[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] avformat: add youtube-dl based demuxer

[compn]

On Wed, 8 Apr 2015 20:14:07 +0200
Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix at xenomai.org> wrote:

> > why not machine translate the python to c and import that into
> > ffmpeg? :P
> > 
> > https://github.com/pradyun/Py2C
> 
> Because then you will have to maintain that C, update it as soon as
> a youtube-dl python file is updated because a site changed.
> 

what we should do is convince youtube that having youtube support in
ffmpeg (and thus vlc and other projects) with ad playback, login
support, etc, is exactly what youtube wants. then youtube sends a patch
and maintains it.

-compn