Re: [gentoo-user] youtube-dl has been very slow

[Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org>]

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On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:42:28AM -0700, Skippy wrote:
> On 11/15/21 09:14, tastytea wrote:
> 
> snip
> 
> >>
> >> When in gPodder i enable use of Youtube-dl I get the message
> >>
> >> Extension cannot be activated.
> >> Python module not found: youtube_dl
> > 
> > That looks like it does not use the program, but the python module
> > directly. You could try if symlinking
> > /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/yt_dlp to
> > /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl helps. Replace python3.9
> > with your version of course.
> > If that works, please file a bug on bugs.gentoo.org.
> > 
> >> Anyone know how to make gPodder use yt-dlp?
> >>
> >> Do I simply need a link that sends youtube_dl to yt-dlp?
> > 
> > yt-dlp already installs a wrapper script in /usr/bin/youtube-dl.
> > 
> > Kind regards, tastytea
> > 
> 
> I created the symlink as you instructed and it appears to be working. 
> When I enable use of youtube-dl in gPodder I get no error messages.  I 
> just added a youtube feed and am downloading some videos.
> 
> Thanks for the assistance.
> 

Hm, slightly surprised it works. I've had a poorer experience with
symlinking the python module (not fully compatible). I considered
having the ebuild do it but ultimately skipped that.

However, if you say it works I think I'll have a 2nd look a bit later.
It's fairly harmless to add either way.

(I picked up maintaining yt-dlp in ::gentoo recently)

> In regards to filing a bug - I'm unclear exactly what the bug is.  Is 
> the bug the fact that gPodder will not use yt-dlp in place of youtube-dl 
> without your work-around?
> 

gpodder's upstream already has a bug report to use yt-dlp

Mentioned bugs.gentoo.org, so imagine the idea was that gentoo's ebuild
could add the symlink. I got the message anyhow so can skip the bug.

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ionen

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