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yt-dlp CLI vs. yt-dlp GUI (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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On Windows 11, is it superior to use the command line interface (e.g., terminal) for interacting with yt-dlp? Or is a GUI like stacher.io sufficient for 99% of needs?

I'm also curious if it is better to use an Ubuntu WSL for yt-dlp CLI for a more streamlined terminal

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

For the most common scenarios I personally find CLI very easy to use: I go to the destination folder, right-click "Open in Terminal" and then type yt-dlp linkcopypastedhere. That's all, multiple sites I used it with didn't require any extra params. Maybe if you want to customize something, like make your own file naming convention, etc, GUI could be handy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe if you want to customize something, like make your own file naming convention, etc, GUI could be handy.

Even then, it's probably worth learning the CLI commands and setting up a config file with any desired settings. Once that's setup, you're back to yt-dlp url again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

do you use a WSL or powershell? windows terminal is inferior to linux terminal imo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

windows terminal is inferior

Note that there is an application called Windows Terminal and that's a terminal, not a shell. You can run any shell in it (including alternative or WSL shells).

I primarily use native Nushell via Windows Terminal.

You're not stuck with PowerShell or batch on Windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Until you pointed this out I never realized that windows terminal and command prompt are entirely different applications lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use PowerShell for damn near everything. But I'm pretty sure when you're just typing yt-dlp, space, then pasting the url, then any terminal is as good as any other.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

good point, i did not know that you could change the configuration file instead of adding all the -cookies and -mp3 tags to the yt-dlp url ... command