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  • yt-dlp - ios?

    From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 19 01:44:32 2025
    I'm on Windows - now 10-64, but same question applied under 7-32.

    I generally use yt-dlp (y for short) with just one parameter, the URL of
    the page containing the video.

    Among other things, it says:

    Downloading webpage
    Downloading tv client config
    Downloading tv player API JSON
    Downloading ios player API JSON
    Downloading m3u8 information

    I've only ever come across the word (or whatever) "ios" in the context
    of Apple products. is y downloading something it doesn't need every time
    I use it, or does ios mean something other than iOS here?
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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 19 10:04:33 2025
    On 19.07.2025 01:44 Uhr J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    I've only ever come across the word (or whatever) "ios" in the
    context of Apple products. is y downloading something it doesn't need
    every time I use it, or does ios mean something other than iOS here?

    https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/1berg2g/is_repeatedly_downloading_api_json_necessary/

    It seems that it refers to Apple's iOS.

    YT offers various formats, I dunno which yt-dlp chooses and why.

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 19 11:36:41 2025
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