(was Re: Adding a description text property for a track) non-free javascript and ytdl

[Yoni Rabkin]

I realized that I don't know a lot about ytdl/youtube-dl and went to
have a look. As a result, I came across a potential show-stopper for
inclusion in Emms in any form.

I was concerned when I saw that ytdl/youtube-dl has a javascript
interpreter built-in.

I found the following thread that reports that ytdl/youtube-dl downloads
and runs non-free javascript automatically as part of accessing the
sites it supports:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/do-youtube-dlhtml5-video-everywhere-run-nonfree-js

The thread is from back in 2017. Is this still the case? If so, is there
a libre version of ytdl?

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