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1. Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Nov-2021 11:27:29 UTC Tagomago

   • Jasper
   • Aearil :heart_nb:
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   @jasper @aearil @lunch

   Found this a while ago: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29965#issuecomment-922377500

   Who knows... I'm thinking about moving to yt-dlp too, although I read that the options are a bit different. Gotta look into it. Sigh.

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Nov-2021 16:49:37 UTC Tagomago

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     • Aearil :heart_nb:

     @aearil No, thank you for providing the mpv config line! Unfortunately, it doesn't work for the version (0.32) included in Debian stable, 'cause it doesn't support the ytdl_path key.

     I have installed yt-dlp and everything else seems to work, including one script that acts as my local "subscription" feed from my favorite channels.

   • Aearil :heart_nb: (aearil@soc.luciferi.st)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Nov-2021 16:49:40 UTC Aearil :heart_nb:

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     • Jasper
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     @tagomago @jasper @lunch Thank you!
     
     And yt-dlp seems similar enough that it can be used as a drop in replacement with mpv, and anecdotally, it didn't break any of my homemade scripts that used youtube-dl
   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Nov-2021 17:17:24 UTC Tagomago

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     • Aearil :heart_nb:

     @aearil Thx! I use mpv as a YT player just casually, so I believe I'll be surviving like this for a while :-D

   • Aearil :heart_nb: (aearil@soc.luciferi.st)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Nov-2021 17:17:26 UTC Aearil :heart_nb:

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     • Tagomago
     @tagomago too bad :/ Though you can probably take inspiration from the yt-dlp-drop-in AUR package someone posted in the answer. Shouldn't be too hard to adapt for debian?
   • Ryan Daniels (ryandaniels@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Thursday, 04-Nov-2021 08:38:53 UTC Ryan Daniels

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     • Tagomago
     • Aearil :heart_nb:

     @tagomago @aearil
     I also have mpv v0.32 and got it working by using a symbolic link for yt-dlp to youtube-dl:
     $ ln -s $(command -v yt-dlp) ~/.local/bin/youtube-dl
     (or replace /usr/local/bin with whatever you want that's in your PATH)

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Nov-2021 08:38:53 UTC Tagomago

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     • Aearil :heart_nb:
     • Ryan Daniels

     @ryandaniels @aearil Ty! I always get confused by symlinks. Shouldn't I link from youtube-dl to yt-dlp as target instead? Btw, I didn't know you can symlink commands, though it makes sense, being files too 😮

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Nov-2021 08:31:49 UTC Tagomago

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     @clacke @ryandaniels @aearil Thanks, very illustrative indeed! I hope I remember it next time I use it... :D

   • a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 05-Nov-2021 08:31:51 UTC a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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     • Tagomago
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     @tagomago @ryandaniels @aearil It's a bit backwards, but maybe it helps to note that `ln -s` and `cp -s` both create symlinks.
     
     I still call it a symlink from b to a and that's the way the ASCII arrow points when you list the directory, it's just that the argument order when you create it is `ln -s a b` for symmetry with hardlinks and copies.
     
     It's like you started off wanting to copy a to b and then you decided nah, I'll just make b a symlink back to a instead.