The YouTube-DL Github repository is still there. There was a period where it had disappeared due to DMCA but thanks to the EFF that was resolved.
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/jvcqd0/standing_up_for_developers_youtubedl_is_back/ https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 10:21 AM Dave C via macports-users < macports-users@lists.macports.org> wrote: > The YouTube-DL github page was taken down per DMCA request. > > Before learning of this I tried to DL a video and use the -x option to > extract the audio. This failed so in ignorance I successfully updated > MacPorts and when I repeated the audio DL, this time it succeeded resulting > in an audio file. > > This brings up 2 questions for me: > 1. Why did this fail? I had a functioning youtube-dl since last MP update > with all the required bits (ffmpg, Python, etc) and I don’t update > component individually; they were last updated with the last MP update > earlier this year. I haven’t updated MacOS for years. So if it was > functioning earlier this year, why did it fail yesterday? > 2. Next time(?) I update MP I presume YouTube-dl won’t update. Will it be > removed? Will it no longer work? Is there a way to keep the port I have > currently functioning? > > Feel free to also answer any questions I haven’t asked about the impact > this news will have. > > Thanks, > Dave >