2021-12-30, 00:54
All indications are that youtube-dl is dead. yt-dlp appears to be the successor.
I am working on an update to script.module.youtube.dl that will add yt-dlp and allow an addon to specify which lib to use. The default will be yt-dlp. The intention is to remove youtube-dl before very long since it's value is minimal. I leave it mostly to help test and migrate. Unless you depend upon some code specific to one of the implementations, the change should be transparent.
I hope to have this out in several weeks. My testing is limited, since I use only one call to simply download trailers and metadata. If anyone is interested in testing, please let me know.
Frank
I am working on an update to script.module.youtube.dl that will add yt-dlp and allow an addon to specify which lib to use. The default will be yt-dlp. The intention is to remove youtube-dl before very long since it's value is minimal. I leave it mostly to help test and migrate. Unless you depend upon some code specific to one of the implementations, the change should be transparent.
I hope to have this out in several weeks. My testing is limited, since I use only one call to simply download trailers and metadata. If anyone is interested in testing, please let me know.
Frank