On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 10:37 +0200, clutton wrote: > On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 09:07 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The port www/youtube_dl installs as a binary the Youtube downloader in > > > > # file /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl > > /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl: data > > > > The executeable tends to fail due to changes the provider Youtube does > > in its web page and users tend to update the software theirself by the > > option --update; this connects via HTTPS to: > > > > 07:36:12.668370 IP 10.32.233.251.31097 > > > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain: 63308+ A? rg3.github.io. (31) > > 07:36:13.214619 IP frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain > > > 10.32.233.251.31097: 63308 2/0/0 CNAME github.map.fastly.net., A > > 185.31.16.133 (82) > > 07:36:13.215016 IP 10.32.233.251.33006 > > > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain: 63309+ AAAA? rg3.github.io. (31) > > 07:36:13.348108 IP 10.32.233.251.57784 > > > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain: 35986+ PTR? > > 251.233.32.10.in-addr.arpa. (44) > > 07:36:13.514879 IP frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain > > > 10.32.233.251.33006: 63309 1/1/0 CNAME github.map.fastly.net. (138) > > 07:36:13.515729 IP 10.32.233.251.14874 > 185.31.16.133.http: Flags [S], seq > > 3997719834, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 6,sackOK,TS val 441155 > > ecr 0], length 0 > > ... > > > > and downloads a new binary version to /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl which > > must be done in addition as root (or root must change the owner of the > > file before). > > > > This is highly concerning due to 'phoning home' and installing whatever > > (mal-) software or due to DNS redirects to some malware side. > > > > The Linux friends patch the source to disable the --update option; see > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/youtube-dl/+bug/1063469 > > > > Shouldn't we do the same? > > > > Thx > > > > matthias > > I don't think that this is a big deal. Write to the maintainer first > anyway. > > You can also try my firefox addon: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-flash-to-HTML5 > > Sometime it doesn't work because of youtube ajax nature. Reloading page > will make it work. I doesn't have a time to fix this now. Anyway, it > always works when a new tab opens.
O. I'd already advertised my addon to you. Sorry for repeating :). The addon have been improved since that time. It doesn't wait until youtube player fails. It fixes it before running now.
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