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Strictly speaking, there is no genre of pornography produced in Kashmir due to legal and cultural restrictions. The term "Kashmiri Blue Film" is a romantic myth built by collectors of soft-core vintage art cinema. It refers to the feeling of the films: cold, blue-tinted, sexually repressed, and hauntingly beautiful.

The real "Blue" of Kashmir is the melancholy of lost love. It is the steam rising from a cup of Kashmiri Kehwa against a frozen window pane. kashmiri blue film

When one hears the phrase "Kashmiri Blue Film," the mind often drifts to the smoky, grainy aesthetic of 1970s and 1980s celluloid. However, within the lexicon of vintage cinema collectors and South Asian film historians, "Blue" does not merely refer to obscenity; it refers to a mood. It is the color of pale twilight over Dal Lake, the indigo of a woolen pheran, and the melancholic longing that defines classic art-house erotica. Strictly speaking, there is no genre of pornography

Kashmir has served as the backdrop for some of the most sensually charged, aesthetically "blue" (both in color grading and emotional tone) films in cinematic history. This article dives deep into the vaults of Kashmiri blue film classic cinema, separating forgotten B-movies from timeless vintage masterpieces. If you are looking for atmospheric, romantic, and visually stunning vintage movie recommendations set against the Himalayas, you have arrived at the right place. The real "Blue" of Kashmir is the melancholy of lost love

This is the closest you will get to a "Kashmiri Blue Film" in the mainstream. Directed by Bhappi Sonie, the film uses the backwaters of Jammu & Kashmir to frame a love triangle that turns into a murder mystery. The song "Jaana O Jaana" features actress Mumtaz diving into a deep, sapphire-blue lake in a wet saree. For Indian audiences of the 70s, this was the definitive "blue" moment—chaste by Western standards, but scandalous for vintage India.

Kashmir has long held a place in the popular imagination: dramatic mountains, floating houseboats, saffron fields, and rich handicrafts. In film, that visual identity often translates to a particular “Kashmiri blue”—cool, luminous tones that suggest altitude, water, and the region’s melancholic beauty. Whether used in Bollywood romances, independent dramas, or travel documentaries, this aesthetic has become shorthand for a mood: serene yet fraught, beautiful yet contested.

While mainstream, Lean’s use of the "Blue Hour" (the time just before sunrise) in the Kashmir caves is masterful. The echo of the cave, the blue shadows, and the repressed sexual tension between Adela and Mrs. Moore make this a mandatory watch for anyone studying sensual vintage cinema.

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Joël Thieffry
#2190
I've done a quick batch file to download 1080p youtube videos from windows command line. It is based on youtube-dl, but since youtube now uses its DASH format for 1080p, you have to download video and audio separately, then recombine them.

You need :
youtube-dl.exe from https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html
ffmpeg.exe from http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
Please adapt the path to these static executables in the script.

Usage : to download "Handmade Hero Day 050 - Basic Minkowski-based Collision Detection", type
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youtube-dl-dash.bat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g8DLrNyVsQ


Now the script :
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@REM Usage: youtube-dl-dash.bat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxxxxx
@REM Get the URL from the command line
SET YOUTUBE_URL=%1

@REM Set tools
SET YOUTUBEDL_EXE=D:\NoInstall\youtube-dl.exe
SET FFMPEG_EXE=D:\NoInstall\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe

@REM Set DASH best quality for video and audio
SET VIDEO_Q=137
SET AUDIO_Q=141

@REM Get video and audio filename
"%YOUTUBEDL_EXE%" --get-filename -f %VIDEO_Q% "%YOUTUBE_URL%" > youtube-dl-dash-temp.txt
SET /p VIDEO_FILENAME=<youtube-dl-dash-temp.txt
"%YOUTUBEDL_EXE%" --get-filename -f %AUDIO_Q% "%YOUTUBE_URL%" > youtube-dl-dash-temp.txt
SET /p AUDIO_FILENAME=<youtube-dl-dash-temp.txt
del youtube-dl-dash-temp.txt

@REM Download video and audio files
"%YOUTUBEDL_EXE%" -f %VIDEO_Q% "%YOUTUBE_URL%"
"%YOUTUBEDL_EXE%" -f %AUDIO_Q% "%YOUTUBE_URL%"

