Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-28 Thread budge
Hi Shevek, Well deleting the cache directory didn't work but just using the ID seems to be OK. On another machine I had no problems with quite  large playlist. Still getting the hang of it but OK for now.  Many thanks, Budge On 27/09/2020 15:02, Shevek wrote: On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 at 13:28,

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-28 Thread Budge
On 27/09/2020 14:58, Jim web wrote: > In article , Budge > wrote: > >> By way of a footnote in my search I found some beautiful videos of Bach >> Cantatas from the J.S. Bach Foundation which I was able to watch on TV >> with audio through fibre to my amplifier/speaker system. So pleased was >>

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-28 Thread Budge
On 27/09/2020 15:02, Shevek wrote: > On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 at 13:28, Budge wrote: > >> ... and this worked OK until YouTube stopped me. I must have exceeded some >> limit but it was good while it lasted! >> > > try running youtube-dl with the --rm-cache-dir option then trying your > download

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-27 Thread Jim web
In article , Budge wrote: > By way of a footnote in my search I found some beautiful videos of Bach > Cantatas from the J.S. Bach Foundation which I was able to watch on TV > with audio through fibre to my amplifier/speaker system. So pleased was > I that I thought I would go for a video

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-27 Thread Shevek
On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 at 13:28, Budge wrote: > ... and this worked OK until YouTube stopped me. I must have exceeded some > limit but it was good while it lasted! > try running youtube-dl with the --rm-cache-dir option then trying your download again alternatively, is this the issue?

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-27 Thread Budge
On 23/09/2020 10:51, VeniVidiVideo wrote: > On Sep 22, 2020, at 12:20 PM, Jim web wrote: >> I've never looked at uploading anything for YT. The question in my mind is >> as follows: >> >> Yes, it generally offers a range of download formats. But what format was >> *uploaded* in the first place? I

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-24 Thread Dave Lambley
> On 09/24/2020 10:25 AM Budge wrote: > > > On 23/09/2020 09:55, Roger Bell_West wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 12:16:10AM +0100, budge wrote: > >> I have now found that minimserver, which runs in the NAS and serves the > >> music > >> data to my LAN and thence to my renderers, is not

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-24 Thread Budge
On 24/09/2020 10:49, Dave Lambley wrote: >> On 09/24/2020 10:25 AM Budge wrote: >> >> >> On 23/09/2020 09:55, Roger Bell_West wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 12:16:10AM +0100, budge wrote: I have now found that minimserver, which runs in the NAS and serves the music data to

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-24 Thread Roger Bell_West
On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 09:25:15AM +0100, Budge wrote: >Life in never simple! My choice of .opus was frustrated by lack of >support for my media server and author advises he will not likely be >adding .opus. What can I say, mpd is just the best I've found. :) >I therefore went with .aac as the

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-24 Thread Budge
On 23/09/2020 09:55, Roger Bell_West wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 12:16:10AM +0100, budge wrote: >> I have now found that minimserver, which runs in the NAS and serves the music >> data to my LAN and thence to my renderers, is not supported by .opus.  I can >> use AAC files so will download

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-23 Thread VeniVidiVideo
On Sep 23, 2020, at 6:27 AM, Jim web wrote: > Erm... I think there may be a misunderstanding... Possibly you misunderstod > my use of 'best' in inverted commas. Ah, yes, though the misunderstanding came from your comment about uploaders having to provide multiple versions. But, yes, finding

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-23 Thread Dave Lambley
> On 09/23/2020 10:55 AM Roger Bell_West wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 12:16:10AM +0100, budge wrote: > >I have now found that minimserver, which runs in the NAS and serves the music > >data to my LAN and thence to my renderers, is not supported by .opus.  I can > >use AAC files so will

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-23 Thread Jim web
In article <23d53a18-a768-4b45-8b96-5710e1070...@gmail.com>, VeniVidiVideo wrote: > On Sep 22, 2020, at 12:20 PM, Jim web wrote: > > I've never looked at uploading anything for YT. The question in my > > mind is as follows: > > > > Yes, it generally offers a range of download formats. But what

