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

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On Thu, 9 Apr 2015 08:30:43 -0400
compn <tempn at mi.rr.com> wrote:

> 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.

Easy. Just merge webkit into ffmpeg. It's for the greater good!