Hi Lemmy!

This post is a way for me to announce one of my apps that I made for my personal usage.

Azul box

It is a front end for yt-dlp and ffmpeg. It isn’t just a yt-dlp downloader; it’s more like a utility app that does anything that I need. The “special” part about this software is probably the ability to download YouTube subtitles and then embed them into the audio file as synced lyrics. Well, that is the only “unique” thing about it. As I’m still quite new to programming, there may be some bugs, and I appreciate your understanding. I’m also learning how to package it as a deb/rpm and plan to dedicate time to this during the summer. For now, the only way to download it will be to build from source with the bash install script in my repo.

If you have some time to try the app, I would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you for taking the time to read this! :)

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      30·
      1 day ago

      Dont give up on it! Its very feasible that yt starts attacking yt-dlp. Invidious is already obfuscated. The more alternatives the better.

        • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
          2·
          11 hours ago

          I make a point of always being on the lookout for different versions or offerings exactly because its so debillitating to me when I lose the use of a tool I rely on. Keep on fighting the good fight. I remember how much it sucked when I ProTube stopped working and Ivory stopped working, those were both bad times for me

          • rhabarba@feddit.org
            2·
            10 hours ago

            It’s still rather hard to maintain a software that can download from as many sources as possible on my own. It’s often a game of cat&mouse, sadly.

            • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
              1·
              10 hours ago

              No no, thats not what I meant. I mean just that I usually keep my eyes peeled for apps that do the same or a similar function as a redundancy backup plan type thing. Like I collect apps that do the same thing but maybe have slightly different or novel implementations cuz I dont want to be caught with my pants down when they wise up to whatever way I was getting the needful done

              Lots of respect for what you’re doing and it must be very difficult to try and ensure that level of compat. Hope you’re kind to yourself about it all, thats alot, yo.