Swich mpv hook from youtube-dl to yt-dlp

[kmj9]

Youtube-dl is not active since july and youtube limits downloads to ~60 kb/s.
The result is : watching youtube videos in mpv (newsboat youtube rss) is not posible (buffering) when quality is set above 360p.

yt-dlp solved download limits but there's no option like { --ytdl-format= }

Solution would be to switch hook in mpv to yt-dlp.

[ghost]

I've been having this issue myself as well, but I thought it was just youtube being odd, thanks.

I fixed it very easily, you need to install the package 'youtube-dlp' via yay and add the following to '~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf':
script-opts=ytdl_hook-ytdl_path=yt-dlp

It might be a drop-in for youtube-dl, in which case youtube-dl could easily be replaced system-wide, but I'll test it first.

[Trebled]

Next release of mpv defaults to yt-dlp, installing alongside mpv-git in the meantime solved for me. ^_^

[ghost]

I'll make a pull requests that replaces youtube-dl on the whole system, in my opinion it's worth it because I had no issues during my tests.

[kmj9]

I agree. mpv-git works fine for now till mpv upgrade to the next version and yt-dlp is sensible choice.

[LukeSmithxyz]

This yt-dlp thing doesn't seem any faster and seems to have the same cap.

[kmj9]

Maybe but I don't think youtube-dl will get updated anytime soon if ever.
Combination of mpv-git + yt-dlp does work and mpv-git + youtube-dl doesn't.

[LukeSmithxyz]

I will wait to switch until this fix is finalized, otherwise there is not other tangible advantage for now. I'm not going to make people switch until there is a reason.

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On 21/10/18 07:18AM, kmj9 wrote: Maybe but I don't think youtube-dl will get updated anytime soon if ever. Combination of mpv-git + yt-dlp does work and mpv-git + youtube-dl doesn't. -- You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #1018 (comment)

[kmj9]

Maybe you right we don't need to rush let's wait then. We will see how this fix will finalize.

[TrevCan]

yt-dlp has been added to the official arch community repos.

I would recommend changing it now.

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