3D YouTube Downloader. (New Update you will need)

Turns out it was my virus software that was causing the issue. It never flagged the downloader before, but it did on this latest update. Long story short, I got it installed and all is now well. Thank you for all the info ! :)
 
The newest update, as of today, returns a message saying the "yt-dlp" packaged requires at least windows 8 in order to use.

This appears to be the end for XP with this downloader.
 
secpar said:
The newest update, as of today, returns a message saying the "yt-dlp" packaged requires at least windows 8 in order to use.

This appears to be the end for XP with this downloader.
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Very, very, very sad to hear. Downloading days appear to be over then.
 
To use yt-dlp for XP:

https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases -> For XP click "Show all 21 assets"


Unzip to it's own directory e.g. D:\yt-dlp

Videos download to the native directory unless otherwise specified. I prefer to keep it off my C:\ drive which is busy enough.

To learn how to use it READ the README.md but to get you started here's some command lines using example URL (you'll have to replace (colon) with : ):

https(colon)//youtube.com/watch?v=-sB2bBd3GLs

Step 1: Find Available Formats:

yt-dlp.exe --no-cache-dir --list-formats https(Colen)//youtube.com/watch?v=-sB2bBd3GLs

Step 2: We'll keep it simple and stay in pure MP4.

On this Video we'll try 854 x 480 video and M4a audio (You would get better quality with webm even though the files are smaller in size... really)

We see the format code for mp4 854 x 480 video is 135

We see the format code for m4a 129k audio is 140

The command I would use would be:

yt-dlp.exe --no-cache-dir --console-title --continue --write-auto-subs --convert-subs srt --format 135+140 https(Colen)//youtube.com/watch?v=-sB2bBd3GLs

You now have the video.

If there are no subtitles, yt-dlp will ignore.

If you use .vtt subtitles do not include "--convert-subs srt"

If your Internet connection stops midway, do not delete partial file, just run the command again and it will pick up where it left off.

NOTE: for XP users DO NOT USE THE INTERNAL UPDATE COMMAND! (`-U`) YOU MUST UPDATE BY THE ABOVE DOWNLOAD METHOD.

yt-dlp Updates often.

If you want the most recent ffmpeg build for XP to place in the yt-dlp directory (Recommended):


I use ffmpeg-6.2-609-238f9de-win32-static-xpmod-sse.7z (I have not tried the latest version 7.1; the developer has stopped updating this project).

Extract ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe into same directory as yt-dlp.exe (You do not need the player exe)

If you get into more customization you'll need the ffmpeg files. I believe you need ffmpeg.exe to convert .vtt subtitles to .srt subtitles.

Sorry but I can give no further support. Becoming acquainted with basic command-line is a profitable venture IMHO. Read the README.md

P.S. yt-dlp downloads from many, many sites. Much more encompassing than that GUI 3D YouTube Downloader. Bitchute is a breeze for example.
 
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TMTGTR said:
To use yt-dlp for XP:

https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases -> For XP click "Show all 21 assets"


Unzip to it's own directory e.g. D:\yt-dlp

Videos download to the native directory unless otherwise specified. I prefer to keep it off my C:\ drive which is busy enough.

To learn how to use it READ the README.md but to get you started here's some command lines using example URL (you'll have to replace (colon) with : ):

https(colon)//youtube.com/watch?v=-sB2bBd3GLs

Step 1: Find Available Formats:

yt-dlp.exe --no-cache-dir --list-formats https(Colen)//youtube.com/watch?v=-sB2bBd3GLs

Step 2: We'll keep it simple and stay in pure MP4.

On this Video we'll try 854 x 480 video and M4a audio (You would get better quality with webm even though the files are smaller in size... really)

We see the format code for mp4 854 x 480 video is 135

We see the format code for m4a 129k audio is 140

The command I would use would be:

yt-dlp.exe --no-cache-dir --console-title --continue --write-auto-subs --convert-subs srt --format 135+140 https(Colen)//youtube.com/watch?v=-sB2bBd3GLs

You now have the video.

If there are no subtitles, yt-dlp will ignore.

If you use .vtt subtitles do not include "--convert-subs srt"

If your Internet connection stops midway, do not delete partial file, just run the command again and it will pick up where it left off.

NOTE: for XP users DO NOT USE THE INTERNAL UPDATE COMMAND! (`-U`) YOU MUST UPDATE BY THE ABOVE DOWNLOAD METHOD.

yt-dlp Updates often.

If you want the most recent ffmpeg build for XP to place in the yt-dlp directory (Recommended):


I use ffmpeg-6.2-609-238f9de-win32-static-xpmod-sse.7z (I have not tried the latest version 7.1; the developer has stopped updating this project).

Extract ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe into same directory as yt-dlp.exe (You do not need the player exe)

If you get into more customization you'll need the ffmpeg files. I believe you need ffmpeg.exe to convert .vtt subtitles to .srt subtitles.

Sorry but I can give no further support. Becoming acquainted with basic command-line is a profitable venture IMHO. Read the README.md

P.S. yt-dlp downloads from many, many sites. Much more encompassing than that GUI 3D YouTube Downloader. Bitchute is a breeze for example.
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Thank you, for your detailed explanation ! Unfortunately, I am not very tech savvy, and would be afraid to start fooling around with changing codes in computer texts and the like, etc. That is why I am trying to find a 'ready to go' new YT video downloader.
 
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