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There's a lot of good content out there that won't last long. I'd like to start saving the good stuff to a hard drive. ex: https://youtu.be/vOWjgJW9saU

Free is nice but I'd be willing to pay a bit for something that isn't going to spy on me or act like a virus.

There's a lot of good content out there that won't last long. I'd like to start saving the good stuff to a hard drive. ex: https://youtu.be/vOWjgJW9saU Free is nice but I'd be willing to pay a bit for something that isn't going to spy on me or act like a virus.

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[–] • 4 pts

invidious has a download button or you can use that link:

https://en.savefrom.net/1-how-to-download-youtube-video/

Just paste your YT link and it will provide you with all the format (mp3, mp4...)

[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

is a desktop application that allowed pasting links or searching for keywords to download the videos without some website in the middle or a command line app.

[–] • 2 pts

youtube-dl is very good, but command-line only. The learning curve is steep but it's worth it.

[–] • 3 pts

Thank you. I can already see what you mean by the learning curve, but I'm going to give it a shot.

[–] • 1 pt

it is pretty easy to get used to. powerful too

[–] • 2 pts

What do you do just GET the URL?... Could that possibly be hard?
Maybe I shouldn't act like I know what I'm talk about though... kek

[–] • 2 pts

Oh, that's simple!

Just reformat every hard drive you have first, then I'll tell you the next step

[–] • 0 pt

Just use the page url, it'll fetch the video on the page. It also works with twitter, news sites, etc. The program is pretty smart.

[–] • 2 pts

Thanks again for this recommendation. I was able to set it up quickly with a package installer and then issue the download command. Works perfectly.

Now learning how to configure more of the options, that's going to take a little more documentation reading and learning curve. But it got the job done in a pinch for a video I suspect will be disappeared soon.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

And then you learn the existence of aliases and oh god CLI is my best friend now https://askubuntu.com/a/17537 https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-set-aliases-for-the-command-prompt-in-windows/

Ohterwise you have jdownloader2,works for tubes but also file lockers, very handy, but requires java installed and isn't opensource if memory serves, but freeware http://www.jdownloader.org/jdownloader2

[–] • 0 pt

Thanks. I'm looking into this alias thing. Even with your two links I don't really understand yet.

[–] • 1 pt

Also, it's always up-to-date with whatever shenanigans google is pulling. Great tool. It also works with other sites, such as vimeo, twitter and even news sites.