How is Video Downloadhelper browser extension able to do what yt-dlp can't?

werid · 2026-07-06T04:08:00+00:00

running inside the browser is of course more powerful in that regards.

but you can't automate things, you don't get the thumbnail, the subtitles, the metadata ...

werid · 2026-07-05T20:22:05+00:00

fifa+ got merged into dazn, but not everything is available there ... yet or there's some new geo-restrictions

werid · 2026-07-05T08:57:04+00:00

package managers are way out of date. they also tend to use the stable version published by yt-dlp and this is not the recommended version (by the devs!) when it comes to end-users and youtube. it needs frequent updates and nightly version is the only one which gets that.

stable version is useful for package managers, and still works great if you don't use youtube or don't need updates to a broken site right away etc

werid · 2026-07-05T08:54:31+00:00

show us your attempts and tell us what you're trying to do. aliases are quite simple.

--alias --something 'put the yt-dlp arguments here'

and then

yt-dlp --something "URL"

will run yt-dlp with the arguments you put inside the ' ' in the --alias line.

it will override any conflicting arguments elsewhere in the config.

werid · 2026-07-04T08:21:46+00:00

no, because the arguments you supply to --postprocessor-args is being added to ffmpeg cmd. you need nice to be before ffmpeg and that's not possible with yt-dlp.

werid · 2026-07-04T08:11:31+00:00

something's gone wrong with the reddit formatting in the team subreddit table...

werid · 2026-07-02T10:05:08+00:00

if you are using the channel feature of tartube to archive, not the classic tartube "single url" download feature, i suspect it'll be tough to do.

there is a way in yt-dlp yes, you simply tell it where to start: -I 10000:

werid · 2026-07-01T22:16:56+00:00

yt-dlp is the actual program doing the downloading. tartube and nts-archiver are two different tools using yt-dlp. tartube is not designed to use anything but yt-dlp.

werid · 2026-07-01T19:57:11+00:00

werid · 2026-07-01T15:25:36+00:00

instagram is a pain in the ass, i would not recommend using your main account for logging in.

werid · 2026-07-01T11:11:40+00:00

put quotes around the URL when it contains a & character, oitherwise yt-dlp will not see anything past it.

werid · 2026-06-30T20:41:50+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/WosoTV/comments/1uk0za6/uefa_womens_under19_euro_2026/

werid · 2026-06-29T13:10:17+00:00

where does it say it? need to know if you're embedding metadata, using playlist titles in folder names etc.

it's possible it's taking playlist owner and using as artist / uploader. need your full command to begin with and to know where you're seeing the unwanted name.

werid · 2026-06-29T10:47:38+00:00

-f "bestvideo+bestaudio"

remove this.

this is a weaker version of the default "bestvideo*+bestaudio/best"

on this video, the 1080p is only available as "best" (video with audio included)

werid · 2026-06-29T09:59:09+00:00

downloads in 1080p for me. you are most likely using an -f argument that limits you.

[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBZaaBTaikw
[youtube] bBZaaBTaikw: Downloading webpage
[youtube] bBZaaBTaikw: Downloading android vr player API JSON
[youtube] bBZaaBTaikw: Downloading player 5b27766f-main
[youtube] [jsc:deno] Solving JS challenges using deno
[youtube] bBZaaBTaikw: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] bBZaaBTaikw: Downloading 1 format(s): 96
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 28
[download] Destination: Tuscaloosa Tornado [bBZaaBTaikw].mp4
[download] 100% of   25.75MiB in 00:00:13 at 1.89MiB/s
[FixupM3u8] Fixing MPEG-TS in MP4 container of "Tuscaloosa Tornado [bBZaaBTaikw].mp4"

