Reply To: How to Stop Ad Blocker Detection on Websites Like YouTube

[thumbtak]

There are two ways to avoid as on YouTube. Option one has a GUI, but option 2 removes the ads from the videos and works better.

Option 1

$ sudo apt install snapd

$ sudo snap install ytdownloader

Option 2

$ sudo apt install python3-pip

$ mkdir ~/Videos/Youtube/

$ cd ~/Videos/Youtube/

$ python3 -m venv yt-dlp-venv

$ source yt-dlp-venv/bin/activate

$ pip install --upgrade yt-dlp

$ yt-dlp your_youtube_video_url

Option 2 [Script] Save as yt-dlp.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Install dependencies (if not already installed)
if ! command -v python3 &> /dev/null; then
  sudo apt install python3 -y
fi

if ! command -v python3-pip &> /dev/null; then
  sudo apt install python3-pip -y
fi

# Create or enter the download directory
DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Videos/Youtube"
mkdir -p "$DOWNLOAD_DIR"
cd "$DOWNLOAD_DIR"

# Create and activate a virtual environment
VENV_DIR="$DOWNLOAD_DIR/yt-dlp-venv"
if [ ! -d "$VENV_DIR" ]; then
  python3 -m venv "$VENV_DIR"
fi

source "$VENV_DIR/bin/activate"

# Use the virtual environment's python executable
"$VENV_DIR/bin/python3" -m pip install --upgrade yt-dlp

# Prompt the user for the YouTube link
read -p "Enter the YouTube video URL: " YOUTUBE_URL

# Download the video
if [[ -n "$YOUTUBE_URL" ]]; then
  yt-dlp "$YOUTUBE_URL"
else
  echo "No URL provided."
fi

# Deactivate the virtual environment
deactivate

Option 2 [Run Script]

$ bash yt-dlp.sh

• This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by thumbtak.
• This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by thumbtak. Reason: Added Script