How to download videos from YouTube?

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#5

I already use Invidious and their instances, but as of a new update the download option has been disabled to avoid Goolag shutting down the server, what I need is to download specific stuff which are only there. I’ll try to use youtube-dl, but I would also prefer a more user friendly option, I’m trying to gather software for a project.

I’ll check alltomp3, thanks.
I know there are shitty websites filled with ads, spam, etc that let you do it, but I would like some FLOSS stuff.

This looks really nice, I see a Kopimi logo at the bottom but I don’t see what can I do without the back-end code, which seems to be closed source…

#6

I recommend youtube-dl. It is used via the Terminal.
Here is a tutorial on how to use it: I think you use Linux? So it will be easy to install.

https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1040
https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html

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#7

i mean yeah youtube-dl and alltomp3 (created on top of youtube-dl if i remember correct) are your best bet! (another option go to yt itself and copy vid link then download it from there direct or with/inside VLC) so yeah there is a lot of options

#8

youtube-dl is a really cool program. It does’nt take long to learn to use.

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#9

DownloadHelper - Video download browser extension

I’m not aware of any privacy concern with the extension for Firefox – https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/video-downloadhelper/

More generally, you might find that not all types of YouTube video can be downloaded.

#10

It doesn’t seem to be FLOSS, though.

#11

FLOSS wasn’t requested; no mention of FLOSS or open source at http://forum.privacytools.io/faq, http://forum.privacytools.io/about or https://www.privacytools.io/about/

#12

Also FLOSS != more secure.
It’s better to work with OSS, but it’s not guarantee of security.

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#13

We generally like to say the floss is not a guarantee, but a requirement.

That said being opensource is not a requirement to be listed on privacytools, as long as there is not secure and usable open source alternative.

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#14

Thanks,

Please: if not in the FAQ, is there a point of reference elsewhere?

For future readers to not misunderstand the scope of PTIO.

TIA

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#16

I personally use the Youtube Video & Audio Downloader extension on Firefox. It’s relatively easy to download YT video/audio.

It seems to be open source (MPL):

#17

I think that would be https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#main

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#18

I tried it and it downloads the audio and video files separately, so I’ll try to find a better solution, thanks, though.

#19

https://bigconverter.com/

#20

Thanks.

  • Open Source / Free Software is preferred but not required.

:+1:

PS PrivacyTools's stance on closed source

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#21

IIRC Video DownloadHelper (above) premium https://www.downloadhelper.net/convert can perform the required conversion in most such cases. The cost is not exorbitant.

#22

Nobody likes Clipgrab? It’s on the Fedora repo and available as an appimage elsewhere. “…Later, the software was rewritten using C++ and the Qt framework and published under the terms of the GPL v3.”

#23

you list also closed source software?
Is there a huge warning for this?

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#25

Install ffmpeg it works just fine… Using rss a simple python script can fetch them automatically. I have something similar and would be happy to upload it codeberg if anyone may find it useful.