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On Sat, 2021-11-06 at 21:51 +0100, tastytea wrote: |
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> The fork everyone is using now is yt-dlp (net-misc/yt-dlp). It |
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> downloads with normal speeds. |
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I'm a bit surprised such a venerable piece of software has been |
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seemingly-abandoned so abruptly. I'm also upset that I had missed the |
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memo on this until now... guess I need to expand my news net a bit. |
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What was the reasoning/motivation behind the fork? I see the yt-dl |
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subreddit recommending yt-dlp as you have here, but not explanation |
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other than the throttling being experienced and described here. |