YouTube Downloader with Auto-Resume?

figarow on 02/04/2021 - 19:09

Windows 10 PC, any recommendations appreciated. Auto resume feature needed for larger files :)

Computing Youtube Downloader

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  • deme on 02/04/2021 - 19:13
    +2

    Youtube-dl one of the flags resumes downloads

    • figarow on 02/04/2021 - 19:28

      Do you know if someone has developed a GUI front end for it? I'm not very efficient at command line stuff…
      To confirm, just downloaded it and I'm stuck lol. I really can't operate text programs…. Glad I wasn't forced to use DOS…

        • figarow on 03/04/2021 - 11:57

          Works well got what I needed. The pause function doesn't work however so not sure how it auto resumes unless you stop and start it?

          • alvian on 03/04/2021 - 12:00

            @figarow: Both pause and auto resume work. You just haven't figured it out yet. I'm using it regularly.

            • figarow on 03/04/2021 - 12:01

              @alvian: When I pressed pause it did nothing. I did it several times. Maybe pressing stop is a better way? I didn't press stop because I was already into the download and my data is limited.

              • alvian on 03/04/2021 - 12:03
                +1

                @figarow: Test out the GUI with a short video.

                • figarow on 03/04/2021 - 15:09

                  @alvian: Just tested on 2 minute clip, same issue pause does nothing, keeps downloading.

                  • alvian on 03/04/2021 - 15:13
                    +1

                    @figarow: Highlight download, press stop to stop.
                    Highlight stopped download, press reload to queue job. Press start to resume where you left off.

                    Settings -> Options -> Advanced -> Retries -> Set number of retries for flaky downloads
                    Settings -> Update to auto update youtube-dl backend

                    Pause button pauses queued jobs from downloading. It does not pause active downloads.

  • Caped Baldy on 02/04/2021 - 20:23
    +3

    jdownloader2 works pretty well

    • figarow on 03/04/2021 - 11:59

      Forgot I actually had that one installed and it works well. When pausing it slows the download down but keeps it running which is a good idea I guess to keep the connection alive.

  • Meh2020 on 02/04/2021 - 23:57
    +1

    Maybe this could be useful…

    https://www.4kdownload.com/products/product-videodownloader

    I've used the Youtube to mp3 program and it works well.

    • figarow on 03/04/2021 - 12:00

      4k used to work well but it stopped working for me. Not sure if its just me or not but I just keep getting errors, uninstall and reinstall didn't help.

      • Topdog on 04/04/2021 - 21:52

        Still working ok for me. Think it's great.

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