From 2a37ad4fe502e727b02ae901afaf07f3fa46587f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jessie Chatham Spencer Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 11:30:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Switch to yt-dlp from youtube-dl ./start_kit/video_downloader.py was not working with some youtube videos, due to youtube-dl out of date. Therefore this commit updates ./start_kit/video_downloader.py to use yt-dlp which is a more up to date fork of youtube-dl. It looks like youtube-dl is under new maintenance and may become viable in the future. Therefore the youtube_downloader variable can be changes in ./start_kit/video_downloader.py to easily switch between the two. Relevant github issue for youtube-dl status: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30568 --- README.md | 3 +++ start_kit/video_downloader.py | 10 ++++++---- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b37315bac13..9b561222841 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Please visit the [project homepage](https://dxli94.github.io/WLASL/) for news up Please **star the repo** to help with the visibility if you find it useful. +**yt-dlp vs youtube-dl** youtube-dl has had low maintance for a while now and does not work for some youtube videos, see this [issue](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30568). +[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) is a more up to date fork, which seems to work for all youtube videos. Therefore `./start_kit/video_downloader.py` uses yt-dlp by default but can be switched back to youtube-dl in the future by adjusting the `youtube_downloader` variable. + Download Original Videos ----------------- 1. Download repo. diff --git a/start_kit/video_downloader.py b/start_kit/video_downloader.py index ae363b94a80..e94c141224d 100644 --- a/start_kit/video_downloader.py +++ b/start_kit/video_downloader.py @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ logging.basicConfig(filename='download_{}.log'.format(int(time.time())), filemode='w', level=logging.DEBUG) logging.getLogger().addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)) +# Set this to youtube-dl if you want to use youtube-dl. +# The the README for an explanation regarding yt-dlp vs youtube-dl. +youtube_downloader = "yt-dlp" def request_video(url, referer=''): user_agent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009021910 Firefox/3.0.7' @@ -100,10 +103,9 @@ def download_nonyt_videos(indexfile, saveto='raw_videos'): def check_youtube_dl_version(): - ver = os.popen('youtube-dl --version').read() + ver = os.popen(f'{youtube_downloader} --version').read() - assert ver, "youtube-dl cannot be found in PATH. Please verify your installation." - assert ver >= '2020.03.08', "Please update youtube-dl to newest version." + assert ver, f"{youtube_downloader} cannot be found in PATH. Please verify your installation." def download_yt_videos(indexfile, saveto='raw_videos'): @@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ def download_yt_videos(indexfile, saveto='raw_videos'): logging.info('YouTube videos {} already exists.'.format(video_url)) continue else: - cmd = "youtube-dl \"{}\" -o \"{}%(id)s.%(ext)s\"" + cmd = f"{youtube_downloader} \"{{}}\" -o \"{{}}%(id)s.%(ext)s\"" cmd = cmd.format(video_url, saveto + os.path.sep) rv = os.system(cmd)