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diff --git a/network/yt-dlp/README b/network/yt-dlp/README index c2c3676d775f0..d734d0d4a5de3 100644 --- a/network/yt-dlp/README +++ b/network/yt-dlp/README @@ -3,3 +3,32 @@ yt-dlp (download videos from youtube) yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project. + +yt-dlp has several optional runtime dependencies, which aren't +required for most common use cases. They don't have to be installed +before yt-dlp is built, and can be installed after yt-dlp (which won't +need a rebuild). + +mutagen: Required for embedding thumbnails in mp4 files (the +--embed-thumbnail option). + +phantomjs: Used in extractors where JavaScript needs to be run. It's +not clear to the SlackBuild author which content providers need this; +YouTube does not. + +python3-websockets: Required for downloading over WebSocket ("ws://" +and "wss://" URLs). If you've never heard of the WebSocket protocol, +you probably don't need this. + +pycryptodomex: For decrypting AES-128 HLS streams and various other +data. It's not clear to the SlackBuild author what content providers +use AES-128. YouTube does not, that I've ever seen. + +secretstorage: For --cookies-from-browser to access the Gnome keyring +while decrypting cookies of Chromium-based browsers on Linux. + +xattr: For the --xattrs and --xattr-set-filesize option. + +If you do not have the necessary dependencies for a task you are +attempting, yt-dlp will warn you. All the currently available +dependencies are visible at the top of the --verbose output. |