Ask HN: What do you use to download videos?

by ravshanon 2/8/2024, 1:06 PMwith 13 comments

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

by leroson 2/11/2024, 5:30 PM

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.

by palashkulshon 2/8/2024, 3:17 PM

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

by bjourneon 2/9/2024, 10:03 AM

Yt-dlp ftw!

by keiferskion 2/8/2024, 3:14 PM

An app called ClipGrab works well enough for me:

https://clipgrab.org

by kuschkufanon 2/8/2024, 1:15 PM

ytp-dl for everything

by sircastoron 2/9/2024, 3:35 AM

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

It works great.

by mtmailon 2/8/2024, 1:26 PM

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

by dxson 2/8/2024, 1:39 PM

Take a look at www.downloadhelper.net

by navjack27on 2/8/2024, 3:28 PM

Jdownloader

by ChildOfChaoson 2/8/2024, 10:29 PM

Downie on Mac