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FBI warnings are true—fake file converters do push malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Is yt-dlp really that difficult that you can't take ten min to learn the syntax? Do you not worry that you might end up relying on this stuff too much?

For example, I know I'm completely reliant on GPS, and I would be useless without it

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The syntax is easy, but the options change a bit depending on what you want to do. My entire job I requires me to use my brain so I don’t mind cheating when it doesn’t really matter as in this case. In my case I wanted a SQLite database to store URLs and playlist IDs for recording attempts and to make sure I don’t download the same video multiple times. I think I also had songs run thru music brainz for audio fingerprinting and mp3 tags. ChatGPT doesn’t get it right the first time but often gives a reasonable boilerplate piece of code as a template to start from.

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