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		getcrunk on Nov 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube em... Could u explain how that works or what to do?

makeworld on Nov 30, 2021 [–]

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp has reverse-engineered YouTube, and can take a video ID and figure out the direct video link. The --get-url, or -g option will return that URL.

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