I had Pinchflat set up on my server and never got around to putting it back in after I nuked it. I remember organizing backed up videos in jellyfin was a mess I never quite got working as well as I’d like.
I see there’s a couple alternatives mentioned on the Pinchflat GitHub. What is everybody else using to accomplish this?
Most kids today don’t know how to use a computer, but old farts like me use yt-dlp.
yt-dlp, but most of the time you’ll use some form of front end. All the “youtube downloaders”, even the shady websites, are using yt-dlp. For selfhosted purposes, I like MeTube for individual downloads and Tubesync for keeping up with channels.
On Android Newpipe has the best UI in my opinion.
I use newpipe on phone but metube isn’t too hard to install with docker
I use GUI wrappers for yt-dlp - Parabolic on Fedora GNOME and Seal on Android
On Android I use Seal. Aside from an occasional hiccup it’s awesome and does a phenomenal job 99% of the time. If I ever can’t get one item to work and there’s no alternative, I use one of the ones on my Linux machine. I’ll post the name when I’m home and can check.
I’ve downloaded many videos with PipePipe on my Android.
Just use Jdownloader to download whatever you want from the internet.
That’s what I use a well, Specifically jdownloader2. I have run into a few YouTube videos it can’t get. Typically they are music.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web Plex Brand of media server package SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
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Good bot.
@muusemuuse There are many comment but only a few links so check it out :
For PC, yt-dlp is by far the best ( https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
There are many wrapper/UIs you can install, like https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.
For Android, I’ve seen people mention NewPipe https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
But personally I think Seal is the best as it allows to download entire playlists. https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal
NewPipe
I use metube and Pinchflat.
Metube is great for one-off video downloads and works for many sites including social media. This comes in handy a lot when I want to send a short reel to friends without linking to Facebook, etc.
Pinchflat automatically downloads my favorites playlists and a couple other channels that I follow. These videos go into specific folders that are linked to Plex libraries.
I use metube on the server and made mobile integration with Android using “HTTP Shortcuts” to easily submit links to metube via its API. Just a simple Android share click and it’s done.
Is there anything that works for Vimeo?
