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only, some have video only, and some have both video and audio. And also they’re available in multiple formats. For video there is AVC (which is apparently H.254), VP09, and AV01. And for audio there’s Mp4a and Opus. I don’t know what Opus is but apparently it is noticeably better than Mp4a. So if you’ve ever gone to a YouTube download page and seen a million download options that’s why. Although I hide the redundant ones and just display the one with the lowest file size at that quality level (usually VP09 or AV01).</p><p id="b96b">It’s actually pretty cool to see AV01 as I talked about it <a href="https://readmedium.com/why-apple-adding-av1-support-is-a-big-deal-faa46a356f3c">here</a>. And it does compress videos a little better than VP09 and a lot better than AVC.</p><p id="d170">Also apparently YouTube does something called DRC, dynamic range compression (Not Democratic Republic of Congo). It makes the quiet sections louder and the loud sections quieter. Apparently people really hate it and I guess there must be a way to disable it because I have not been able to find a music video with DRC enabled. I’ve never heard anyone talk about this before though.</p><p id="e027">So now that we have the formats we can just download them. Each format has a download link oddly enough. I did not expect that. Just keep in mind that the YouTube download links expire in 6 hours.</p><p id="3fc9">Of course here we run into a problem. When I saw this I was like, “Great, let’s just download an audio-only track if we only want audio or a video+audio track if we want video.”</p> <figure id="dd49"> <div> <div> <img class="ratio" src="http://placehold.it/16x9"> <iframe class="" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgiphy.com%2Fembed%2FMvioOPqhOm6b4BI0FQ%2Ftwitter%2Fiframe&amp;display_name=Giphy&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiphy.com%2Fgifs%2Ffallontonight-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-MvioOPqhOm6b4BI0FQ&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia0.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2Fv1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExa203NTd1dnVhNGpveHByMmxsOGRzZGxsejhsZzh2Zjk5N20xMTYwbSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw%2FMvioOPqhOm6b4BI0FQ%2Fgiphy.gif&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=giphy" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="435" width="435"> </div> </div> </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="9eda">If you do that you’re restricted to at most 720p 30fps. Or so I’m told. I haven’t been able to find a file with both video and audio over 360p. And some videos don’t have any video+audio tracks at all. So that means we’re going to have to download a video file and an audio file (preferably without DRC) and merge them together.</p><p id="e01b">And this is perhaps the first really big problem I ran into. If I was doing this locally it would not be that big of a problem because there’s a nice command line package called <code>FFmpeg</code> that will just do it for you. Unfortunately it’s a bit more complicated when you’re working with Node.js because you have to do a bunch of file manipulation stuff.</p><p id="12d8">I ended up deciding to just download the files from Google’s servers separately and then merge them locally. Apparently Flutter has a package called <code>FFmpeg-kit</code> that will do this. Unfortunately it only works on Android, iOS, and MacOS.</p><p id="fdbf">Although Android will not be getting YouTube downloading because Google is really strict about that.</p> <figure id="eaa2"> <div> <div> <img class="ratio" src="http://placehold.it/16x9"> <iframe class="" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;schema=twitter&amp;url=https%3A//twitter.com/EzraDuown/status/1776352074449530961/&amp;image=" a

