Aug 05, 2022 10:10:00

With the end of 'Kyoto University Open Courseware' that allows you to take Kyoto University classes for free, it is recommended to download videos with 'yt-dlp'

Kyoto University has announced the closure of the project '

Kyoto University Open Courseware (OCW) ', which releases movies and lecture materials of classes and international symposiums for free. Kyoto University is calling for faculty and staff to download and back up movies with the closure of Kyoto University OCW, and recommends software such as ' yt-dlp ' as download software.

Closure of Kyoto University Open Courseware (OCW)｜Kyoto University OCW
https://ocw.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/6/

Kyoto University OCW is a project to release recordings and materials of regular lectures, public lectures, international conferences, etc. at Kyoto University free of charge, and a lot of information such as special lectures by Mr. Shinya Yamanaka, who won the Nobel Prize for his research on iPS cells. was doing. However, Kyoto University announced on August 4, 2022, 'The Kyoto University Research and Development Center for Higher Education will be abolished at the end of September 2022. Unfortunately, Kyoto University Open Courseware (OCW) will also be closed in mid-September. After that, we decided to close the site,' and announced the closure of Kyoto University OCW.

Kyoto University OCW publishes many movies on its official YouTube channel , but 'We have been using the YouTube channel for the videos of Kyoto University's OCW. However, since there is no operational organization for OCW, it has become difficult to operate stably.We recommend that you back up any necessary data,' he said, asking faculty and staff to download movies and Calling for backup.

Kyoto University has also released a

page explaining how to download movies along with the announcement of the closure of Kyoto University OCW. Kyoto University recommends ' Vividl ' for Windows and ' Stacher ' for macOS as movie download software. In addition, ' yt-dlp ' is recommended as download software for advanced users.

'yt-dlp' is a downloader compatible with many movie sharing sites such as YouTube and Nico Nico Douga, and also has functions such as channel batch download and playlist batch download. Since 'yt-dlp' operates on a 'black screen' such as a command prompt, it seems difficult for beginners to operate, but the following article explains the installation procedure and how to use 'yt-dlp' so that even beginners can master it. Detailed explanation with images.

Summary of how to use ``yt-dlp'' that can download movies such as YouTube and Nico Nico Douga with the highest image quality and high sound quality, age limit movies can also be downloaded in one shot - GIGAZINE