Best youtube-dl alternative (with GUI) - SOLVED

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#1 Post by **Sparky** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 1:41 am

I tried SMtube but couldn't get it to download. Is there a good alternative?

#2 Post by **JayM** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:08 am

What is it that you want to do?

#3 Post by **Sparky** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:10 am

JayM wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:08 am What is it that you want to do?

download youtube videos, especially tutorials.
BTW, youtube-dl no longer works.

#4 Post by **JayM** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:31 am

Open MX Package Installer, click the Stable Repo tab, type youtube into the search filter, and see what's available. I personally use YouTube DL GUI (for the very same thing as you, downloading certain tutorial videos in case the YouTube channel they're on ever goes away.) There are some others available also that might suit you better or be easier to use. I haven't tried them all, I just installed the one and found that it works for my needs.

#5 Post by **Sparky** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:44 am

for some reason youtube-dl GUI isn't working here.

#6 Post by **nami** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:49 am

clipgrab i think is the best alternative with gui. You will find it in the stable repo. There is also youtube-dlc which is an active community fork of youtube-dl, but i don't know about any gui.

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#7 Post by **Sparky** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:59 am

nami wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:49 am clipgrab i think is the best alternative with gui. You will find it in the stable repo. There is also youtube-dlc which is an active community fork of youtube-dl, but i don't know about any gui.

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#8 Post by **alexjack** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:01 am

Youtube-dl GUI uses youtube-dl. Anything using youtube-dl will be broken at the moment and maybe indefinitely.

See here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&p=604888&sid=ba37e71f ... bc#p604888

#9 Post by **nami** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:09 am

sparky mark it as solved if you are ok now...

#10 Post by **JayM** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:13 am

alexjack wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:01 am Youtube-dl GUI uses youtube-dl. Anything using youtube-dl will be broken at the moment and maybe indefinitely.

See here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&p=604888&sid=ba37e71f ... bc#p604888

That's interesting because I just used it to download a random video from YouTube and it's working fine. The thread you linked to says that the youtube-dl's GitHub page was taken down, not that the app no longer works. It just means that the developer will have to find another place to host his or her source code and do the version control and push-pull requests and stuff for newer versions.

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