Tag: video

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yt-dlp – a verstatile video downloader tool

yt-dlp is a command-line tool for which allows a user to download audio/video from thousands of sites. The project is a fork of youtube-dl, which is based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.

yt-dlp can be installed using official releases or via package manager.

Unix-like operating system

curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp
chmod a+rx ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp  # Make executable

To update yt-dlp in Unix-like operating system

yt-dlp -U

Homebrew MacOS

brew install yt-dlp

Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tomtomtom/yt-dlp # Add ppa repo to apt
sudo apt update # Update package list
sudo apt install yt-dlp # Install yt-dlp

Snap

sudo snap install --edge yt-dlp

Windows operating system

yt-dlp is also available for Windows operating system by using, winget:

winget install yt-dlp

Microsoft Windows binary package

The binary package for Microsoft Windows binary package can be downloaded from yt-dlp GitHub release page

Note that yt-dlp requires ffmpeg windows binaries which can be obtained from gyan.dev’s Codex FFMPEG Build

Please refer to this post for more information on the tips and tricks on using yt-dlp.

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Solving choppy and distorted sound while playing back video on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

Since installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Core I5 computer, I’ve noticed that I’ve problem with Video/Audio playback on my computer.

It turns out that it only affects computer with Intel-based sound chip. To confirm that you have Intel based audio chip, you need to run this command:

sudo lshw -c multimedia

If Intel chip is present, then you should see something like this at the bottom of the output:
[bash]
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
resources: irq:16 memory:fe024000-fe027fff

[/bash]

To fix it, you need to add “options snd-had-intel model=generic” at the end of /etc/modprob.d/alsa-base.conf file.

This should fix the problem with choppy/laggy sound while playing video.

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Youtube: Google+ Music Video

This video sums up just the thing you wanted to know about Google+

LYRICS:
Check my email, got an invite
To a website I don’t know
Looked like googlebuzz at first sight,
But my friend said that’s a no.
Why did we need, another social network?
Doesn’t Facebook work alright?
A new thing for me to learn
This could take all night, Look out!

What is this google +
I don’t Need google +
There’s another +1 and another +1
What is this google +
Hey, Why’s this red thing here?
Go away google +

You want me to put my friends in circles
But circles are for squares
Everday’s like Sophie’s choice
Trying to choose which friend goes where
But No Parents, or Ex-boyfriends…
Can get in without invites
And when I drunkenly post that he’s cute
I can edit it later that night – whoa

I kinda like google +
Can’t believe I’m on google +
Oh another hangout, and another hang out
I dig my google +
Hey, old high school friend
You can’t join my google +

Friends add me, without me adding them
That feature’s really nice
Randos
Uglies
my pot dealer
and all these friend’s I’ve never liked
No one knows, my circle names,
So even good friend’s get handpicked
Do you make it into my main feed
or do I add you to my circle of pricks

I’m in love with google plus
I’m judgemental on goggle +
and Another douchebag and another loser
You didn’t make my google plus
Hey, Now I’m a facist pig
Thank you google plus!