Visit ClipGrab’s website for the download: No wide support for other sites, for example, didn’t work. If you are only going to be downloading off the supported sites or Just YouTube, ClipGrab is not a bad place to go, however, if you are into the less popular websites, you might be out of luck as support is spotty, hopefully this gets updated in the future. It has a built in media converter so you can grab an audio only version or convert to a couple of other video types ( WMV and MP4). ClipGrab also has a clipboard monitor that can auto detect YouTube URLs and add them to the Downloads tab. The downloads tab is where you’ll be spending most of your time, here you’ll find the options for download format and quality where available. There is also a tab to manually enter the URL. Using ClipGrab’s built-in search to find and download videos. ![]() Note that you’ll also need to install ffmpeg to allow for 1080p downloads. The program itself is very simple, it has a YouTube search tab, that didn’t seem to want to work for me initially, but when ran on A Ubuntu system, it prompted me in to install yt-dlp which is a youtube-dl fork, which made the search tab functional. I advise using something like screen which well let you keep the app alive in the background if you go this route. However, if you are a terminal freak then you can run the app from your terminal, but if you do it this way the process is tied to your terminal so if you close it, it closes the app. After downloading the appimage, make it executable then all you’ll have to do is double click the appimage ClipGrab will start up. I can’t tell you how tedious it can get when you have to hunt down 4 or 5 missing dependencies just to try a software out. The installation is straight forward thanks to ClipGrab for providing an appimage, which is a self contained version of the app. Using ClipGrab is uncomplicated and easy.ĬlipGrab is an open source downloader and converter for a number of video sites, including the obvious ones (Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo), but also from Facebook and lists “many other sites” on their website so it may or may not support the video you want to download, your mileage may vary. Once you downloaded the install script, follow these steps for most Linux distos: Visit JDownloader2’s website for the download: Overall JDownloader2 is a winner in my book. Downloads are pretty smooth experience, albeit a slow one, and if your download stalls, you can try to resume it, which I’ve had luck doing sometimes, but other downloads weren’t so lucky and had to be re-downloaded. One of the cool features is that JDownloader can be minimized to the system tray and can be enabled to monitor your clipboard and automatically add URLS to the LinkGrabber tab so you can download them later on. I’d love to see a dark mode later on down the road. ![]() The UI is straight forward but it has a lot of small text and icons that I’m not a fan of. Given that they don’t restrict download quality options and don’t limit the number of concurrent downloads you can have, I think they can have a pass. JDownloader has small advert that appears in the top right (visible in the screenshot) it’s out of the way enough for me, but that might bother some folks out there. The quality of the video downloads are determined on what the uploader of the video provided, so unless they provided HD, don’t expect it. Note that not every format is available on every video, and certain filters will leave you with no options being visible, so I recommend getting to know the program first before you go pushing every button like I do. Lots of download formats are available per video, say for example, you only want audio or video, or only show specific file-types like webm, mkv, mp4, ogg, etc. JDownloader provides downloads from many sources like Youtube, Odysee, DailyMotion, Vimeo, BitChute, and many others. JDownloader2 is a free, cross platform, java-based video downloader, and is my personal favorite. Small in-app banner ad for paid downloaders show up in the top right. Downloading videos using JDownloader2 GoodĬlipboard monitor that auto detects URLs and adds them to the queue
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