content: I have to agree, I wouldn't trust, nor use anything with the clenched commie fist, I didn't catch that, I was simply looking for other things that could be used in the meantime.  I've used you-get and can't remember its limitations, seemed to work but I do prefer youtube-dl.  You-Get might be source code that could be forked and leveraged IF youtube-dl isn't out there.  Having said all of that, I assume the youtube-dl code IS out in the wild and can be forked and proceed.