ytdlp-brighteon 2024.4.26

yt-dlp extractor for brighteon.com

NOTE:

Since version 2023.01.06 yt-dlp supports plugins from python packages. The ytdlp-plugins package is no longer necessary.

For further details see https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins

brighteon.com support for yt-dlp

• support for un-nested channels and categories
• live stream support for brighteon.tv was removed since the service is inoperable

release notes

Broken formats: Some MPD manifests cannot be parsed by yt-dlp. They will be skipped with a warning until the issue is resolved.

installation

You can install ytdlp-brighteon via pip:

• Use PyPI package:

  python3 -m pip install --upgrade ytdlp-brighteon

• Install from GitHub branch:

  python3 -m pip install -U https://github.com/flashdagger/ytdlp-plugins/archive/refs/heads/brighteon.zip

Note that on some systems, you may need to use py or python instead of python3

example: show the 20 recent titles from channel

python3 -m yt_dlp -e --flat-playlist --playlist-items :20 https://www.brighteon.com/channels/brighteontv

yt-dlp

yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project

Note that all plugins are imported even if not invoked, and that there are no checks performed on plugin code. Use plugins at your own risk and only if you trust the code