Video of software usage #26901

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opened 2026-02-21 13:24:38 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments
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Originally created by @BlainCope on GitHub (May 26, 2024).

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  • [ x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones

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I'm suggesting a simple video showing how the software can be used by a standard end user. I'll create the video myself if y'all would like. I think it would be beneficial to everyone.

Originally created by @BlainCope on GitHub (May 26, 2024). <!-- ###################################################################### WARNING! IGNORING THE FOLLOWING TEMPLATE WILL RESULT IN ISSUE CLOSED AS INCOMPLETE ###################################################################### --> ## Checklist <!-- Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of youtube-dl: - First of, make sure you are using the latest version of youtube-dl. Run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is 2021.12.17. If it's not, see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Issues with outdated version will be REJECTED. - Search the bugtracker for similar feature requests: http://yt-dl.org/search-issues. DO NOT post duplicates. - Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x]) --> - [x ] I'm reporting a feature request - [x ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17** - [ x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones ## Description <!-- Provide an explanation of your issue in an arbitrary form. Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood, see https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient. Provide any additional information, suggested solution and as much context and examples as possible. --> I'm suggesting a simple video showing how the software can be used by a standard end user. I'll create the video myself if y'all would like. I think it would be beneficial to everyone.
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@dirkf commented on GitHub (May 26, 2024):

You'll find others have done this already, though why anyone would need a video is beyond me. Apparently there is a big video sharing site where you can find such stuff:

youtube-dl ytsearch20:"youtube-dl" --flat-playlist --get-title

I don't want to add another maintainable item to the project but if you find existing material unhelpful/wrong/obsolete, as with many of those 20 results, by all means load the YT servers with your better one.

One reason for holding back would be in case a new stable release stream should be created, instead of the nightly releases at present (I'm not suggesting that this is more imminent now than for the last several years). Another might be that users often have trouble more with their own system than with yt-dl itself: eg, macOS users who haven't realised that ? is a special character requiring quotation in the new default zsh shell.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (May 26, 2024): You'll find others have done this already, though why anyone would need a video is beyond me. Apparently there is a big video sharing site where you can find such stuff: ``` youtube-dl ytsearch20:"youtube-dl" --flat-playlist --get-title ``` I don't want to add another maintainable item to the project but if you find existing material unhelpful/wrong/obsolete, as with many of those 20 results, by all means load the YT servers with your better one. One reason for holding back would be in case a new stable release stream should be created, instead of the nightly releases at present (I'm not suggesting that this is more imminent now than for the last several years). Another might be that users often have trouble more with their own system than with yt-dl itself: eg, macOS users who haven't realised that `?` is a special character requiring quotation in the new default _zsh_ shell.
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@mk-pmb commented on GitHub (Jul 13, 2024):

I'd love to see this issue made into a 3rd party project that provides freely licensed tutorial videos about yt-dl.
Ideally even rendered from git-friendly playbooks that can thus easily be patched, translated etc. That would be the advantage over most existing YouTube videos on that topic.
Exceeds the mission scope for this repo though.

@mk-pmb commented on GitHub (Jul 13, 2024): I'd love to see this issue made into a 3rd party project that provides freely licensed tutorial videos about yt-dl. Ideally even rendered from git-friendly playbooks that can thus easily be patched, translated etc. That would be the advantage over most existing YouTube videos on that topic. Exceeds the mission scope for this repo though.
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