Go to your favorite streaming site
Simple press F12
Go to Network
Select XHR (XMLHttpRequest)
Filter URLs for m3u8
- If you find more than one, just test them out, you will soon find the trick on your own :)
Copy the URL
Open a terminal and type yt-dlp <your-copied-link>

Do it Ethically

Some may call us pirates, which I find really cool

But the true evil Pirates/criminals are the ones that keep the power to themselves and don't share it with others

Information is the only true power, and it should be free(free as in free speech) for all.

Share your own tips & tricks in the comments if you want!

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[–] NOOBMASTER@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I have VideoDownloadHelper addon for Firefox, and most of the time it works. There are some exceptions of course, where it cannot download the video. But I love finding out new ways to do it, in case the old ways fail one day. Good post, man!

[–] equalszero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks!

It's a must have add on, but it's still just an add on, we should know the basics of what's happening behind the scenes to sail the 7 seas.

The reason I posted that is to inspire some of you in creating fancy scripts that can easily do more than just downloading one video.

[–] deepfake@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

VideoDownloadHelper is really cool. I use it in chrome to download music and vids. Every 500th download it congratulates you and asks for a donation or some positive review.

[–] roxy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

My fellow crewmen, yt-dlp is great but you don't need it if you have vlc installed on your pc, you could just open Convert / Save function (Ctrl + R for shortcut), click the "Network" tab", paste the hls (m3u8) or dash (mpd) link and save it as you normally would.

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[–] dbemol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago

A r/piracy post that is actually useful? A sign of the times

[–] QuestioningEspecialy@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Xtreme Download Manager lets you do this with ease (and more) and can check for the latest yt-dlp version before downloading on its own.

MPC-HC lets you play and download YouTube videos using yt-dlp.

[–] MavTheHack@lemmy.fmhy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Adding to topic:

If you want an android specific tool. Use seal from fdroid

[–] aiden@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

seal is so good. i use syncthing to sync my music library, seal downloads from my phone and yt-dlp from my pc. works perfectly ;)

[–] MavTheHack@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Ha same here 🍻

[–] kamin@lemmy.kghorvath.com 9 points 2 years ago

JDownloader has handled just about everything I've thrown at it

[–] roxy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

My fellow crewmen, yt-dlp is great but you don’t need it if you have vlc installed on your pc, you could just open Convert / Save function (Ctrl + R for shortcut), click the “Network” tab", paste the hls (m3u8) or dash (mpd) link and save it as you normally would.

[–] Captain_Shoe@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any website? Including all the streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, etc?

[–] samwise@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://cdm-project.com/

They have a lot of good tools and guides for getting setup to pull drm encrypted streams. You’ll need access to an android device that has root to be able to pull drm keys from. It took me a bit to figure out how to get it setup. They had to remove the all in one setup page so the software is outdated but I followed this (https://web.archive.org/web/20230315101847/https://cdm-project.com/cdm-tools/how-to) and just searched for the latest versions of the software they reference and got it working to download off disney+ and wowpresentsplus

[–] burtek@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I always heard rooting an android device wipes the DRM keys - is it not true then?

[–] roxy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Long time root user here, I use a lot of extensions with it such as Xposed and Frida. Even though there are tools with which you can manipulate DRM, I have never heard of one that can completely remove them and successfully play a DRM-protected content. The closest one to what you mentioned used to be able to remove the DRM library from the system but couldn't play anything on Netflix.

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[–] RedCanasta@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Glad to see the call for ethical piracy in this thread. As pirates, we should be more understanding of the fact that information should be shared without any red tape so to speak.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I try to avoid pirating from independent creators if I think they actually deserve to be supported.

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interesting! I do something similar except I just scour the media F12 tab until I find what I'm looking for

[–] equalszero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago

There fancier ways to do this, it's just an intro. What exactly are you usually looking for?

[–] QuestioningEspecialy@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

F12 and searching that mass of incoherence for "maxdefault" (iirc) is how I grab YouTube thumbnails.

[–] sub_ 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yeah yt-dlp is really good.

I wrote a terminal interface for personal use, so that it could read my list of links, extract the titles, and download the videos with proper filename that I want.

I also have a keyboardmaestro macro that automatically detects youtube links from my clipboard and inserts them into my download list. I've been using this approach for 2 - 3 years.

If I like a video, I'd actually go back to YouTube, give them an upvote and leave a comment.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Information is Ammunition

[–] xRostro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

Im going to assume this would also pull hard subs but has anyone tested it to know if it will also pull normal subs?

[–] 1984@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks! I will have to test it on some obscure local websites on which most of the downloaders not work.

[–] equalszero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd recommend trying gogoanime etc first, then sail the deep waters :)

[–] 1984@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I meant more like news sites with all their proprietary players so not really high seas, just difficult to obtain usually.

[–] equalszero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For news sites I usually first try video downloadhelper addon, then figure what's happening with dev tools. Usually their proprietary players are way worse, but I don't really mess with news sites.

[–] 1984@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I use downloadhelper too and it works on most but I will give this one a try on those it did not. Thank you again!

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Spotdl for downloading Spotify music. It's amazing also

[–] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But for blob:urls you need an extension.

[–] deepfake@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is there any way to save this post for later?

[–] crimeschneck@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

Do you mean save in lemmy?

You can save it by clicking the star:

[–] Maximilious@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In kbin if you updoot it, it will show up in your profile. Not sure if there's another way in kbin atm as I'm still learning

[–] QuestioningEspecialy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

@deepfake This is what I use boosts for. Should be between reply and more.

[–] deepfake@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

How can I do that? And I'm using kbin.social.

[–] guilty_tangent@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

You should be able to bookmark it

[–] Soulsender@vlemmy.net 3 points 2 years ago

This is awesome thank you

[–] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This has been my method for browsing on desktop. It has come in really helpful for when I had lectures to get through, but the default play speeds were too low, so I'd download it and then get through it faster at like over 2x speed.

I'd also like to give a shout out to the 1DM app on Android. 1DM+ version without ads was worth the money to me, and has been really reliable too.

[–] gronapa@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I am suffering with this exact issue currently. Although the videos have embedded question checkpoints that need to be reached by watching the video.

[–] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

What about using 1DM on Android?

[–] Truestorydreams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Been using j Downloader but It doesn't work with spankbang anymore will give it a try

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[–] iWORKBRiEFLY@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Doesn't work on Medici, been tryna download video/audio from a band's page on there forever & can't figure it out

[–] didimegadudu@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

can you download the full paywall hidden videos from manyvids with this? If not, is there a way to do that?

[–] anonynorbi@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you for this awesome information! I agree with the statement about sharing the power and that information should be free (as in speech) for all. Let's make internet a better place!

[–] IIOrochiII@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for tutorial

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