@REM Recombine video and audio
SET FILEOUT=NEW-%VIDEO_FILENAME%
"%FFMPEG_EXE%" -i "%VIDEO_FILENAME%" -i "%AUDIO_FILENAME%" -acodec copy -vcodec copy -threads 0 "%FILEOUT%"

@REM Clean up
del "%VIDEO_FILENAME%"
del "%AUDIO_FILENAME%"
ren "%FILEOUT%" "%VIDEO_FILENAME%"
Edited by Joël Thieffry on Reason: OK, I'll copy-paste it
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Mārtiņš Možeiko
#2197
You really don't need manually combine audio and video files. youtube-dl will do that automatically if you have ffmpeg executable avaialble in PATH (or current folder). So simply running:
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youtube-dl -f 137+141 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g8DLrNyVsQ
will create one mp4 file with video and audio in it.
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Joël Thieffry
#2200
Just tested, it works very well. Excellent!

Thank you for the tip.
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Matt Mascarenhas
#2204
Cheers, for both of these tips, chaps. So the youtube line in my own dlhmh (zsh, although I think it's all bash-compatible) script now reads:

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youtube-dl -i -r 800K -f 137+141 --download-archive "${VIDDIR}/.dlarchive" -o "${VIDDIR}/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" --dateafter "$(date +%Y%m%d -d'4 days ago')" "https://www.youtube.com/user/handmadeheroarchive"


The script also downloads the latest source .zip and has a commented line ready for the assets.

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wget -O "${SRCDIR}/handmade_hero_source.zip" "${HMHDIR}/${HMHSRC}"
#wget -O "${SRCDIR}/handmade_hero_assets.zip" "${HMHDIR}/${HMHASSETS}"
Edited by Matt Mascarenhas on Reason: Bug in the wget assets line
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Matej Kac
#2253
I have made a Windows only download script at the start of the series.

You can find the instructions at:

http://www.reddit.com/r/HandmadeH...hzo/handmadehero_download_script/

Currently it only supports downloading the source code. I will be adding assets downloading support later.
Edited by Matej Kac on
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Matej Kac
#2960

Strictly speaking, there is no genre of pornography produced in Kashmir due to legal and cultural restrictions. The term "Kashmiri Blue Film" is a romantic myth built by collectors of soft-core vintage art cinema. It refers to the feeling of the films: cold, blue-tinted, sexually repressed, and hauntingly beautiful.

The real "Blue" of Kashmir is the melancholy of lost love. It is the steam rising from a cup of Kashmiri Kehwa against a frozen window pane.

When one hears the phrase "Kashmiri Blue Film," the mind often drifts to the smoky, grainy aesthetic of 1970s and 1980s celluloid. However, within the lexicon of vintage cinema collectors and South Asian film historians, "Blue" does not merely refer to obscenity; it refers to a mood. It is the color of pale twilight over Dal Lake, the indigo of a woolen pheran, and the melancholic longing that defines classic art-house erotica.

Kashmir has served as the backdrop for some of the most sensually charged, aesthetically "blue" (both in color grading and emotional tone) films in cinematic history. This article dives deep into the vaults of Kashmiri blue film classic cinema, separating forgotten B-movies from timeless vintage masterpieces. If you are looking for atmospheric, romantic, and visually stunning vintage movie recommendations set against the Himalayas, you have arrived at the right place.

This is the closest you will get to a "Kashmiri Blue Film" in the mainstream. Directed by Bhappi Sonie, the film uses the backwaters of Jammu & Kashmir to frame a love triangle that turns into a murder mystery. The song "Jaana O Jaana" features actress Mumtaz diving into a deep, sapphire-blue lake in a wet saree. For Indian audiences of the 70s, this was the definitive "blue" moment—chaste by Western standards, but scandalous for vintage India.

Kashmir has long held a place in the popular imagination: dramatic mountains, floating houseboats, saffron fields, and rich handicrafts. In film, that visual identity often translates to a particular “Kashmiri blue”—cool, luminous tones that suggest altitude, water, and the region’s melancholic beauty. Whether used in Bollywood romances, independent dramas, or travel documentaries, this aesthetic has become shorthand for a mood: serene yet fraught, beautiful yet contested.

