[qtube] Webif front end for youtube-dl

[/df]

This problem was reported and solved in the youtube-dl thread.

 

[TavyDogOwner]

What does that actually mean? Be specific.

That won't help.

Which probabably means it needs a less specific fix. Try this (make sure you copy and paste it):
find "/mod/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube-dl" -name '*.pyc' -exec echo rm \"{}\" \; | $SHELL
If that doesn't work, then an even less specific one:
find "/mod/lib/python2.7" -name '*.pyc' -exec echo rm \"{}\" \; | $SHELL

Thanks for responding. It’s good to know how much of a novice I am and how much I need to improve the detail in any future postings (hopefully not many)

The first solution you offered has worked and was simple to implement. Thank you.

Before posting I had previously tried a load of stuff from postings on topics that looked like they may have been related to my problem. I had naively thought that because the output was repeatedly referring to Python "Stuff" and I am not familiar with Python I’d try one of the postings that suggested re-installing "Python-Setuptools", I used [Webif][Package Management][Installed][Showing Advanced Packages] to remove the remove "Python-Setuptools" because it has the description "Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages -- easily!". I then used the similar process but using the "Available" tab to Install it again which according to its description downloads and re-installs a fresh copy.

 

[TavyDogOwner]

The command-line package is youtube-dl, the WebIF GUI front-end for youtube-dl is qtube.


Why not simply force-reinstall youtube-dl and qtube?

Thanks.
prpr provided the solution.

 

[prpr]

how much I need to improve the detail in any future postings

Put yourself in the place of the reader and see whether it makes sense from a position of not being able to see what you see and without prior knowledge of what you've actually done. It can be quite tricky, which is why, I guess, so many people struggle with this sort of thing.

I’d try one of the postings that suggested re-installing "Python-Setuptools"

I've searched the forum and can't find any such posts. In fact, there were only 3 references to it at all, one of which was your above post and the other two were just in a list of packages. Needless to say, I have no idea what this does or what might need it. It's certainly nothing to do with the base Python package or youtube-dl or qtube.
It always helps to quote a reference to save anybody else searching.

I used [Webif][Package Management][Installed][Showing Advanced Packages] to remove the remove "Python-Setuptools" because it has the description "Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages -- easily!". I then used the similar process but using the "Available" tab to Install it again

Was this installed already? What for? I assume it's some sort of development tool.

The first solution you offered has worked

Good. This is effectively what uninstalling and reinstalling youtube-dl does in terms of cleanup, without the overhead of actually uninstalling and reinstalling as BH suggested (and which would have worked, as would /df's solution, although it was not totally clear (to me) at that point that it was the same problem).

 

[TavyDogOwner]

The Python-Setuptools was just there. I have no idea how it got there and had just assumed it was a part of Webif. Ican only guess what it is used for from it's description.
I can't find the reference on Hummy.tv I used that prompted me to re-install, it may have been on another forum, (Github or other) as I would not have just installed it for fun. My only other excursion onto the advanced package section of Webif was to install the Qtube-dl package after reading entries in the hummy.tv postings. I have been using qtube-dl for sometime now on my laptop. It's a great package and accessing it on my ageing HDR Fox T2 is actually a nicer way to use it (for me anyway).
It's a shame that I can't identify how/why it suddenly stopped working but the main thing is that it's working now and I've confirmed that on both YouTube and BBCi player.
Thanks again.

 

[/df]

setuptools is a historic Python utility used for installing some Python add-on packages. youtube-dl doesn't need it. Also, the repo version is too old to be useful (0.6 vs current 44.x) and generally people prefer pip (which may have setuptools embedded)

 

[Black Hole]

I can't find the reference on Hummy.tv I used that prompted me to re-install, it may have been on another forum, (Github or other) as I would not have just installed it for fun.

This is the only authoritative forum when it comes to HDR-FOX CF.

 

[Black Hole]

qtube wishlist bump!

How about a Christmas present? I still think qtube as a front-end for youtube-dl could provide more user aids. What I'm thinking is some preset tick boxes which insert appropriate strings into the "Process options" field... otherwise I have to look them up each time.

Even some text comments on the qtube GUI page for copy&paste would help. My favourites are:

• -f "best[height=540][fps=25][ext=mp4]"
• -x --audio-format mp3

I have a work-around for this.

I typically use an iPad for WebIF stuff, and iOS/iPadOS is blessed with text replacement (if a typed string exactly matches a string in the text replacement table, it is auto-substituted by the replacement string).

For example, by setting up "!audio" to be replaced by "-x --audio-format mp3", I don't have to remember the exact string required (it made things tricky to actually type "!audio", but hey-ho).

Using ! as an initial escape character prevents replacement whenever I happen to type "audio", and I have standardised on that for all my substitutions – other might have to choose a different escape according to their needs. To actually type "!audio", type "audio" and then go back and edit in the "!" afterwards.

Incidentally, I have also defined replacements for strings autocorrect gets wrong, eg "ill" (not "I'll"), and "Wed" as an abbreviation for Wednesday not "wed", and frequently used strings such as my postcode or email address.

Other examples of my usage:
!pi => π
!ohm => Ω
!inf => ∞
!5/8 => ⅝︎
(etc)

iOS >> Settings >> General >> Keyboard >> Text Replacement