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Revision as of 19:19, 3 August 2021

This is a comparison of notable YouTube download and conversion software. YouTube conversion software is used to download and convert YouTube videos to popular formats or portable devices.

Features

YouTube Downloader License Integrated
browser 		Playlists
(and channels) 		Show lists,
artist playlists
and charts 		Multi-
threaded
downloads 		Resumable
downloads 		User-specified
maximum
download speed 		Private
videos 		Embedded
videos 		Available as
a browser
extension 		Extraction of
original audio
(served by YouTube) 		Download in
high definition 		Batch
download
4KDownload[1] Freeware Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ClipGrab[2] Open Source Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No
Airy[3] Shareware No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Free Studio[4][5][6] Freeware (Crippleware[a]) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
JDownloader[7] Open Source No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freemake Video Downloader[8] Freeware (Crippleware[a]) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
NewPipe[9] Open Source (GPLv3) Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
youtube-dl[10] Open Source (Unlicense) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
  1. ^ a b extremely reduced download speed and/or limited media length in the "free" version

Built-in conversion to formats and devices

YouTube Downloader MP3 MPEG4 WMV AVI FLV Ogg
Theora 		Ogg
Vorbis 		Matroska 3GP SWF Special device profiles
(e.g. iPhone) 		M4A WebM
4KDownload Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ?
ClipGrab Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No ? ?
Airy Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No ? ?
Free Studio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
JDownloader Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No ? ?
Video DownloadHelper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Freemake Video Downloader Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NewPipe No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
youtube-dl Yes[a] Yes[a] No Yes[a] Yes[a] Yes[a] Yes[a] Yes[a] No No Yes[a] Yes Yes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h requires ffmpeg

Supported operating systems

YouTube Downloader Online Windows Mac OS X Linux Android
4KDownload No Yes Yes Yes No
ClipGrab No Yes Yes Yes No
Airy No Yes Yes No No
Free Studio No Yes Yes No No
Video DownloadHelper Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Freemake Video Downloader No Yes No No No
NewPipe No No No No Yes
youtube-dl No Yes Yes Yes Yes

See also

References

  1. ^ "4K Download". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "ClipGrab - Free YouTube Downloader & Converter". Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Airy video downloader for YouTube". CNet.http://download.cnet.com/Airy/3000-2071_4-76086635.html
  4. ^ Stevens, Pamela (7 July 2012). "DVDVideoSoft Free Studio Review". toptenreviews.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Free YouTube Download - DVDVideoSoft". www.dvdvideosoft.com.
  6. ^ "Download Full YouTube Playlist - DVDVideoSoft". www.dvdvideosoft.com.
  7. ^ "JDownloader".
  8. ^ "Freemake Video Downloader review". Techradar.
  9. ^ "NewPipe".
  10. ^ "youtube-dl".
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