While mainstream, Lean’s use of the "Blue Hour" (the time just before sunrise) in the Kashmir caves is masterful. The echo of the cave, the blue shadows, and the repressed sexual tension between Adela and Mrs. Moore make this a mandatory watch for anyone studying sensual vintage cinema.

Edited by Matej Kac on Reason: Added link to youtube-dl documentation
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Ameen Sayegh
#4282
I am interesting in how youtube-dl extract the URL of a YouTube video.
I looked at the source code but it is complicated python code
but I think it is more likely inside this magic function _extract_signature_function

if anyone knows python better and can tell me how it is extracting the URL, it would be appreciated.
Or simply if I can use the tool to just extract the URL because I want to use a faster downloader and I just want to give it the link.
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Mārtiņš Možeiko
#4283
When I'm using youtube-dl it downloads video with my maximum Internet speed. I don't see how using other downloader would help.

But if you want to use youtube-dl to get URL of actual video file the "--get-url" argument will do that. Look at "youtube-dl --help" for more stuff - like getting title or other info.

If you want to extract URL manually, you can do that from big block of JavaScript code under <div id="player-api"> element.
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Carlos Gabriel Hasbun Comandari
#4979
Thanks. It is very useful.
I love Open Source command line tools.
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Carlos Gabriel Hasbun Comandari
#5359
Do you know why Youtube-dl can't download playlists? It is supposed to.
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Mārtiņš Možeiko
#5360
It downloads for me just fine.
Try "--print-traffic --verbose" arguments to see various debugging information, maybe it will contain some helpful information why it fails for you.
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Carlos Gabriel Hasbun Comandari
#5361
Yeah, it is weird. I am downloading a series (Youtube playlist)of Japanese stories and converting it to .mp3. It works with that list but not for Handmade Hero's Debug Infrastructure playlist. I'll check the verbose debug output from youtube-dl.

[Edit] I am now downloading all the Debug Infrastructure playlist as audio files, it is working properly, I guess it has some issues with the video. [/Edit]
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petradragon
#5376
chizran
If anybody is interested, I have added the ability to download assets from sendowl and pre stream Q&A from Twitch to my LINQPad daily download script. As before, it can also download the current source code zip file from sendowl and the latest video uploaded to the YouTube archive.

Requirements:

LINQPad installed.

To be able to download the source code and the assets, you obviously need to preorder the game and supply your sendowl URL per the instructions (below).

For YouTube video download, you need to have both ffmpeg and youtube-dl in your PATH. youtube-dl is required for both Twitch and YouTube, ffmpeg is required only for YouTube.

Instructions:
  • •Download, install and run LINQPad.
  • •In LINQPad go to File>Open, paste link to the script and click Open.
  • •If you want to download videos you have install both ffmpeg and youtube-dl. Easiest way to get them is via chocolatey.
  • •Set your parameters and click Execute (F5)
  • •When you run the script for the first time, it will ask you for the sendowl URL. You can also set it manually via LINQPads builtin password manager (File>Password Manager) and adding password with the name 'handmadehero.sendowlurl' and value of your full sendowl URL. Passwords are securedly stored with the Windows Data Protection API (check the LINQPad FAQ)



@chizran a quick question - I just found this post - I see that you have pre stream as an option here, I wonder how you download and differentiate it exclusively from the rest of the stream - is it that for (prestream == yes) you get it from Twitch and if no then Youtube? Would you mind shedding some light on it and More importantly, do you have all the previous pre streams and can you make them available somehow? (Read - https://hero.handmadedev.org/foru...on/969-pre-stream-technical-noise)
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Mārtiņš Možeiko
#5377
In his script he downloads prestream video from twitch by specifying to download 2nd, not the 1st most recent video. Youtube-dl can download specified videos in the playlist. You simply pass whole handmade hero archive as a playlist url and item index 1 to youtube-dl, and it will save pre stream video.
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Matej Kac
#5379
As mmozeiko explained, downloading the prestream videos works by specifying the video from the Twitch playlist. Unfortunately, since a few episodes ago, this hasn't been working as expected. YouTube-dl downloads only one video file per broadcast from Twitch. I do have all the files archived, but the latest files are quite large, since these are whole episodes. My upload speed is not the best, but can I least try to get some of them online during the holidays.
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