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llowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" width="500"> </div> </div> </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="7c7c">In fact the app mentioned above, NewPipe, is not available on the Google Play store. So that means that the only platform able to benefit from YouTube downloading is iOS. There is no macOS version of the app but you can run the iOS app on an Apple Silicon Mac. Web users will be restricted to downloading audio or downloading 360p videos. Oh well. Maybe I’ll improve this feature in the future.</p><p id="cae5">And another problem. YouTube throttles some of the downloads. Not all of them though which is weird. I thought it was broken at first. Nope, it’s just that the downloads were really really slow.</p><p id="74fe">Although there’s a way around this too. Flutter has its own package for downloading YouTube videos called <code>youtube_explode_dart</code> and this one has gotten around the throttling issues. It’s listed as issue #180 and fixed in pull request 185.</p><figure id="c76e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*R0QbSVVKcpNt1NDnlL-7Qg.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="4a2c">And it works great now. Well, for the streams it supports. It doesn’t support all the streams. But it supports enough.</p><p id="7308">And, one more thing <code>youtube_explode_dart</code> doesn’t actually do everything <code>youtube-dl</code> does. <code>youtube-dl</code> actually gives you a lot more information on the actual files (such as if the audio is DRCed). So I’m still going to have to use it. But I can use <code>youtube_explode_dart</code> to actually download the files.</p><p id="8fe6">I do feel a little silly for wasting so much time on this feature. Like, I built an RSS reader to watch YouTube videos, not to download them. And the only people that can really take advantage of this feature are iOS users.</p><p id="9388">It’s funny. Everyone thinks iOS is the locked-down one. But in this one specific case Android is more locked down. Because if you look up YouTube downloaders on iOS there are pages and pages of them.</p><p id="0e6e">I could see myself taking advantage of this feature. Stratum 3.0.0 also introduces the ability to add external links. So I could find a YouTube video I like that I want to download and I could just download it.</p><p id="01c9">And this experience has taught me a lot about the inner workings of YouTube. Mostly the subtitles. I had no idea the method I was using to get subtitles before was so suboptimal. It works and there’s nothing wrong with it but it could be better.</p><p id="7e7d">I’m pretty happy with Stratum’s YouTube functionality now. I was happy with it before, to be honest, I just went down a ‘YouTube Rabbit Hole’. But I did have one more feature planned: automatic YouTube summary generation.</p><p id="5b0e">Because since adding YouTube summaries I’ve been watching a lot more YouTube. I mean summarizing a lot more YouTube. There are a lot of channels I’m interested in but can’t get to due to time restrictions. Like TED and DW News. Guess what? I follow both of those sources of news now and just read the summaries. But you know what I don’t like? Tapping on the button to generate the summaries.</p><p id="8a38">Well, those are some future plans. It will be expensive though, which is also why I’m planning to announce new pricing for Stratum soon.</p><p id="f6db">If you liked this post and would like to stay updated with my future articles consider using my RSS app Stratum on <a href="https://apple.co/3rZyh9B">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amorfatite.keystone">Android</a>. Also check out my language learning app Litany (<a href="https://apple.co/45prCDA">iOS</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amorfatite.litany">Android</a>).</p></article></body>

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As a technologist, in 2020, I gave life to Technology Hits with a few simple goals, like establishing a platform for our talented tech writers and delighting our readers in enjoying these topics. It started small, gradually gaining its footing. However, my other publication, ILLUMINATION, experienced rapid growth and consumed much of my time and energy. Technology Hits, my beloved child, took a backseat.

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Digital Scent Technology And AI Machines Can Smell Now. So What! Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Power of Autonomous AI Agents Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni (PhD)

Why I Support Open Source Clean Technology: Humanity’s Only Destiny — “Win, or Die as One” Dr Michael Heng

The Unexpected Analogy of Technical Data and Fictional Novels Victoria Ichizli-Bartels, Ph.D.

Challenging Times In The Future with the Internet of Things and Artificial intelligence in… Dr. Preeti Singh

AI — Organisation’s Must-Have. Dr John Frederick Rose

Physicians are working like Robots for Robots. A Near glimpse at the Contemporary Healthcare Paradox Dr. Adam Tabriz

Entering the Era of the Super App Ryan M. Raiker, MBA

The Lenovo Legion Go Is Finally Here Aiden (Illumination Gaming)

Why You Should Reconsider Your Master’s Degree in IT AJ Krow

Obsidian Plugins Review — 32 Nuno Campos

How to create a UX Case study CXperience Lab

The Missing Piece in AI Content: The Human Touch Abhishek Biswas

Exploring the Potential of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Smart Grid Systems Sana Fayyaz

Building a Micro-SaaS From the Ground Up: Ideation Austin Starks

Building an MVP and Setting Your KPIs Using YC Strategy Somil Gupta

Can Mac Gaming Actually Be a Thing? JY Tan

How to push an existing project to GitHub Bhavana

How I Supplement My Medium Income with Robinhood Arthur G. Hernandez

Creatives and Marketers Are Under Threat From Software And AI, too Here’s what to look out for — and how to protect yourself Richard White

Algorithmic discrimination — part 1 Deborah M.

