Previously, whenever I had to download a user's complete videos, I'd just use something like:
youtube-dl -ciw ytuser:LinusTechTips
But now this does not seem to work anymore. When I issue this command, it starts downloading another video which says that the youtube device support has changed.
So, it seems like some changes have happened from the youtube side and youtube-dl hasn't adapted to that. Downloading single videos and playlists work just fine. But downloading a user's complete videos isn't working anymore.
Is their any workaround? Does anyone know of any changes in the youtube-dl syntax which might make this possible?
Best Answer
This problem has been fixed in the latest release of
youtube-dl
. To install the latest release, you should usepip
to update it as your package manager might not be providing the latest updated release. To update it usingpip
, use this command:After the update, everything works normal. I got this info after filing a bug-report here: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/5785
More instructions on installing/updating using
pip
are here: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl