• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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      Obviously only the channels/specific videos of importance to you. No one is realistically proposing backing up all of YT.

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        I dream of the day we don’t rely on one host for user content like YouTube. I worry for the history of the content there.

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          I always secretly hoped one of the big porn companies would step up and start a competing service, since they’re probably the only ones with the necessary infrastructure already in place.

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      I backed up a few dozen channels on a spare 3TB drive. Planning on making torrents to add to a seedbox later.

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          yt-dlp usually picks the best flags by default but may need your browser cookies. I usually manually set <=1080p

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            Does it dependent on connection speed, or does it fully buffer before capturing? I find sometimes there’s some sections that will refuse to improve even if going back and replaying sometimes. Though I also wonder if sponsorblock can cut out sponsor segments from the finished product. Guessing it’s either/or?