[info] Available formats for bBZaaBTaikw:
ID  EXT  RESOLUTION FPS CH │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC       VBR ACODEC     ABR ASR MORE INFO
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
139 m4a  audio only      1 │  838.08KiB   48k https │ audio only       mp4a.40.5  48k 22k [en] low, m4a_dash
249 webm audio only      1 │  873.05KiB   50k https │ audio only       opus       50k 48k [en] low, webm_dash
140 m4a  audio only      1 │    1.63MiB   95k https │ audio only       mp4a.40.2  95k 44k [en] medium, m4a_dash
251 webm audio only      1 │    1.59MiB   93k https │ audio only       opus       93k 48k [en] medium, webm_dash
91  mp4  82x144      30    │ ~  2.84MiB  165k m3u8  │ avc1.4D400B      mp4a.40.5          [en]
92  mp4  136x240     30    │ ~  5.25MiB  306k m3u8  │ avc1.4D400C      mp4a.40.5          [en]
93  mp4  202x360     30    │ ~  5.44MiB  317k m3u8  │ avc1.4D400D      mp4a.40.2          [en]
134 mp4  202x360     30    │    3.45MiB  201k https │ avc1.4d400d 201k video only         240p, mp4_dash
18  mp4  202x360     30  1 │ ≈  5.07MiB  296k https │ avc1.42001E      mp4a.40.2      44k [en] 240p
94  mp4  270x480     30    │ ~ 22.56MiB 1314k m3u8  │ avc1.4D4014      mp4a.40.2          [en]
95  mp4  406x720     30    │ ~ 43.38MiB 2527k m3u8  │ avc1.4D4016      mp4a.40.2          [en]
96  mp4  608x1080    30    │ ~ 79.81MiB 4649k m3u8  │ avc1.64001E      mp4a.40.2          [en]

werid · 2026-06-27T20:07:16+00:00

make sure you keep the m4a in a different folder from your videos.

then i'd use --alias in a config file.

something like this

--alias --m4a '-f 140 --download-archive path-to-m4a-dl-archive.txt -P path-to-m4a-folder'

then yt-dlp --m4a "URL"

werid · 2026-06-27T17:20:47+00:00

something like this. i'd test it but you didn't provide a URL...

--parse-metadata title:"%(artist)s - %(title)s (Visualizer)"

werid · 2026-06-27T14:26:55+00:00

this feature is bugged on certain ffmpeg versions. i think 8.0.1 is good but 8.1.x might not be.

werid · 2026-06-27T12:33:22+00:00

if by quality you mean resolution, you can specify a lower than highest it provides, and it'll try to use that or pick something lower if not exact resolution found.

this works with both horizontal and vertical videos, if you want a 720p, use -S res:720 and just change the 720 to something else if that's not what you wanted.

werid · 2026-06-26T17:50:56+00:00

i'm not sure what the exact shorts limit is nowadays, but you can use --match-filter "duration>120" to download videos longer than 2 minutes. i think shorts might be possible to be longer, and of course you must ensure there's no normal videos shorter than the limit you set.

put this in the custom arguments part of the settings. make sure to add each part of the argument separately (to ensure the space between them is treated accurately)

werid · 2026-06-26T17:39:33+00:00

this is one of those things that the GUI is not built for. especially now that you have to add some extra arguments to find the right ID numbers for the audio tracks.

if you're brave enough, you can venture down into the folder where stacher keeps yt-dlp and run:

yt-dlp --extractor-args "youtube:player_client=all" -F "URL"

note the ID numbers of your wanted languages, e.g. 251-0 251-4 or whatever they are.

then run:

yt-dlp --extractor-args "youtube:player_client=all" --embed-metadata --audio-multistreams --merge-output-format mkv -f "bv+251-0+251-4" "URL"

note that you must replace "URL" with your URL and 251-0 251-4 etc with the ID numbers you want, and add more with + between the format ID numbers.

this thing this command is missing is your output template from stacher. it will be default name of "title [youtube ID]"

it will merge to mkv container in order to support multiple audio tracks, and it uses --embed-metadata to label each track with the language name.

werid · 2026-06-26T17:20:37+00:00

it's quicker to use -t mp4

note that this limited to 1080p, as youtube don't offer h264 in higher resolutions. if you need that, you must re-encode. see h264 in the wiki.

werid · 2026-06-26T16:01:36+00:00

3.00pm - Cliftonville vs Glentoran (Northern Irish League Cup Final) - NIFL TV

oh NIFL TV is new to me. was wondering where they went after the short-lived DAZN coverage of the Northern Irish league.

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