Why is youtube-dl blocked

[Bret Busby]

On 2/11/23 07:08, Mario Marietto wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> All these addons don't work for the udemy videos. And I forgot to ask : 
> what do you use for getting instagram videos ? I can download its 
> videos,but when I try to reproduce them,I see that the content is encrypted.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 12:04 AM Bret Busby <bret at busby.net 
> <mailto:bret at busby.net>> wrote:
> 
>     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>
>      > <mailto: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>
>     <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>
>     <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>
>     <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).
> 
>     ....
>     Bret Busby
>     Armadale
>     Western Australia
>     (UTC+0800)
>     .................
> 
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> -- 
> Mario.
> 


I am sorry - I do not use either udemy or instagram.

I am of no help, regarding them.

....
Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
.................