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Support Best way to download YouTube videos in the highest quality/bitrate?

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FireFox2234

Bathwater Drinker
Mar 19, 2022
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Hi,

As the title reads, I'm looking for the best way to download YouTube videos, specifically in the highest quality/bitrate possible.
I used to use YTD a couple years ago, but haven't done any YouTube video downloading in a minute (pretty much since the JoeRoganExperience moved to spotify).

Would greatly appreciate any recommendations. :)
 
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I also haven't downloaded from YT in a while, but the last time I did I used 4K Video Downloader ( I guess they're called 4Kdownload now)

Used to download CSGO games in 1080p 60 fps, lol. It allowed me to choose preferred quality, and was overall pretty reliable
 
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nOxi said:
github.com

GitHub - yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader - yt-dlp/yt-dlp
github.com github.com
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kz4yaupxzq said:

JDownloader.org - Official Homepage

jdownloader.org jdownloader.org
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Thank you both for the suggestions. However, can either of you say which one downloads in better quality, or if both are the same?
I have no experience with anything github-related, so I would rather something like JDownloader - assuming they both have the same download quality. If not, I will learn how to install and use yt-dlp, I've heard it mentioned plenty of times elsewhere as a very powerful utility.
 
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thurman__merman said:
I also haven't downloaded from YT in a while, but the last time I did I used 4K Video Downloader ( I guess they're called 4Kdownload now)

Used to download CSGO games in 1080p 60 fps, lol. It allowed me to choose preferred quality, and was overall pretty reliable
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I actually had 4K downloader. Fine for every day use, but not if you wanted to get higher quality or resolution videos.


So I tried both yt-dlp and JDownloader, for the single video I tested with (4k 60fps), the resulting quality was exactly the same for both.
For simplicity, I'll likely stick with JDownloader, but I can see yt-dlp has a much broader range of functionality and customizability.

Thank you again everyone! :pepoLove:
 
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FireFox2234 said:
Thank you both for the suggestions. However, can either of you say which one downloads in better quality, or if both are the same?
I have no experience with anything github-related, so I would rather something like JDownloader - assuming they both have the same download quality. If not, I will learn how to install and use yt-dlp, I've heard it mentioned plenty of times elsewhere as a very powerful utility.
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this here is a gui for yt-dlp

stacher.io

stacher.io

Stacher. A youtube-dl frontend.
stacher.io stacher.io

works very nicely, used it a few times
 
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