Yoni Rabkin <[email protected]> writes: > Yuchen Pei <[email protected]> writes: > >> On Tue, Mar 15 2022, Yoni Rabkin wrote: >> >>> >>> We can't add this as it is at the moment since it tries, as far as I can >>> tell, to run any "https" entry through ytdl. I have plenty of https >>> streams that are simply internet radio stations and other such streams >>> that have nothing to do with the software ytdl supports. >>> >> >> Also note the defvar emms-info-ytdl-regexp in the code, which whitelists >> the url patterns emms-info-ytdl will run. If you only want to use >> emms-info-ytdl for a specific set of sites, just set this var. > > Here is the article I was looking for: > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/whats-wrong-with-youtube.en.html > > It states: "The free program youtube-dl is also available; it gets data > out of the site's JavaScript code but doesn't run that code." > > I think that helps answer the question. But is also lists what's wrong > with youtube (and by extension sites like it.)
RMS has weighed in as well on emacs-devel: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-03/msg00754.html -- "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
