Graphical User Interface for downloading online videos using 3rd party command line tools (yt-dlp, youtube-dl, etc.)
- 31.10.2023 YouDownUI 1.1 (MD5 Checksum: 4f22a82a779fa507bca989862e912bc7 *YouDownUI.exe)
- Added possibiliy to specify the downloadeder tool (not hardcoded anymore).
- Added possibilty to download only Audio.
- 12.11.2023 YouDownUI 1.1 (MD5 Checksum: 157e6ab3c1354032ca8b115689da47c0 *YouDownUI.exe)
- Modified Add Audio/Video button functionality
YouDownUI helps you easily, using mouse or keyboard-shortcuts, to download videos from online platforms. It is a graphical User Interface (made in Qt) which calls in background a downloader (yt-dlp, youtube-dl, etc.) tool.
You don't have to manually start the command line and invoke the downloader tool with desired arguments. YouDownUI does it for you.
A very intuitive User Interface allows you to:
- download a video by specifying the link and desired video format.
- add links to a queue to be automatically downloaded one after another.
- edit and store the queue of links permanently. A link is removed from queue once it is successfully downloaded.
- query available formats for a video/audio link.
- update the downloader tool application.
- generate a log file locally with all activities.
YouDownUI doesn't need to be installed.
Copy YouDownUI.exe to a folder, specify in Settings the downloader tool to use (must be downloader separatelly).
Execute YouDownUI.exe to start it.
The first step it is recomended to set the output path and filters. Press Settings... (Alt+S) and specify:
- Output Directory: directory where downloaded videos are saved.
- Default Filters: filters which appears as a dropdown option when a new link is added.
- Preprocess youtube links: parse youtube links and remove all arguments but leave only the video.
Press Ok to save the new settings.
To download a video press Add... (Alt+A) and enter the video link and specify desired format. Press Ok to confirm. The link is added to the queue.
Download button activates and deactivates the process of downloading links from queue. Press Download to start downloading the first (top) video from queue. After a video is successfully downloaded, its link is removed from queue and the next link starts automatically to be downloaded.
During the process of downloading videos (Download button is active/checked). The other functions (List Formats and Update) are disabled. To activate them, press again Download (deactivates downloading) and wait until currently downloaded video finishes. After this List Formats and Update become active and can be executed.
Igor Marinescu - Qt UI
See the LICENSE.md file for details.
ytdl-org / youtube-dl (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)