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> 1. Although `yt-dlp` consistently is able to download videos at link speed (even when the said link is in multi-gig range!), streaming the video through `mpv` will not work as well and some videos would buffer every couple chunks. But that was in the past…

I still get this with YouTube from time to time. Works with some videos, others are unwatchable. Seeking also generally seems broke and is often slower than downloading even the whole video.



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