Only recently discovered yt-dlp, despite its popularity. However I was wondering if I were to use this, should it be used behind a VPN when downloading videos off public websites?

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

  • CaptainBasculinEnglish
    43·
    20 days ago

    Not needed (unless the target site is blocked in your country); as the videos themselves are publicly viewable. yt-dlp behaves like a typical viewer to these sites.

      • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        21·
        20 days ago

        Just so you have a heads up:

        If you use yt-dlp like a regular user, you shouldn’t have a problem. If you use it to download like a thousand videos at once then YouTube may block you out or rate limit you or something.

        If that happens, or that’s your use case, then you may need to use a VPN