Bun support is now limited and deprecated(github.com)
511 points by tamnd | 521 comments
A yt-dlp GitHub issue announcing that support for Bun as an ejs-compatible JavaScript runtime is being limited to versions 1.2.11–1.3.14 and deprecated.
#yt-dlp on Hacker News
6 stories tagged yt-dlp, newest first.
Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support(github.com)
1006 points by bertman | 591 comments
GitHub issue announcing that yt-dlp version 2025.11.12 requires an external JavaScript runtime such as Deno for full YouTube download support.
Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads(github.com)
1150 points by phewlink | 549 comments
A yt-dlp GitHub issue announcing that YouTube downloads will soon require the Deno JavaScript runtime to be installed.
OpenAI charges by the minute, so speed up your audio(george.mand.is)
689 points by georgemandis | 209 comments
A blog post by George Mandis explaining that speeding up audio 2-3x with ffmpeg before sending it to OpenAI transcription cuts cost and time with little quality loss.
Bypassing YouTube video download throttling(blog.0x7d0.dev)
466 points by 0x7d0 | 193 comments
Blog post explaining how tools like yt-dlp bypass YouTube's video download throttling by reverse-engineering its JavaScript signature parameters.
Show HN: YouTube Full Text Search – Search all of a channel from the commandline(github.com)
480 points by notjoemartinez | 144 comments
GitHub repository for yt-fts, a Python command-line tool that scrapes a YouTube channel's subtitles into SQLite for full-text search with timestamped links.