Ask HN: What do you use to download videos?

9 pointsravshan2y ago13 comments

Sometimes I want to download a video, but there is no download option most of the time. How do you download videos?

13 comments

I pay for YouTube premium and Nebula which both let me download videos. I use it to save videos for when I travel. I also sometimes live off grid with a Starlink and I'll download videos so I can turn Starlink off to save power.

palashkulsh2y ago

Literally Using ffmpeg to download m3u8 videos these days. Whenever they need a header i proxy that url via nginx

bjourne2y ago

Yt-dlp ftw!

keiferski2y ago

An app called ClipGrab works well enough for me:

https://clipgrab.org

kuschkufan2y ago

ytp-dl for everything

techietim2y ago

The correct spelling is yt-dlp: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

ravshanOP2y ago

Is that an executable? Isn't there an extension which can do it? The ones I searched from chrome store don't seem to work.

Am4TIfIsER0ppos2y ago

It can be. It is a python program from here https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

sircastor2y ago

Synology’s download manager - which is an amalgamation of tools, but for video it’s ytp-dl

It works great.

mtmail2y ago

https://deturl.com/ or rather when you type in a URL is will link to another 10 tools https://deturl.com/www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBsypHzF3U

dxs2y ago

Take a look at www.downloadhelper.net

navjack272y ago

Jdownloader

ChildOfChaos2y ago

Downie on Mac

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