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-23 Thread VeniVidiVideo
On Sep 22, 2020, at 12:20 PM, Jim web wrote: > I've never looked at uploading anything for YT. The question in my mind is > as follows: > > Yes, it generally offers a range of download formats. But what format was > *uploaded* in the first place? I wonder if getting the 'best' audio from YT >

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-23 Thread Jim web
In article <20200922151233.ga11...@firedrake.org>, Roger Bell_West wrote: > Use youtube-dl -x and it will automatically get the version with the > least-lossy available audio, strip off the extraneous video, and leave > you with a file that is just the audio stream. (Not always m4a; > sometimes

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-23 Thread Roger Bell_West
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 12:16:10AM +0100, budge wrote: >I have now found that minimserver, which runs in the NAS and serves the music >data to my LAN and thence to my renderers, is not supported by .opus.  I can >use AAC files so will download them to .aac or  should that be .m4a.  No >hardship

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-22 Thread budge
On 22/09/2020 16:12, Roger Bell_West wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 01:03:45PM +0100, Budge wrote: I have in the past had issues with .m4a but can try again as it has been a while. I am always suspicious of using terms such as "best" because it is not a defined term but a subjective one. If I

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-22 Thread Roger Bell_West
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 01:03:45PM +0100, Budge wrote: >I have in the past had issues with .m4a but can try again as it has been a >while. >I am always suspicious of using terms such as "best" because it is not a >defined term but a subjective one. >If I go to mp3 then my concern is that I

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-22 Thread Budge
On 22/09/2020 10:30, Chris Brady wrote: > Try > > https://superuser.com/questions/846842/how-to-get-best-quality-audio-using-youtube-dl > > CJB > > On 21/09/2020, budge wrote: >> Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible >> download format for saving the audio from

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-22 Thread Budge
On 21/09/2020 23:23, Dave Lambley wrote: > Hi Budge, > >> On 09/21/2020 11:56 PM budge wrote: >> >> >> Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible >> download format for saving the audio from youtube videos which are >> available to supplement specific items from my

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-22 Thread Chris Brady
Its called entropy in science. If you convert say a WAV or LAC to MP3 you will loose a lot of data as the file is comressed. You will lose the high frequences. That's what YouTube does. The sound will be muddy. If you convert from MP3 to FLAC or WAV the sound will still be muddy. Data once removed

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-22 Thread Chris Brady
Another link https://appuals.com/why-converting-youtube-to-320kbps-mp3-is-a-waste-of-time/ CJB On 22/09/2020, Chris Brady wrote: > Try > > https://superuser.com/questions/846842/how-to-get-best-quality-audio-using-youtube-dl > > CJB > > On 21/09/2020, budge wrote: >> Please forgive the OT

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-22 Thread Chris Brady
Try https://superuser.com/questions/846842/how-to-get-best-quality-audio-using-youtube-dl CJB On 21/09/2020, budge wrote: > Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible > download format for saving the audio from youtube videos which are > available to supplement specific

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-21 Thread Dave Lambley
Hi Budge, > On 09/21/2020 11:56 PM budge wrote: > > > Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible > download format for saving the audio from youtube videos which are > available to supplement specific items from my early music collection. > > My preferred solution

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-21 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:56:45PM +0100, budge wrote: > Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible > download format for saving the audio from youtube videos which are > available to supplement specific items from my early music collection. > > My preferred solution is

Re: OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-21 Thread VeniVidiVideo
As you suspect, there is no value in losslessly re-encoding something that is already lossy encoded. If the re-encoding process is perfect you'll still just end up with a perfect copy of the original lossy recording. Using youtube-dl with appropriate parameters should get you as good as you

OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

2020-09-21 Thread budge
Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible download format for saving the audio from youtube videos which are available to supplement specific items from my early music collection. My preferred solution is to download the audio using youtube-dl and I know I could then