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Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

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meowcateatrat
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Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby meowcateatrat » Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:36 pm

Ryuzaki wrote:hey I saw that your add on supports spotify podcasts too but whenever I copy the link of any spotify podcast it just shows me the html file not the actual audio file


Hey bro. It would be helpful if you can provide me with some real examples (URLs). Otherwise - I have no wish to investigate/fix this issue.
FDM random user

Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby FDM random user » Thu Aug 18, 2022 10:44 pm

Okay, let me get back in on this thread. The issue wasn't just one url, it was all urls in which the intent was to download a video. Even non yt urls behave the same way. It does exactly what was described. You paste in the url to download, but it doesn't download the complete video, including video and audio streams. It downloads an html version of the page in which the video displayed.

To help, here is an actual live example:

So, if we paste this url into FDM, in order to download the video, it only downloads and saves an html copy of said page in which the video display.

https://youtu.be/YE7VzlLtp-4

Here is the dialogue that appear for us to choose where to save the html file.

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Here is the Elephant add-on installed correctly. And yes, I've already completed the install certificates.command step mentioned early, and I've reinstalled the add-on again, just to make sure.

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FDM random user

Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby FDM random user » Thu Aug 18, 2022 10:48 pm

Let me try posting those images again:

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FDM random user

Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby FDM random user » Thu Aug 18, 2022 10:51 pm

okay, third times the charm...

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campionezhao

Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby campionezhao » Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:20 am

when i installed the elephant add-on, i just got the same with you. But after I restart the FDM software,and I try it again, it's work very well! Thanks a lot! Thanks to the respected author!
crypticus
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Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby crypticus » Sat Oct 29, 2022 7:16 am

today same issue happened to me after latest fdm issue. it might be about fdm or python or outdated yt-dl fork

posted here please check on log file elephant says couldn't find python but tried several versions of python installed on my system
https://github.com/meowcateatrat/elephant/issues/5
meowcateatrat
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Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby meowcateatrat » Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:57 pm

I've updated my add-on to 1.0.2 version (yt-dlp was updated to the latest release version).
Last edited by meowcateatrat on Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
meowcateatrat
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Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby meowcateatrat » Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:59 pm

Guys, I don't know why it's not working for you. Could be either FDM bug, or something wrong in your system config. Try to contact FDM support.
crypticus
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Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby crypticus » Mon Oct 31, 2022 4:49 pm

meowcateatrat wrote:Guys, I don't know why it's not working for you. Could be either FDM bug, or something wrong in your system config. Try to contact FDM support.

it was about python installation way. i was installing python by downloading it from its official site. but it didn't work after some time idk why....

installing python via fdm works.

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bug report about instagram "photo" posts continues. "video" posts can be downloaded.
meowcateatrat
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Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby meowcateatrat » Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:27 am

I've updated my add-on to 1.0.3 version (yt-dlp was downgraded due to known issues with SSL configuration).
Original Poster

Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby Original Poster » Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:33 am

Good New!

I'm the person that originally had the issue with the plugin not downloading the video, but would rather download a html copy of the YT page in which the video was in rendered.

Well, I'm not certain what the issue was, and what fixed it, but between the latest version of FDM and the latest version of this addon (1.0.3), it seems to have fixed the issue! Nothing on my system has changed since I originally had the issue (iMac).

When I went to install the addon, FDM downloaded and installed python 3.7, or either a library for python, I didn't catch what the exact wording was. I just remember seeing the python logo, and it mentioning 3.7. Now, the installation failed twice, but then it magically managed to install the plugin on the third try? No clue what was going on during that process? Well, I restarted FMD, and tried downloading a random YT video, and it seems to work fine!?

Thanks to the Developer!
john43812
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Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby john43812 » Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:44 pm

Is anyone else no longer able to get Youtube videos? Was fine and now I just get watch.html for everyone I try.
AltYTDownloads

Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby AltYTDownloads » Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:10 am

john43812 wrote:Is anyone else no longer able to get Youtube videos? Was fine and now I just get watch.html for everyone I try.

I just came to check for the same thing. This plugin was the last saving grace for this thing. I hope it's just a temporary bug and not something worse.
Guest

Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby Guest » Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:52 am

Hello, thank you very much for making such a good software. It can be used yesterday. Today I downloaded WATCH.HTML. I hope the software can be used normally again, thanks.
meowcateatrat
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Re: Elephant add-on: based on youtube-dl fork

Postby meowcateatrat » Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:01 am

Hi guys! I've updated the add-on. Version 1.0.5 now.

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