YT-DLP and JDownloader 2 now evade geo-restriction?

[mimzy]

IIRC the installer .exe used to contain some bundleware, but not the java code itself. I guess it is safer to avoid .exe and use .jar directly like it is done on non-Windows anyway. Or use yt-dlp with Python.

This was already discussed at length here.

Make sure you won't get hacked like Don_Solaris back in 2011

[Night457]

OK, who was the real smart-aleck behind the "Don_Solaris" sock puppet?

[Night457]

I have now discovered that the same JD2/yt-dlp trick also works with downloading Vimeo videos that say "Video is not rated. Log in to watch." There is no need to log in to download!

[MoonStarr]

There is an extension called VideoDownloadHelper [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... ent=search] in Firefox (I don't know if it is available in other browsers). You can download almost anything (with the exception of embedded videos which will give you a bit of a headache)

[Night457]

I remember using that extension back when I used Firefox regularly. (At the moment, mostly Chrome.) I don't remember anything BAD about it, so I just installed it in Firefox again. If I come across a video that is not working with my usual techniques, I will have to remember to switch to FIrefox and try VDH instead. Thanks!