Getting started
To do this properly, you need to understand how those websites work.
For the shake of simplicity fellow "pirates", they utilize m3u wiki link
m3u899% of the time.
You will also need yt-dlp install it if you don't have already
Example on utilizing this knowledge
- 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!
Edit: It seems yt-dlp was at some point moved from AUR to Extra. I was half expecting it to happen eventually since youtube-dl stopped working about a year ago, but I never noticed it happening.
Either way, as it's a package on extra instead of AUR there's a lot less of a security concern for anyone worried about that.
Original comment:
~~I have yt-dlp from the AUR (Arch User Repository). youtube-dl package also exists, and it's on extra, but it stopped working about half a year ago~~
@Astaroth, why do you use yt-dlp from aur if it is also in
extrarepository?like I said only the original youtube-dl package is in
extrabut it stopped working a while back.since then I've been using the
youtube-dl forkyt-dlp that OP mentioned, but it's inauratm since it hasn't gotten as recognized as it's a fork (I assume)Basically yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl, and unlike youtube-dl it's in aur instead of extra.
At least last I checked all youtube-dl forks are in aur, but you have to use yt-dlp (or maybe one of the other forks) since youtube-dl doesn't work anymore.
You are wrong. https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/yt-dlp/ yt-dlp is in the extra repository (has been for a long time now) as they said. No need to install it from the AUR
Interesting. I'm pretty sure it was on AUR when I installed quite a while back, but looks like it's in Extra now yeah.
It does make sense though since youtube-dl hasn't been working for about a year.
I should've checked before commenting
Don't sweat it bro