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--- youtube-dl [2021/05/05 12:38] – gui stuff rjt
+++ youtube-dl [2021/12/03 21:21] – yt-dlp rjt
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 ====== Youtube-dl ======
 Great tool for downloading from [[youtube]], and elsewhere.
+It's [[github>ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29965|currently unmaintained]], so I've switched to a fork called [[yt-dlp]] to get around slow speeds downloading from Youtube.
 ===== Useful Arguments =====
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 ===== Configuration =====
-You can put any argument in the file ''~/.config/youtube-dl/config'', and it will add the many time it runs.
+You can put any argument in the file ''~/.config/youtube-dl/config'', and it will add them any time it runs.
 So it's an easy way to specify a common download location and naming template, for example.
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 ===== Links =====
   * https://youtube-dl.org/
+  * [[github>ytdl-org/youtube-dl]]
+  * [[yt-dlp]] - Fork with more features, and project activity.
 {{tag>software cli guide open-source youtube}}