link, has discussion about it now using a youtube API Key and noone knows why. There was speculation:
Can't say for sure. I'd at least wait to hear for an explanation why that API key is there. It's not the sort of thing that makes any logical sense right now.
That would if nothing else give them a list of IPs to ban at a future date, or a list of potential targets to send further legal nastygrams to.
... of course there's a non zero chance it was hacked. there's a non zero chance an attacker would be able to put out a fake announcement spelling out exactly what you want to hear, too.
I didn't know names of the maintainers, so did some digging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube-dl points to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8648436 which points to https://rg3.name/201408141628.html where I found Sergey M. aka dstftw. So it does indeed look legit.
... try adding --no-check-certificate
That sounds like a bad idea. What's wrong with the certificate? -
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Seems to be back on https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/
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A good explanation on why it's back is here:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/github-agrees-riaa-claim-is-bunk-restores-...ol/?comments=1 -
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