video-dl
The facts below are what the maker publishes about video-dl, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from video-dl's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audio
- It can download audio in a chosen codec, and its Song only feature uses SponsorBlock to cut non-music sections.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audio and trimming
- It supports audio-only downloads, SponsorBlock-based removal of non-music sections, and cutting a timecoded range.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Batch downloads
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Dependencies
- Windows and Android need no manual dependencies; Linux requires ffmpeg, and macOS requires installing ffmpeg with Homebrew.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Download transport
- Downloads use aria2c over several connections, and the app displays download and processing progress bars.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editable output
- NLE Ready remuxes video when its codec suits an editor and re-encodes only when needed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editable video
- NLE Ready remuxes video when its codec suits the editor and re-encodes when needed, using detected hardware encoders where available.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hardware encoding
- The app detects and uses NVENC, QuickSync, AMF, and VideoToolbox hardware encoders.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages and themes
- The app offers English, French, and German, with light and dark themes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies the project as MIT-licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Other download options
- It supports timecode range cuts, playlists or selected playlist items, subtitles, proxies, and queued links.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Playlist downloads
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Playlists and queue
- It can download whole playlists or selected items and queue several links.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The project says the program sends nothing except requests to fetch the video URL supplied by the user and check for updates.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- video-dl is a desktop and Android graphical interface for yt-dlp that simplifies downloading videos.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Signing
- The Windows binary is Authenticode-signed, and the Android APK is signed with a release key whose fingerprint the build checks before publishing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Subtitle downloads
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Subtitles and proxy
- It supports subtitles and proxy use.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported sites
- It downloads from sites supported by yt-dlp.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linux,Androidchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Languages and appearance
- The app offers English, French, and German, with light and dark modes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Login and browser cookies
- It supports videos requiring login through browser cookies; for Chrome 127 or later on Windows, the page says to export cookies.txt or use Firefox or Edge.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Login-required videos
- It can use browser cookies for videos that need a login; on Windows, Chrome 127 and later requires exporting cookies.txt or using Firefox or Edge.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Platform requirements
- Windows and Android need no separate dependencies; Linux requires ffmpeg, and macOS requires ffmpeg installed with Homebrew.checked 12 Oct 2026
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