On Wed 12 Mar 2025 at 11:11:21 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 14:33:11 -0000, Greg wrote: > > My robot says: > > > > One result: > > > > yt-dlp "ytsearch:QUERY" > > > > But for the life of me, after searching for twenty minutes, I can't > > determine whether this is correct or not. > > hobbit:~$ wget > https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp > [...] > 2025-03-12 11:03:25 (9.25 MB/s) - ‘yt-dlp’ saved [3022294/3022294] > > hobbit:~$ sudo mv yt-dlp /usr/local/bin > [sudo] password for greg: > hobbit:~$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp > hobbit:~$ /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp "ytsearch:caught a lite sneeze" > [youtube:search] Extracting URL: ytsearch:caught a lite sneeze > [download] Downloading playlist: caught a lite sneeze > [youtube:search] query "caught a lite sneeze": Downloading web client config > [youtube:search] query "caught a lite sneeze" page 1: Downloading API JSON > [youtube:search] Playlist caught a lite sneeze: Downloading 1 items of 1 > [download] Downloading item 1 of 1 > [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weWtRqoSUOI > [youtube] weWtRqoSUOI: Downloading webpage > [youtube] weWtRqoSUOI: Downloading tv client config > [youtube] weWtRqoSUOI: Downloading player b21600d5 > [youtube] weWtRqoSUOI: Downloading tv player API JSON > [youtube] weWtRqoSUOI: Downloading ios player API JSON > [youtube] weWtRqoSUOI: Downloading m3u8 information > [info] weWtRqoSUOI: Downloading 1 format(s): 247+251 > [download] Destination: Tori Amos - Caught a Lite Sneeze (Official Music > Video) [weWtRqoSUOI].f247.webm > [download] 100% of 24.69MiB in 00:00:02 at 9.22MiB/s > [download] Destination: Tori Amos - Caught a Lite Sneeze (Official Music > Video) [weWtRqoSUOI].f251.webm > [download] 100% of 4.21MiB in 00:00:00 at 8.15MiB/s > [Merger] Merging formats into "Tori Amos - Caught a Lite Sneeze (Official > Music Video) [weWtRqoSUOI].webm" > Deleting original file Tori Amos - Caught a Lite Sneeze (Official Music > Video) [weWtRqoSUOI].f251.webm (pass -k to keep) > Deleting original file Tori Amos - Caught a Lite Sneeze (Official Music > Video) [weWtRqoSUOI].f247.webm (pass -k to keep) > [download] Finished downloading playlist: caught a lite sneeze > hobbit:~$ ls -l Tori\ Amos\ -\ Caught\ a\ Lite\ Sneeze\ \(Official\ Music\ > Video\)\ \[weWtRqoSUOI\].webm > -rw-r--r-- 1 greg greg 30301261 Jan 23 2024 'Tori Amos - Caught a Lite > Sneeze (Official Music Video) [weWtRqoSUOI].webm' > > > I don't think this is a thing I'll be doing much of. I would prefer > to do my search in the Youtube web site, pick which video I want, and > then download that one, rather than having some program pick one for > me.
I typed caught a lite sneeze into google and got four hits; the top one was weWtRqoSUOI (official video), wL71FOgp1a4 (2016 remaster), BVef_GdeBs8 (looks like a disc), and SIsXdEw1hIU (Live 1998). Clicking on Videos at the top of the page gives me those four, and three dozen or so more. Most are from youtube, but not all. That's the way I normally look for videos, and ytsearch was also news to me. Is ytsearch limited to finding youtube videos, or more wideranging? One of the benefits of yt-dlp is that I can grab videos off news outlets (print and TV), facebook, tiktok, etc. (BTW I'm not subscribed to social media sites.) Occasionally I pick things off youtube's list down the righthand side of a video's webpage, but usually I download the video without even bothering to visit the webpage (unless it's the easiest way to grab those eleven characters). I know nothing about channels. (I don't recall whether the OP is happy googling for things.) Cheers, David.
