YouTube-DL GUI
Dev tools
video download gui
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
4 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Execution: 1 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
youtube-dl is a useful tool once set up
From 1 comment
Side note: as a daily user, youtube-dl is such a fantastic piece of software. It's one of those tools which, once you have it, you wonder how you lived before.
favorited on HN
GUI makes quick downloads easier
From 1 comment
Thanks for the input. Yep your mom would definitely be a target user but even for myself the app has been very useful, when you know you have a nice GUI to play with it reduces…
mayeaux on HN
Objections
Installation is hard without installers and needs ffmpeg and python
From 2 comments
I wish the installation was easier. It is reasonable to explain someone to write "youtube-dl -x <link>" to download music from youtube... But having them installing ffmpeg and…
Double_a_92 on HNSuggestion to author: as this is presumably intended to be a user-friendly front-end, consider providing installers. I just tried installing on windows following the README and…
mellosouls on HN
Electron app is bloated for the features offered
From 2 comments
I understand this too, but being on HN, familiarity with the CLI probably can be taken for granted. For all the other people this will stop them from using shady sites, but even…
fock on HNI guess for the ever changing sea (more like the lakes of Google and Vimeo) of video-sites, the backend actually matters a lot... And (this GUI being a prime example- while not…
fock on HN
Lacks batch and multiple-link queue support
From 2 comments
Suggestion to author: allow pasting and downloading more than one link at a time, and selecting audio/video + desired formats. Suggestion to everyone else: learn the CLI. Then…
TeMPOraL on HNCould I paste a bunch of URLs and it would create a queue?
bravura on HN
Requests
Batch downloads and multiple links at once
From 2 comments
Suggestion to author: allow pasting and downloading more than one link at a time, and selecting audio/video + desired formats. Suggestion to everyone else: learn the CLI. Then…
TeMPOraL on HNCould I paste a bunch of URLs and it would create a queue?
bravura on HN
Format and audio selection options
From 1 comment
Suggestion to author: allow pasting and downloading more than one link at a time, and selecting audio/video + desired formats. Suggestion to everyone else: learn the CLI. Then…
TeMPOraL on HN
Installers for each platform
From 1 comment
Suggestion to author: as this is presumably intended to be a user-friendly front-end, consider providing installers. I just tried installing on windows following the README and…
mellosouls on HN
Questions
How does it compare to jDownloader
From 1 comment
Looks really interesting, thank you for sharing! How does it compare to jDownloader (jdownloader.org)? It can analyze the clipboard - when I paste a YT link it asks me if I only…
VvR-Ox on HN
Could it be ported to Android or web
From 1 comment
Name 1 which works flawlessly. No ads. On a side note, is it possible to port this CLI program to Android or web? My mom needs a downloader and the Firefox ext which I used till…
sharcerer on HN
Alternatives named
youtube-dlg
From 1 comment
Why not just use Youtube-dlg? Does everything it needs to and doesn't require you to use electron.
Lievelingsduif on HN
jDownloader
From 1 comment
Looks really interesting, thank you for sharing! How does it compare to jDownloader (jdownloader.org)? It can analyze the clipboard - when I paste a YT link it asks me if I only…
VvR-Ox on HN
youtube-dl-interactive
From 1 comment
I've had a good experience with youtube-dl-interactive. It's a CLI tool that allows you to choose the quality/format from a menu without having to first list and choose from…
aiddun on HN
Minitube
From 1 comment
Have you tried Minitube?
lightbulbjim on HN