FireFox is turning belly up

[TWPonKubuntu]

@Woodsmoke, Pale Moon does not use the "Web Extensions" type of add-on, it is designed to only allow XUL add-ons.

YouTube downloads are, IMO, a lost cause due to their (Youtube's) attempts to prevent downloads. I avoid YouTube because of that.

If you find a YouTube downloader which works, please tell us about it.

[SpecialEd]

@Woodsmoke, Pale Moon does not use the "Web Extensions" type of add-on, it is designed to only allow XUL add-ons.

YouTube downloads are, IMO, a lost cause due to their (Youtube's) attempts to prevent downloads. I avoid YouTube because of that.

If you find a YouTube downloader which works, please tell us about it.

I use youtube-dl all the time with no problems.

[chimak111]

A point that maybe relevant is that the repo version of youtube-dl is rarely updated unlike the version from https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html:

$ youtube-dl --version
2020.07.28
$

[TWPonKubuntu]

@SpecialEd and @Chimak111, thanks for the info, especially about the Repository not having a current version. I'll test this on my system.

[GreyGeek]

I'm using youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1 with no problems at all.

[TWPonKubuntu]

Thanks, I tried it and it works for me also.

Now it needs a GUI interface. Command line is just too slow due to the Many configuration options.

But at least it works.

[chimak111]

There's something called "YouTubeDL Material" (maybe with a hyphen): https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material.

I haven't used it. My usage is pretty much limited to the terminal with the following aliases:

alias yt43='youtube-dl -f 43 -o "$HOME/Downloads/%(title)s" '
alias yth='youtube-dl -o "$HOME/Downloads/%(title)s" '
alias yta='youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format best -o "$HOME/Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s" '
alias ytu='sudo youtube-dl -U'

Note the intentional space at the end of each of the first three aliases. That means that when you type the alias into a terminal you need to paste in the video's url and then hit enter.

yt43 downloads the video in the webm format with relatively low quality (360x640)
yth downloads the video with the best quality
yta downloads the video in best quality but then retains only the audio
ytu updates to the latest version but I use it only when a download throws up an error message. Updating usually fixes things.

I don't download entire playlists or do more advanced stuff. So the aliases are enough for me.

[chimak111]

... The last time I tried in Chrome I couldn't stop "background: #ffffff" which I loathe passionately as it hurts my eyes. ...

Many users of dark mode with Google Chrome had the issue.

I think it's largely fixed. A very, very few sites still flash white very briefly before loading the dark background specified by the user's stylesheet and the new tab page behaves itself.

Brave, which is based on Chromium, is equally usable in this respect.

[jlittle]

Many users of dark mode with Google Chrome had the issue.

It wasn't just the flash, extensions weren't allowed to change web pages.

But, you never know what life has around the corner. Since I made that post I got a new (to me) work win10 laptop and it had Chrome as the browser default, so I checked out my fave extension, "Dark Background and Light Text", and it mostly works just like Firefox.

[GreyGeek]

All I do is open a Konsole, cd to /video/somefolder, enter "youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-oXYoDZM64", pasting the URL behind the command, and hit enter. It always works. I let the app determine the best download and I've never had a reason to redo a download.

[chimak111]

All I do is open a Konsole, cd to /video/somefolder, enter "youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-oXYoDZM64", pasting the URL behind the command, and hit enter. It always works. I let the app determine the best download and I've never had a reason to redo a download.

Thank you for the gentle hint

The aliases I posted need a bit of clarification which I'll now provide.

[GreyGeek]

Thank you for the gentle hint

The aliases I posted need a bit of clarification which I'll now provide.

Mmm... I never looked at your aliases, so I went back and took a look. Pretty neat! I might steal them!