[email protected] has a list ;)
Also, I’m just gonna leave this here: https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui
Thats what I use now. Got it through scoop.sh.
Jdownloader 2 is the most straightforward.
It’s an unholy Java monster
Cobalt.tools
This was legit me untill I learnt about yt-dlp. I remember I used some random ass website for downloading yt vids, since I didn’t have mobile data back then, and I wanted to listen to some tunes while I was going to school. The site would completely mess up file names every single time. Yt-dlp is the reason that pushed me to use cli apps more.
Yt-dlp my beloved
Yeah yt-dlp is an amazing software, unfortunately it no longer works for nsfw without cookies.
If you are into docker use tubearchivist as it lets you host the videos as well.
The screenshot is an old version of MacOS. Either install yt-dlp (at the command line) or, and this is better by far, get the Downie app. I’ve been downloading videos all morning.
yes yt-dlp,
no to random app that’s probably just a wrapper for yt-dlp with spyware and ads bundled inMinitool ™ Youtube © Downloadtooler®
i can’t wait to download that!
I did legitimatly use a tool named that when I was like 12.
i feel bad for the younger generations that grew up with locked down apps….
when i was 8, my first computer didn’t have pictures on it… my dad was a programmer so we got a new computer every year… my next one had graphics… the next one had speakers….
the first program i hacked was a dos menu program i locked myself out of (at 8 or so)….
for me, apps that magically do stuff in the background are painful….
i use a terminal emulator to run yt-dlp directly on my phone….I love termux.
There are no ads and not everyone can utilize the command line (I actually taught someone that they could double-click to do something super basic that you’d think everyone knows by now just last week). The developer (Charlie Monroe) makes quality software and I gladly paid for a license. Don’t shit on things you haven’t investigated.
On a mac, this works too: https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui
Actually one of the steps is always offering downlaoder EXE to get the fucking video…
Nice!
yt-dlp
If you’re technically inclined, you can selfhost metube for your friends/family
Is that just a yt-dlp front end? Was hoping it would also do the streaming which is what I currently have been thinking of setting up. Probably yt-dlp to download all latest videos and then stream that over UPNP so any device with VLC can watch over the LAN.
That’s what I do! Just save everything to my media server, better that way.
This is a really nice front end, thanks.for the recommendation.
Same thing when I use to want to download photos from instagram for… uh… personal research.
I haven’t had to do this in awhile so I can’t recommend the best downloader for this job… But I will say that this is the sort of thing where you absolutely need to have a good adblocker
yt-dlp. Works right from the command line, no sketchy sites, on linux you can probably install it from your package manager
Well damn, guess I’m still windows-brained, never thought that there’d be a package for that!
If anyone looking for Android app. It’s flkay for sites other than youtube, but do give it a try
I checked soundcloud is working.
https://ytdlnis.org/ also exists
jdownloader includes yt-dlp and is generally good if you want to download things that you might or might not be supposed to download
yt-dlp
