I have been self-hosting Karakeep (a bookmarks manager) for a few weeks now. It works great! However, if you try to save a YouTube video, the quality is awful.

It turns out that `yt-dlp` needs `ffmpeg` which is not installed in the official Docker image. You are bound to use a custom Docker image until this is fixed.

I wrote a blog post to explain how to:

đź”— https://www.maximepinot.com/en/blog/fix-poor-video-quality-downloads-karakeep.html

#Karakeep #SelfHosting #Bookmarks

How to fix poor YouTube video quality downloads with Karakeep

By default, videos saved into Karakeep are downloaded with a poor quality resolution. Here is how to fix this.

Maxime Pinot

Et en français ici :

🇫🇷 Comment améliorer la qualité des vidéos YouTube téléchargées avec Karakeep
đź”— https://www.maximepinot.com/blog/ameliorer-telechargement-qualite-videos-youtube-karakeep.html

Comment améliorer la qualité des vidéos YouTube téléchargées avec Karakeep

Par défaut, les vidéos YouTube téléchargées par Karakeep sont de mauvaises qualités. Voici la solution.

Maxime Pinot