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| -rw-r--r-- | assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-deno-requirement.md | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-pipx-migration.md | 32 | ||||
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diff --git a/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-deno-requirement.md b/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-deno-requirement.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84e11fa --- /dev/null +++ b/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-deno-requirement.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# Install deno for yt-dlp JavaScript runtime + +## Problem + +yt-dlp now requires a JavaScript runtime for full YouTube extraction. Without it, you get this warning: + +``` +WARNING: No supported JavaScript runtime could be found. +YouTube extraction without a JS runtime has been deprecated, and some formats may be missing. +``` + +## Solution + +Install deno (the default supported runtime): + +```bash +sudo pacman -S deno +``` + +## Why + +YouTube uses JavaScript for some format extraction. Without a JS runtime, yt-dlp may not be able to access all video formats or could fail on certain videos. + +See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS diff --git a/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-pipx-migration.md b/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-pipx-migration.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a128baa --- /dev/null +++ b/assets/2026-01-30-yt-dlp-pipx-migration.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Change yt-dlp installation from pacman to pipx + +## Problem + +yt-dlp stopped working because the Arch repos were behind upstream. The pacman version was 2025.12.08 while the latest release was 2026.01.29 (7 weeks behind). + +yt-dlp updates frequently to keep up with site API changes, so being outdated often causes extraction failures. + +## Solution + +Install yt-dlp via pipx instead of pacman: + +```bash +# Install pipx if not already installed +sudo pacman -S python-pipx + +# Install yt-dlp via pipx +pipx install yt-dlp + +# Remove the pacman version to avoid PATH conflicts +sudo pacman -R yt-dlp +``` + +## Updating + +To update yt-dlp in the future: + +```bash +pipx upgrade yt-dlp +``` + +This pulls directly from PyPI which stays current with upstream releases. diff --git a/assets/2026-01-31-wf-recorder-package.txt b/assets/2026-01-31-wf-recorder-package.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bfb4317 --- /dev/null +++ b/assets/2026-01-31-wf-recorder-package.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Package: wf-recorder +Category: multimedia/recording + +Reason: +Screen recording on Wayland. The Emacs video-audio-recording.el module +uses wf-recorder for screen capture on Wayland compositors (Hyprland, Sway, etc.). +Without it, video recording produces black screen because x11grab doesn't work +on Wayland. + +Used by: ~/.emacs.d/modules/video-audio-recording.el +Related packages: ffmpeg (already installed) |