corbin@infosec.pub to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoYt-dlp is the best way to download videos and audiowww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1523arrow-down18
arrow-up1515arrow-down1external-linkYt-dlp is the best way to download videos and audiowww.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squarenore {she/her}@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago I still have to wait a long time for the video to load in the Mpv cache In my experience the video loads in a few seconds compared to the minutes it’d take for it to download, but I get your second point.
minus-squaregramgan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoDepends on the options mpv passes to yt-dlp—I personally have in my mpv config to grab 720p videos, so that it’s faster than downloading full quality.
In my experience the video loads in a few seconds compared to the minutes it’d take for it to download, but I get your second point.
Depends on the options mpv passes to yt-dlp—I personally have in my mpv config to grab 720p videos, so that it’s faster than downloading full quality.