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Quick tutorial for yet another easy method to download youtube video using Windows freeware (Secure browser & YouTube-dl.exe & NewPipe)
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Arlen Holder
Jan 1, 2021, 2:38:47 AM1/1/21
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In addition to all the already known freeware methods to download
YouTube videos without exposing your IP address to Google,
is another fast, simple, free tool I found today purely by accident.
I was reading the news about Brexit and what it means, when I noticed
a green 720p selection button and download option in "Secure".
o <https://i.postimg.cc/rFFnFDKV/ytdownload01.jpg>
I clicked the "download" arrow, and, what do you know happened.
o It just worked.
Better yet, it worked fast.
o And, even better than that, there's no command-line setup to bother with.
In a few seconds, I had the full MP4 720p video of the YouTube stream.
o Voila! (It doesn't get much easier than that!)
You can pick up the Avast "Secure" VPN based browser in the links here:
o Links to full offline installers (not stubs) to all known free web browsers
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.freeware/krNaXA-YEbw>
I still think the options of the youtube-dl.exe are more extensive though
o For example you can rip audio easily with a command-line youtube-dl.exe
Here's an old tutorial for setting up the youtube-dl.exe command-line tool:
(this is from my syslog where I haven't updated the file versions in a while)
1. Obtain the latest ffmpeg setup (you'll need ffprobe.exe).
<http://adaptivesamples.com/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-windows/>
<http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/static/ffmpeg-20170711-0780ad9-win64-static.zip>
Unzip ffmpeg-20170711-0780ad9-win64-static.zip & rename to "ffmpeg".
2. Obtain the latest working youtube-dl.exe (get the right one!)
<https://youtube-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl.exe>
Size: 7760634 bytes (7 MB)
SHA256: C0396D47480D7C9A14464A8E51E79993F88BD76D6BCFDB11312EFD0D88F3C5C7
This particular "youtube-dl.exe" does not require Python!
3. Make sure this particular youtube-dl.exe is up to date:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe -U
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2017.07.15)
4. Download any desired easy test video:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe https://youtu.be/AI5wEcWAmkg
20,750,914 Simple Usenet Tutorial-AI5wEcWAmkg.mkv
5. Extract the audio from the easy test video:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe -x https://youtu.be/AI5wEcWAmkg
ERROR: ffprobe or avprobe not found. Please install one.
6. Copy over your recently downloaded ffmpeg binary "ffprobe.exe":
cmd> copy c:\path\ffmpeg\bin\ffprobe.exe .\ffprobe.exe
7. Try again to extract the audio from the youtube video:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe -x https://youtu.be/AI5wEcWAmkg
7,551,857 Simple Usenet Tutorial-AI5wEcWAmkg.opus
8. Now try the harder test which was suggested by Mayayana:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe https://youtu.be/VuNIsY6JdUw
93,036,705 Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me-VuNIsY6JdUw.mkv
cmd> youtube-dl.exe -x https://youtu.be/VuNIsY6JdUw
3,779,012 Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me-VuNIsY6JdUw.opus
Voila!
See also:
o Have you been able to get NewPipe freeware running yet on Windows?
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/rfyVKidB8X8>
Please note that NewPipe is essentially YouTube Subscription on steroids
o For free (it's an Android free app so use Genymotion free emulation)
o NewPipe YouTube ad-free clone on steroids was updated today
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/kjwJS4AeiVc>
For installing Genymotion freeware Android emulation on Windows, see:
o How to get Genymotion Android emulation to work on an AMD Win10Pro desktop
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.comp.freeware/AtHp2BtOcxk/lQRxtMuNAgAJ>
As always, please add _more_ methods to easily download YouTube video.
a. youtube-dl.exe (the most functional & powerful of tools for this)
b. Secure browser (the simplest tool, which protects your IP address)
c. NewPipe emulation on Windows (one of the best tools ever made, IMHO)
d. (there are a ton of "web based" downloaders - most are sophomoric IMHO
--
Posted out of the goodness of my heart to help others with every thread.
o Let's add value every day, in every thread, and in every post!
