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Redditiscucked2 70 points ago +70 / -0

there are dozens of free yt downloader extensions...

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zujar_man 30 points ago +31 / -1

Most of them don't allow music files

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80960KA 11 points ago +11 / -0

This is what I use, even have a powershell script that uses it to fetch music and then transcode to MP3 and tag it.

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PhD_in_everything 7 points ago +7 / -0

Here's a graphical user interface for it: https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/

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AccipiterQ 4 points ago +4 / -0

how do you actually run it?

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CmonPeopleGetReal 5 points ago +5 / -0

just change the path from youtube.com/watch?v=XxXxXxXx to youtubepp.com/watch?v=XxXxXxXx

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FreeJack2020 2 points ago +2 / -0

I use mp3fy for audio rips off YT, of unlimited length. Mainly audiobooks and music albums.

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MikePlacid 5 points ago +5 / -0

I am using Parallels on Mac. They have Parallels Toolbox thrown in for free. The Toolbox has a video download utility, that just adds a Download button to the browser.

I think this download utility alone is worth the price of Parallels - it “just works”. On every video site I’ve encountered so far.

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DonLe-mon 2 points ago +2 / -0

I also use 4K. They have a free version that works perfectly fine for everyday use. The paid version just removes adds which are unobtrusive anyway and unlocks pro features.

Overall it's a really solid app. I'm highly satisfied with my free edition, would recommend!

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Jimmy_Russler 1 point ago +1 / -0

None of them work on the Brave browser because Gulag blocks all extensions that download YouTube videos from the playstore. OP is a legend for showing us this neat trick

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InTheArmsOfThePepe 11 points ago +11 / -0

^ This

Rocking the free version and the ~30 per day has been more than enough.

I particularly like that it allows audio rips as well, for those times when the video is not that important and/or I'd rather keep the file size small.


EDIT: Link

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Cledus 2 points ago +2 / -0

I've never dl'd videos, but I dl songs all the time. Usually live recordings of songs I like.

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InTheArmsOfThePepe 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah, I regularly download lectures/podcasts/etc, use Vegas to convert them to MONO 24k, then listen to them at 2.5x speed to save time.

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PhD_in_everything 4 points ago +4 / -0

Check out this: https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/

It's a (free) graphical frontend for the very well known youtube-dl.Also allows you to extract audio files from youtube videos. (also works for other tubes and videohub you might know:)

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InTheArmsOfThePepe 1 point ago +1 / -0

Excellent, thank you u/PhD_in_everything!

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Lol_Garrus 5 points ago +5 / -0

I use 4k downloader as well. you beat me to it!

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TampaMAGA 3 points ago +3 / -0

Can someone tell me what this does? Not in the loop

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InterloperKO 1 point ago +1 / -0

One of many techniques to save a youtube video

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TampaMAGA 2 points ago +2 / -0

Thank you