Khan-dl
Learning and science
offline course downloader
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
9 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Idea: 9 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for learners with spotty internet connections
From 1 comment
Nice! These sort of tools are immensely useful for learners with a spotty internet connection.
kkaranth on HN
Helpful for saving content before it is deleted
From 2 comments
I will comment about larger scale. Recently I realized that if I find something interesting, it's worth downloading and saving it immediately. I may never use it again, so simple…
galkk on HNHow often does that happen to you? I basically just watch Youtube videos all day, and often dig up old playlists and lectures. This hasn't ever been a problem for me. In my case,…
bhargav on HN
Objections
Downloading about 20k videos would be slow and strain Khan Academy servers
From 1 comment
Ouff, as someone who has done my fair share of downloading Khan Academy content, this will be a lot of work. There are something like 20K+ videos, so downloading each of them…
ivan_ah on HN
Could trigger a DMCA takedown
From 1 comment
Incoming DMCA takedown :D
dalleh on HN
Requests
Support for non-traditional subjects such as LSAT
From 1 comment
Hey there, FYI this doesn't work on non-traditional subjects i.e. LSAT. I created an issue on GH, and ideally would have rather opened a PR, but don't have time at the moment.…
syndacks on HN
Add support to youtube-dl or support for edX
From 2 comments
Is this the kind of thing that can be added to youtube-dl? Are they pretty open to adding new sites?
johtso on HNIs there a downloader for edX? I recently tried coursera-dl/edx-dl and it didn't work. When I last checked on it, they were looking for new maintainers (…
happy-go-lucky on HN
Questions
Why not use the built-in download function on the website?
From 1 comment
Is there not a download function built into the website? It's a non-profit, they really ought to make those clips available...
Wowfunhappy on HN
Alternatives named
Kolibri channels for Khan Academy
From 1 comment
Ouff, as someone who has done my fair share of downloading Khan Academy content, this will be a lot of work. There are something like 20K+ videos, so downloading each of them…
ivan_ah on HN
Kiwix ZIM files
From 2 comments
Ouff, as someone who has done my fair share of downloading Khan Academy content, this will be a lot of work. There are something like 20K+ videos, so downloading each of them…
ivan_ah on HNAlmost everything worthwhile I stumble upon gets archived to my private ArchiveBox instance these days. Sadly, there are a few Coursera/EdX courses that have been taken down (eg…
smarx007 on HN
youtube-dl
From 1 comment
Not OP, but I had a YouTube playlist that really was a collection of memories since I began university 10 years ago. Lots of things that are related to precious memories I had…
TeeMassive on HN