And hey youse guys, shouldn't this go in a technical thread instead of a movie thread?
Finally I get to yell at someone else for that instead of me being yelled at. But, more tech:- I am shocked that IDM did not work. I thought it did most anything. I just can't afford it.
- I knew there were programs that used the command line youtube-dl in a GUI format, like TVDownloader, but I stopped using that because of various problems and restrictions with it.
- Like pillowbaker suggests, the options allow more flexibility than most GUIs offer. Keeping a glossary on hand is a must unless you have a great memory, which I do not anymore.
- I use youtube-dl and its fork yt-dlp mainly for downloading subtitles, because those are frequently more difficult to grab than video. But if I want the video too, then I might as well do both at once.
- Whenever I use Network Tools and particularly if I have to edit the URL links found there, I usually input the results into yt-dlp. Although jd2 usually works for those too.
- Navigating folders in Command Prompt is tedious, just like it was in DOS. I navigate folders in Windows to the level just above my yt-dlp folder, then SHIFT-RightMenuKey (or SHIFT-F10) on the folder and select "Open command window here". Of course I keep that folder in the most frequently accessed part of my drive, not hidden away in some sub-sub-sub folder.
