Slow download speeds.

[Just-another-pleb]

I'm asking this to check if it is a known problem.

I am running Ubuntu 21.04 and have this version:
youtube-dl --version 2021.06.06

When I am downloading videos the speed does seem to be limited to about 56KiB/s

I've heard youtube detect downloads and speed limit them.

[dirkf]

Wow. If only you'd searched the issues you might have found from one of the at least 14 related issues that it is.

[luagugus]

Me too I have same problem so I can't use it

[dazemc]

Not sure when @dirkf PR will be merged but here is a build for people that don't know how to cherry pick commits, https://github.com/dazemc/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.06.06-CherryPicked

[ghost]

just use yt-dlp, youtube-dl is slow to update anything

[Just-another-pleb]

Not sure when @dirkf PR will be merged but here is a build for people that don't know how to cherry pick commits, https://github.com/dazemc/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.06.06-CherryPicked

my dumb question: Looking at that link, I am not sure there is a version for ubuntu.

[rautamiekka]

Not sure when @dirkf PR will be merged but here is a build for people that don't know how to cherry pick commits, https://github.com/dazemc/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.06.06-CherryPicked

my dumb question: Looking at that link, I am not sure there is a version for ubuntu.

You use the file named youtube-dl, just execute it:

##Add the permission to execute:
chmod u+x youtube-dl

##Use the app:
./youtube-dl PARAMETERS

[Just-another-pleb]

Thank you very much.