Prerequisites for Using YouTube Downloader Appsīefore you try some of the options mentioned below, you will need to have youtube-dl and FFmpeg installed on your system to be able to download / choose different format to download.įFmpeg is optional but if you want to download high-quality videos, you would need it. You are better off with the other video downloaders mentioned here. But you should not use xVideoServiceThief anymore as it has not seen any new developments in years.

It was a popular video downloader for Linux for years. I would also like to mention xVideoServiceThief here. However, the installation instructions here will be limited to Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions. The YouTube downloading tools mentioned here should work on any Linux distribution. It's actually worth the effort to do this, because YVD is so much more reliable than specialized playlist downloaders.If you do not want to rely on a browser extension for your video downloads, you can install a desktop tool. In YVD, Go to File > Add Multi Urls, and paste your semicolon-separated list into the box. Use the Find and Replace tool to replace all text 'https' with ' https' so that every URL is separated by a semicolon. Select the URL column, and copy URLs from the spreadsheet into a text document.ģ. Use a playlist URL downloader site (such as FavBackUp by williamsport web developer) to save a spreadsheet of URLs for all the videos in the playlist.Ģ. Here's a roundabout way to download a playlist:ġ. I wanted to download playlists, and while this feature unfortunately isn't included in YVD, it can still be done rather easily. I think the proxy setup fields should be hidden/dimmed-out unless you check the box to use a proxy. When the application is launched, it goes straight to the preferences menu, which looks a bit confusing.It crashes if you try to download more than 40 videos simultaneously.

Names the downloads with the full title of the video.Interface is simple and useful, and doesn't have any visual glitches or overflowing text.No installation wizard or software downloader - it's ready-to-run.It downloads youtube videos by url, including bulk downloads from a list of urls - with no strings attached, and no trail limitations! No malware either (scanned with Avast)

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