I wouldn't need such a tool usually, but when I watch content in my native language, the sites are clearly overused, and the video blocks every 5 seconds. On Android I use LJ Video Downloader, and I'm wondering if there's something for Windows.

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[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Relevant thread: https://lemmy.today/post/32621021

tl;dr https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hls-stream-detector/ + yt-dlp

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Does yt-dlp work on Windows?

Edit: oh I just saw I'm the third person to say yt-dlp lol

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

And I will be the 4th.

Ytdlp ftw

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

https://cobalt.tools/ works for some things that I've needed that yt-dlp wasnt able to

It doesnt do playlists tho so its a bit labor intensive—i have to really want the videos and be unable to source them literally anywhere else at the time and it requires you to schlepp thru each single video to download manually with cobalt. Copy paste, copy paste over and over till you get every item

[–] Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Stacher, maybe? It's a GUI frontend for yt-dlp and I've had success using it elsewhere besides YouTube but YMMV.

[–] DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jdownloader2 is some horrid looking Java program that actually kicks ass.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

And runs on Mac — probably anything that can use Java (so, not an iPhone/iPad). Keyboard shortcuts are different but otherwise, it works exactly the same.

God forbid they give us an official dark mode though! There is a hack, it doesn't survive reboots/updates though and the thing updates a few times a day... I stopped trying after doing it a few times.

But yes, Jd2. Usually you can throw a link at it and it will parse it and give you the file. Though on sites like OP asked for, they are almost always lo-res and watermarked.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

nowadays i just use the browser devtool, but i used to use IDM for this

[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can't always use the dev tools. Sometimes the sites have JavaScript that detects when you open the dev tools and then lock stuff up more.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yeah right... btw theres an about:config item on firefox that fixes one of the glitches sites use to block devtools. (the paused on breakpoint thing)

[–] AshKaashh@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

can u give more insight on this

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

yes it's devtools.debugger.skip-pausing, set to true

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s yt-dlp. Don’t mess with any of the front ends, just learn how to type “yt-dlp” and whatever flags you want then paste your url.

[–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

any reason why I should not just use Stacher? I used to use yt-dl as a kid but nowadays I like more chill approaches

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It works better, stays up to date, has better error reporting, has better documentation, is more trustworthy and isn’t gonna become abandonware in the near future.

It’s probably also faster for you once you get used to it: (if you’re on a webpage with a video you wanna download) ctrl-l, ctrl-c, (open your command prompt, for me it’s win-r -> “cmd” -> enter), yt-dlp ctrl-v.

I can’t think of anything more chill than pasting the url. It’s got incredibly good defaults.

[–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I tried using it but the problem is the video it's always a generic page. When I use LJ on Android it lets me open the page from a browser and detect the video after I select season and episode on that page

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Get the uri for your video somehow. Theres about a million ways just pick the one you like the best.

[–] FG_3479@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use XDM. It's open source, has no ads or other shit, and it will download almost any DRM-free video on a web page.

[–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how do you know the browser extension is safe?

[–] FG_3479@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is open source. https://github.com/subhra74/xdm-integration-module

[–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

ty, I actually started using it and it's great