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aandrew-me / ytDownloader

A modern GUI App for downloading Videos and Audios from hundreds of sites
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[Feature Request] Possible to add an option to use Invidous instances? #248

Closed linlinxza closed 1 week ago

linlinxza commented 4 weeks ago

I'd like to avoid going to the domain youtube.com at all. And according to my PiHole server, when downloading a video, this app makes contact with YouTube directly. So, I am wondering if an option can be added to use Invidious instances.

aandrew-me commented 4 weeks ago

I don't fully get your question. Invidious is just a frontend for youtube. You're still making requests to youtube

linlinxza commented 4 weeks ago

I don't fully get your question. Invidious is just a frontend for youtube. You're still making requests to youtube

Sure. But it's on behalf of the frontend and not me going directly to YouTube. I mean, the app, FreeTube can use an Invidious instance. So, I was just wondering.

Or, could I use a proxy to my advantage?

I am just wanting to be more private when downloading from YouTube (or rather, googlevideo.com). If that makes sense.

aandrew-me commented 4 weeks ago

If I get you correctly, you want your requests to be proxied through some invidious instance. As far as I know, its not possible with yt-dlp. If you find something though, let me know

linlinxza commented 4 weeks ago

If I get you correctly, you want your requests to be proxied through some invidious instance. As far as I know, its not possible with yt-dlp. If you find something though, let me know

We'll see. When I have time to monkey around with the command line.