The classic yt-dlp was how this all began, to be honest this one still confuses me but well figure that out in development. - Source: dev.to / 10 days ago

This seems to be a pretty straightforward GUI wrapper around https://github.com/Tyrrrz/YoutubeExplode (see https://github.com/PackJC/YoutubeToMP3/blob/main/Form1.cs is a well-maintained public domain alternative. - Source: Hacker News / 15 days ago

For me, the less-complicated client called "DVD" is more reliable for downloading than the client called "Newpipe"; the later stops working intermittently. YMMV. (Neither are as reliable as using own custom command line programs on desktop, or mobile via Termux. If Google makes a change I can fix/workaround immediately. No waiting for app developers.) For me, Newpipe works well as a Soundlcoud client. From the... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

You can put these options in a config file and they will become the default: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#configur.... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

Yep. yt-dlp and youtube-dl https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp Will also start to feel the impact. My theory is that we will see a bunch of new video hosting sites as youtube itself attempts to lock down its ecosystem. They haven't paid attention in any adversarial way as far as I can tell. When they do, it wont be great. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

I've been archiving a number of accounts for at least 3 years now. I've mainly used https://instaloader.github.io/. Had no problem initially, but now it's pretty easy for an account I use to be suspended. I tried spacing out my downloads but it didn't help. Any thoughts or tips? Source: about 1 year ago

Lol thank you, I used a script from github that does it automatically so it only takes a few seconds, I will keep updating this one but if somebody needs it for future archiving I used https://instaloader.github.io/. Source: about 1 year ago

I would start with python and a library like this one: https://instaloader.github.io/. Source: over 1 year ago

I'm also partial to https://instaloader.github.io/ for Instagram specifically. Source: almost 2 years ago

I use Instaloader and Crontab for this, which I run on a server (because my server runs 24/7). Source: almost 2 years ago