Any free software to download youtube video?
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If you use Firefox, I find Video Download Helper works GREAT. Always has for me.
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I use yt-dlp for a long time and miss nothing. With all the possible combinations on the -f (or in .config/) you can exactly define what you want. Î run it with deno as JS-Interpreter.
On Windows i run it into a WSL Ubuntu. In the past i used Cygwin for that.
Important is to have ffmpeg working to merge video+audio or convert something.
Stacher is not bad, i tested it but rarely used it. It comes with all you need. I have more fun hammer it into a shell
With your own youtube API key you can automize downloading of unseen videos of favourite channels. Or like me, i got an overview of new Videos from a list of channels linked in my Telegram bot, so i can directly access. Search and Sort in Channels is a pain in the youtube android tv app. Just playd around a bit.
The youtube-dl fork (yt-dlp) is very well maintained and up to date. Specially when a website change something, the yt-dlp modules for it will be updated fast.
I can't suggest any other software i haven't used. If you are not so into command line stuff the best is to try Stacher. All other GUI's i know are for linux.
Have fun. Tell us if you like it.
Doobie.
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@eusanderse Yeah, it works for me. But i dont know why after using it for a while, it stopped working and a error message showing asking me to sign in. I must stop using it for few hours then restart the software and it works again but only for a while before same error message showing up again.
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@amelia Hmm I never had that problem before. That is a very strange error. I should mention that I'm using the older software version (6.0.28) for Windows since I never felt the need to update it.
Are you using the most recent version of Stacher 7, by the way? That might have something to do with the error, though I would assume that newer versions should be more bug-free. I'll recommend looking at the reddit thread r/StacherIO and see if any other users mentioned the same issue as you do. Perhaps someone might have the solution.
Otherwise, I would just try to reinstall the software and see if the problem persists. If all else fails, try to get older installation version, if that is possible. -
YT-DLP is solid and my current secondary downloader. You may need to do some fancy command work if/when YT puts up blocks/limits/restrictions.
VideoDownloadHelper went with the "limited downloads per hour" route, so I don't use it for YT anymore and that was the reason why I switched to:
Internet Download Manager as my primary will fetch nearly all YT videos (and nearly all videos from almost everywhere), but sometimes gets a lower quality on yt specifically; or it will download audio and video separately (you'll have to combine them with ffmpeg or an A/V combiner of your choice). I use IDM to just not fiddle with command line because i'm lazy and usually don't have to. It's not free... like WinRare isn't free. But it's so good you'll get the license because it still feels like you're stealing it with how much it can do.
I still use YT-DLP as the "surefure" thing if for some reason IDM won't catch it, or when it splits audio/video.
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YT-DLP is solid and my current secondary downloader. You may need to do some fancy command work if/when YT puts up blocks/limits/restrictions.
VideoDownloadHelper went with the "limited downloads per hour" route, so I don't use it for YT anymore and that was the reason why I switched to:
Internet Download Manager as my primary will fetch nearly all YT videos (and nearly all videos from almost everywhere), but sometimes gets a lower quality on yt specifically; or it will download audio and video separately (you'll have to combine them with ffmpeg or an A/V combiner of your choice). I use IDM to just not fiddle with command line because i'm lazy and usually don't have to. It's not free... like WinRare isn't free. But it's so good you'll get the license because it still feels like you're stealing it with how much it can do.
I still use YT-DLP as the "surefure" thing if for some reason IDM won't catch it, or when it splits audio/video.
I haven't tried this one yet, but since the OP @amelia asked for "free" software recommendations, I didn't think this app would enter the conversation, although there is a 30-day free trial & apparently a relatively generous affiliate program with this company
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@eusanderse hey bro I finally got it working and it works like champs now. I just have to configure the setting to use cookies from browser that requires me to sign in first before downloading. This is to ensure that Im not a bot. Thank u so much for ur suggestion to use this amazing software
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4K videodownloader works like a treat been using for a while now
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