5 Productivity Hacks Every Programmer Should Know Rodney Rodríguez

Can Artificial Intelligence Help with Job Recruitment? Ronke Babajide

NVIDIA’s Omniverse is a game-changer Ajay Singh

Technology Hits: The New Think Tank Chelsea Renee MAT

Technology Will Never Be the Same. What? How? Right Now? Desiree Driesenaar

3 Tech Innovations We Will Consider Normal in 2025 Elena Beliaeva-Baran

If You Hear Voices, Don’t Be Afraid, They Are Not In Your Head! Things Have Just Started To Talk! Flavio Aliberti

Extremely Sad For Original SlingTV AKA SlingBox GeoFavTech

Why You Must Give Security Questions a False Answer with Some Examples Julie US Writer

3 Paths to Success as a Content Creator Leo Guinan

Programming for Cats — Part #1 Leonid Hass

Technology’s Obsession With Location is Crazy Llewellyn Daniels

The pandemic will revolutionize the future of work. Here’s how. Rebecca Sealfon

Personal Digital Security Recommendations Steve C

Why You Should Send Your Cryptocurrencies Offline When PayPal Allows ItHow to Trick People Into Thinking You Are Smart About Bitcoin Tom Handy

7 Highly Effective Lessons I Learned from 3 Bad Managers Vidhya Parvathy R.

The Symbiosis of AI- The Next Evolution Warren Brown

Starlink Just Launched in Canada, or How Elon Musks Plans to Take Over the World Joanna Henderson

Are We on the Cusp of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution? ILLUMINATION-Curators

5 The Most Exciting AI & IoT Trends of 2021 Elena Beliaeva-Baran

Voyeurism In The Twenty-First Century Charles H. Roast

Want A Blockchain Crypto Worth Following? — Hint: It’s Not Ethereum! Landon Lester

How To Securely Configure SSH On Linux Servers Sam Starkman

Bitcoin Breaks A New Record (But It’s Not Done Yet) Isaiah McCall

Why McDonald’s is Using Artificial Intelligence to Spy on Its Dumpsters Audrey Malone

The Intriguing Routine & Life Lessons From Elon Musk Will Inspire The Sh*t Out Of You Vivek Naskar

A Useful Way To Chase The Phish: Anthony M. Davis

The Structure: Good in theory, a nightmare in practice Vinicius Monteiro

Here is my first mechanical keyboard Binlong Li

Uplifting Meditation for Software Engineers and Tech: How to face both failures and the unknown with calm. Emily Jennings

Sci-Fi Thriller I — The Election of 2052 jt

Why Crop Protection: Farmers can produce more with less Douglas Pilarski

3 reasons why we don’t need data scientists and why we do Salvatore Cagliari

How to Get People To Stop Scrolling Past Your Content: There are only three concepts you have to know. Derek Oxley

Job Ideas for Technical Writers in an Age of COVID-19 Pandemic Ugur Akinci

What’s With the Name — ‘Bluetooth’ Lynda Coker

What does Google Cloud’s Outage Signify? Demystifying a common myth surrounding Cloud Computing. Abishaik Mohan

AI Reimagined and Repurposed Marcus

DuckDuckGo: It’s not for kids Jim McAulay🍁

Watch Again What The Very Best Of Film Offers Stuart Englander

5 Ways You Can Learn To Code And Master Your Life In 2021. A guide to mastering the skill of programming. Aaron Jacques

We should learn how to collaborate with robots before it will be too late. Jair Ribeiro

The Most Advanced AI Image-Generator Firefly by Adobe Is Here (with 14 Stunning Image Examples) Kristina God

How To Code With SoloLearn Agnes Laurens

Will Your Next Car be Electric? Sumera Rizwan

A New Kind of Corporation. Tree Langdon

‘Technology Hits’ Arrives At The Speed Of Light Liam Ireland

Sick And Tired Of Taking Meeting Minutes? Now, You Are Free. Aldric Chen

The Fundamentals: A poem Dr. Fatima Imam

Chasing Eternity: The Unseen Limits of ‘Infinite’ Energy Mashrur Arafin Ayon

The Significance of Quantum Computing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence Dr Mehmet Yildiz

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