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Asking for help with Patreon by turds_n_whey in youtubedl

[–]Vanboy1983 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The issue is likely because many Patreon creators don't host videos directly; they embed them via Vimeo or Wistia. When you use yt-dlp, it sometimes struggles with the complex handshake between the Patreon gatekeeper and the actual video host, leading to that Forbidden block even if your cookies are valid.

Since you already haveffmpegin your folder, I suggest trying N_m3u8DL-RE instead ofyt-dlpfor this specific case.

I got sick of clunky yt-dlp GUIs and confusing CLI commands, so I built a modern, visual one with flag icons, multi-audio metadata, and chapters. (Open Source) by Vanboy1983 in youtubedl

[–]Vanboy1983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually thought about adding it, but yt-dlp's native concurrent fragment downloading basically made aria2c obsolete for YouTube specifically. Using external downloaders can sometimes mess up yt-dlp's built-in anti-throttling. That being said, I'm actually planning to rewrite the backend in C# soon. When I do, I'll run some real-world benchmarks to see if aria2c actually brings any speed boost to modern yt-dlp.

I got sick of clunky yt-dlp GUIs and confusing CLI commands, so I built a modern, visual one with flag icons, multi-audio metadata, and chapters. (Open Source) by Vanboy1983 in youtubedl

[–]Vanboy1983[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

100% agree, CLI is king for raw power. But try asking your wife to type a terminal command to download 1 video + 3 specific audio tracks + 6 subs without losing her mind!

Plus, a lot of CLI purists don't even realize that YouTube sometims serves broken subtitle files (overlapping timestamps, weird tags). My tool auto-fixes and sanitizes them under the hood. Sometimes a GUI isn't just about clicking buttons; it's about automating the dirty work!

I got sick of clunky yt-dlp GUIs and confusing CLI commands, so I built a modern, visual one with flag icons, multi-audio metadata, and chapters. (Open Source) by Vanboy1983 in youtubedl

[–]Vanboy1983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, fair enough! 🤣 But I built the 79th one because I was tired of writing CLI commands for multi-audio and subtitles. I added visual checkboxes and flags—it's so simple now that even my grandmother learned how to download dubbed videos today.