Free Alternative to 4K Video Downloader

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badjer27

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#302645 8-Dec-2022 20:28

(I asked this question a while ago, but haven’t had any helpful suggestions yet …)

I use 4K Video Downloader for downloading video clips of subjects I’m studying. It’s excellent for many websites like YouTube, but many websites just won’t respond, and I can’t find any straightforward way to do this.

I’m on a very tight budget, so any free and easy-to-use programs that will let me do that would be great. Many programs claim they will work with “hundreds of websites”, but often don’t.

Please note:-

I have no intention of breaching any copyright material.
Obstructive, critical or negative comments will not be helpful, but positive and useful suggestions will be genuinely valued.

Any constructive and practical help appreciated.

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#3007508 8-Dec-2022 21:54

Look up yt-dlp. Unsure if it has a windows b nary if that relevant. But I use it for downloading from YouTube into Plex (I prefer to watch YouTube clips like tv shows - In Order and without recommendations)

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#3007527 9-Dec-2022 00:37

Seconding yt-dlp. They've got binaries for Windows here. It is a command line program, so if you want a graphical user interface, you'll have to look around at 3rd party graphical user interfaces for it (I use it from the command line so can't comment on which to use).

badjer27

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#3008783 11-Dec-2022 23:38

I tried Yt-dlp, but it’s not for me – seems very powerful, but frankly, command line stuff is way too complicated and quirky here in the 21st century ;-). I want a gui-based program, straightforward, user friendly and not too difficult.

I tried ClipGrab, but too many ads and possible malware. Other apps I tried still rely on too many manual fixes and simply make the whole process too convoluted and intricate.

Any other suggestions for effective, powerful and free gui-based programs?

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#3008784 11-Dec-2022 23:49

yt-dlp Is a very good option for YouTube and is in-fact very easy to use. You’ll find that many people actually prefer command line / terminal applications for doing simple tasks like this these days.

But also your other thread was locked as it is a very slippery slope to piracy and we’re not going to have a bar of that here.

You may be able to find a GUI wrapper for yt-dlp but really, you’re better to just read the docs and just use the command line as it is easy to use. But that’s as far as I’m prepared to let this thread go.

Locked. Please don’t start another thread on the subject.

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