Which is the best YouTube video downloader?

[Genius100x]

1. which doesn't redirect to fishy sites. 
2. is fast, smooth and simple. 
3. has many download quality options, MP3 as well. 
4. can download very long videos too. 

yt1s is good but it redirects to other sites. 

Edited October 21 by Genius100x

[Nemra]

I can refer to you a website that refers to multiple YouTube video downloader tools. But I'll provide it in PM.

[Genius100x]

1 hour ago, Nemra said:

I can refer to you a website that refers to multiple YouTube video downloader tools. But I'll provide it in PM.

Bro. Why PM? If you can't write it in public then it must be fishy. Btw my PM is not opening. 

Edited October 20 by Genius100x

[Thought Art]

Gonna lock this because it goes against forum guidelines around copyright.

[Leo Gura]

This thread is acceptable.

Youtube downloaders can be legit tools. It is not piracy to download a public video for personal use.

Edited October 21 by Leo Gura

[Buck Edwards]

I have one in mind. 

[Buck Edwards]

I don't feel like saying in public though. 

[Vibes]

I use this one https://yt5s.com/en173

[Thought Art]

@Leo Gura Thanks, going forward I'll be more thorough. 

Edited October 21 by Thought Art

[Leo Gura]

@Thought Art No worries.

[Genius100x]

3 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

This thread is acceptable.

Youtube downloaders can be legit tools, it is not piracy to download a public a video.

Same thing I wanted to say to the mod.

So which one do u @Leo Gura use for yt downloader? 

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Btw, I use Brave browser for extra security and ad blocker.  Not Chrome. 

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When I download your 3-hour long videos, some sites show error. 

 

Edited October 21 by Genius100x

[Genius100x]

1 hour ago, Vibes said:

I use this one https://yt5s.com/en173

This is fishy. There are many named similar to yt1s , y2meta, etc. All of them have nearly the same interface. They redirect to fishy sites. All are controlled by the same group maybe. 

Edited October 21 by Genius100x

[Buck Edwards]

18 minutes ago, Genius100x said:

This is fishy. There are many named similar to yt1s , y2meta, etc. All of them have nearly the same interface. They redirect to fishy sites. All are controlled by the same group maybe. 

I'll pm you later and tell you. But it could be limited in how much it downloads. Right now I'm watching a movie. 

[Davino]

@Genius100x It's tedious because the best sites get blocked from time to time. A very popular web is https://es.savefrom.net/260nr/

It has a nice feature. Let's say we have the following video 

https://youtube.com/shorts/ANpALBBuWXw?si=Ect9cmvOJZZeOR_f

You can change the link adding SS before YouTube and it will direct you to its download web directly.

https://ssyoutube.com/shorts/ANpALBBuWXw?si=Ect9cmvOJZZeOR_f

 

 

 

[Norbert Somogyi]

I just found this on Android - YTDLnis. One of the only ones I found to be able to easily convert even lengthy videos (3+ hours) on youtube.

On desktop (Windows) I used to use IDM (Internet Download Manager - although it has a 30 day trial). I see a lot of recommendations for YT-DLP (it is a command-line based software, but there are supposedly GUI versions as well). Y2Mate is often recommended too, avoiding the hassle of downloading software let alone tinkering with CMD.

[Genius100x]

2 minutes ago, Davino said:

@Genius100x It's tedious because the best sites get blocked from time to time. A very popular web is https://es.savefrom.net/260nr/

 

I knew. But it's also fishy. First It's not opening. And then there are so many "savefrom" sites that makes it suspicious. 

[Genius100x]

4 minutes ago, Norbert Somogyi said:

I just found this on Android - YTDLnis. One of the only ones I found to be able to easily convert even lengthy videos (3+ hours) on youtube.

On desktop (Windows) I used to use IDM (Internet Download Manager - although it has a 30 day trial). I see a lot of recommendations for YT-DLP (it is a command-line based software, but there are supposedly GUI versions as well). Y2Mate is often recommended too, avoiding the hassle of downloading software let alone tinkering with CMD.

My intuition says y2mate is fishy. 

Yt... , y2.... Are fishy. They belong to the same group maybe. 

Edited October 21 by Genius100x

[Nemra]

YouTube Downloaders

[Nemra]

I have been using IDM. But I licensed it with another program.

I recommend you use IDM.

The website I shared offers much more than just YouTube Downloaders.

Also, If you are going to stop finding stuff because it seems "fishy" to you, then you won't find anything.

Edited October 21 by Nemra

[Ash55]

This IS THE BEST TOOL TO DOWNLOAD ANY VIDEO
Get your hand dirty Comrade, I used youtube_dl now its called yt_dlp its a command line utility works on wiondows or linux i use it on linux it can download almost any video from the internet, it works on carious site like the phub i only used it with youtube since its 95% of where videos are found but i also tested it with few other sites

The advantage of it that you can select any format you want or resolution unless its behind paywall

Now usage is super simple you have

To list Formats
yt-dlp -F <videolink>
To select desired audio video format
yt-dlp -f 609+139 <videolink>

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

 

This tool include futures like downloading entire YouTube channels, downloading entire playlist, Resuming download, downloading only thumbnails or only transcript, its feature rich utility

Edit: No ads no fishiness free and opensource 
Edit part 2: This tool has a Gui or graphical interface, but since am a CLI fanatic i dont use it LOL Command line is much much more efficient 

Edited October 21 by Ash55