My bottomline is this. If this what is needed for YouTube to survive, I'm all for it. The alternate is YouTube shutting down (like what gfycat.com did) and years of stuff .. Just vanished. Source: 7 months ago

Yt-dlp https://gfycat.com/@killsapo [Gfycat] Extracting URL: https://gfycat.com/@killsapo [Gfycat] @killsapo: Downloading video info ERROR: [Gfycat] @killsapo: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by ); please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U. Source: 12 months ago

You can use https://gfycat.com/ and https://streamable.com to easily convert YouTube videos/Twitch clips/Twitter videos (the latter of which also supports audio without the need to create an account). Source: 12 months ago

Another victim of the VC squeeze; Gfycat is just straight up shutting down September 1st. Source: 12 months ago

Gfycat is apparently being permanently discontinued, according to its front page:. Source: 12 months ago

There's royalty free videos - https://coverr.co/. Source: over 1 year ago

You can use this. It's coverr and I found it while spending too much time on YT. Source: almost 2 years ago

I found this for stock footage I've found free stock here but some of them have watermark. I'm sure you'll figure what to do on your own. Source: almost 2 years ago

A good source for free video backgrounds - https://coverr.co/. Source: over 2 years ago

There is https://coverr.co/ for great looking videos as well! Source: about 3 years ago