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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 22:26:28 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 04:47:57 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:31:27 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:
>>>
>>> It's specific to Firefox playing the video.
>>
>> Are you able to download a problem video and play it through something
>> else, just for comparison?
> 
> Yes. But the way youtube works, I don't know if the downloaded one is
> same file, and it probably isn't. yt-dlp tries to get the best file it
> can, while the javascript in the browser probably negotiates one more
> suitable for the embedded window size.

youtube-dl and friends give you the choice to download whichever version 
you like. Try the “-F” option to list the ones available.