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Ascoware / get-iplayer-automator

The goal of Get iPlayer Automator is to allow iTunes and your Mac to become the hub for your British Television experience regardless of where in the world you are. Currently, Get iPlayer Automator allows you to download and watch BBC and ITV shows on your Mac. Series-Link/PVR functionality ensures you will never miss your favourite shows. Programmes are fully tagged and added to iTunes automatically upon completion. It is simple and easy to use, and runs on any machine running Mac OS X 10.7 or later. And since the shows are in iTunes, it is extremely easy to transfer them to your iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV allowing you to enjoy your shows on the go or on your television.
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youtube-dl DMCA'ed by RIAA #294

Closed Vangelis66 closed 3 years ago

Vangelis66 commented 3 years ago

[Edited by @skovatch; see replies]

The future of youtube-dl is uncertain at best. GiA relies on it for downloading ITV content, so any problems that arise due to changes on ITV's end may or may not be fixed in youtube-dl.

We should reconsider how GiA fetches video from ITV. In the past GiA used a combination of native code and rtmpdump to do the job. Some alternatives:

skovatch commented 3 years ago

@Vangelis66 thanks for the heads up. I had seen hints of this on Twitter but hadn't fully paid attention to it. I kept your message but changed this issue to track concrete things we can do in this project.

I'd love to get a message board going for more discussions like these, but I don't have the spare time for it.

Vangelis66 commented 3 years ago

I'd love to get a message board going for more discussions like these, but I don't have the spare time for it.

If GitHub remains the "place" of choice, perhaps you should consider the GitHub Discussions new feature:

https://github.blog/2020-05-06-new-from-satellite-2020-github-codespaces-github-discussions-securing-code-in-private-repositories-and-more/#discussions

https://github.community/t/can-one-apply-for-github-discussions-beta/121120

https://github.com/vercel/vercel/discussions/3874

It's currently in a public beta testing stage, a repo owner has to apply/ask for it (and agree to sending feedback to GitHub...); it is mentioned somewhere that the (public) repo has to have a minimum of 3 contributors to be eligible, does GiA fulfill this?

jefro108 commented 3 years ago

There's a fork of youtube-dl that is more up to date anyway https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc

youtube-dlc is a fork of youtube-dl with the intention of getting features tested by the community merged in the tool faster, since youtube-dl's development seems to be slowing down.

skovatch commented 3 years ago

it is mentioned somewhere that the (public) repo has to have a minimum of 3 contributors to be eligible, does GiA fulfill this

Unfortunately, I think there has only been one other contributor since I took over the project. I'm open to fixes/other help as always but based on those criteria, no.

skovatch commented 3 years ago

There's a fork of youtube-dl that is more up to date anyway https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc

Thanks, that's good to know, although there hasn't been a lot of activity specifically for ITV in some time. I keep it up to date in case of security issues, or other internals.

skovatch commented 3 years ago

youtube-dl has been restored, thanks to some sharp lawyering by the EFF: https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/

I'm closing this, though I'll keep the yt-dlc project in mind.

Vangelis66 commented 3 years ago

I wrote:

If GitHub remains the "place" of choice, perhaps you should consider the GitHub Discussions new feature:

https://github.community/t/can-one-apply-for-github-discussions-beta/121120

It's currently in a (public) beta testing stage, a repo owner has to apply/ask for it (and agree to sending feedback to GitHub...); it is mentioned somewhere that the (public) repo has to have a minimum of 3 contributors to be eligible,

@skovatch replied:

Unfortunately, I think there has only been one other contributor since I took over the project

... Well then, I have great news as the GitHub Discussions repo feature has been made available to ALL public GitHub repositories, regardless of contributors number...

https://github.community/t/can-one-apply-for-github-discussions-beta/121120/550

I've just checked and it's even available (via settings) in one of my forks:

GHD

@skovatch, what do you reckon?

Kindest regards!