Why is youtube-dl blocked

[Bret Busby]

On 2/11/23 05:00, Mario Marietto wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is some good alternative ? Sometimes I buy 
> some courses from udemy and I would like to download the files to watch 
> them offline. I used youtube-dl but now it does not work anymore and I 
> haven't found an alternative.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 9:41 PM Keith <keithw at caramail.com 
> <mailto:keithw at caramail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 11/1/23 2:25 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
>      > Hello.
>      >
>      > In trying to download a video from youtube, using youtube-dl, I
>     got the
>      > error message
>      >
>      > "
>      > ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on
>      > https://yt-dl.org/bug <https://yt-dl.org/bug> . Make sure you are
>     using the latest version; see
>      > https://yt-dl.org/update <https://yt-dl.org/update>  on how to
>     update. Be sure to call youtube-dl
>      > with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
>      > "
>      >
>      > Now, trying to go to
>      > https://yt-dl.org/update <https://yt-dl.org/update>
>      > returns
>      >
>      > "
>      > Access denied
>      >
>      > Due to a ruling of the Hamburg Regional Court, access to this
>     website is
>      > blocked.
>      > "
>      >
>      > Now, in that text, the word "ruling" is a hypertext link, that
>     leads toi
>      > a web page that is in german, with no english option available
>     for the
>      > web page.
>      >
>      >
>     Just put the link URL in google translate. With the chromium browser
>     there's popup to auto-translate the page from German to English. I'm
>     guessing Google Chrome, or other chromium-based browsers like Opera or
>     Brave may do that as well.
> 
>     Basically, the developer(s) got sued by media companies, lost, and are
>     forced to remove the software from the internet.
> 
>     -- 
>     Keith
> 
> 


> 
> 
> -- 
> Mario.
In Firefox, is an add-on named Easy Youtube Video Downloader, but I have 
not been able to get it to download at resolution higher than 720p for a 
while; I have found that it works only for youtube videos.

I also have multiple Ad blockers (and tracking blockers, etc) add-ons 
installed, in Firefox, including Adblocker for Youtube.

For MOOC videos and other non-youtube videos, I use primarily the Video 
Downloader Professional add-on in Firefox. When that does not work, I 
try (and, if it works, use) Video Download Helper (another add-on for 
Firefox).

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Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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