In addition to all the already known freeware methods to download
YouTube videos without exposing your IP address to Google,
is another fast, simple, free tool I found today purely by accident.
I was reading the news about Brexit and what it means, when I noticed
a green 720p selection button and download option in "Secure".
o <https://i.postimg.cc/rFFnFDKV/ytdownload01.jpg>
I clicked the "download" arrow, and, what do you know happened.
o It just worked.
Better yet, it worked fast.
o And, even better than that, there's no command-line setup to bother with.
In a few seconds, I had the full MP4 720p video of the YouTube stream.
o Voila! (It doesn't get much easier than that!)
You can pick up the Avast "Secure" VPN based browser in the links here:
o Links to full offline installers (not stubs) to all known free web browsers
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.freeware/krNaXA-YEbw>
I still think the options of the youtube-dl.exe are more extensive though
o For example you can rip audio easily with a command-line youtube-dl.exe
Here's an old tutorial for setting up the youtube-dl.exe command-line tool:
(this is from my syslog where I haven't updated the file versions in a while)
1. Obtain the latest ffmpeg setup (you'll need ffprobe.exe).
<http://adaptivesamples.com/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-windows/>
<http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/static/ffmpeg-20170711-0780ad9-win64-static.zip>
Unzip ffmpeg-20170711-0780ad9-win64-static.zip & rename to "ffmpeg".
2. Obtain the latest working youtube-dl.exe (get the right one!)
<https://youtube-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl.exe>
Size: 7760634 bytes (7 MB)
SHA256: C0396D47480D7C9A14464A8E51E79993F88BD76D6BCFDB11312EFD0D88F3C5C7
This particular "youtube-dl.exe" does not require Python!
3. Make sure this particular youtube-dl.exe is up to date:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe -U
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2017.07.15)
4. Download any desired easy test video:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe https://youtu.be/AI5wEcWAmkg
20,750,914 Simple Usenet Tutorial-AI5wEcWAmkg.mkv
5. Extract the audio from the easy test video:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe -x https://youtu.be/AI5wEcWAmkg
ERROR: ffprobe or avprobe not found. Please install one.
6. Copy over your recently downloaded ffmpeg binary "ffprobe.exe":
cmd> copy c:\path\ffmpeg\bin\ffprobe.exe .\ffprobe.exe
7. Try again to extract the audio from the youtube video:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe -x https://youtu.be/AI5wEcWAmkg
7,551,857 Simple Usenet Tutorial-AI5wEcWAmkg.opus
8. Now try the harder test which was suggested by Mayayana:
cmd> youtube-dl.exe https://youtu.be/VuNIsY6JdUw
93,036,705 Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me-VuNIsY6JdUw.mkv
cmd> youtube-dl.exe -x https://youtu.be/VuNIsY6JdUw
3,779,012 Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me-VuNIsY6JdUw.opus
Voila!
See also:
o Have you been able to get NewPipe freeware running yet on Windows?
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/rfyVKidB8X8>
Please note that NewPipe is essentially YouTube Subscription on steroids
o For free (it's an Android free app so use Genymotion free emulation)
o NewPipe YouTube ad-free clone on steroids was updated today
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/kjwJS4AeiVc>
For installing Genymotion freeware Android emulation on Windows, see:
o How to get Genymotion Android emulation to work on an AMD Win10Pro desktop
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.comp.freeware/AtHp2BtOcxk/lQRxtMuNAgAJ>
As always, please add _more_ methods to easily download YouTube video.
a. youtube-dl.exe (the most functional & powerful of tools for this)
b. Secure browser (the simplest tool, which protects your IP address)
c. NewPipe emulation on Windows (one of the best tools ever made, IMHO)
d. (there are a ton of "web based" downloaders - most are sophomoric IMHO
--
Posted out of the goodness of my heart to help others with every thread.
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