[Pollard]

https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/

It’s a program. For Linux, you type in a command like;

youtube-dl -f 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zS_uiPWxs

and it downloads to video to your machine. -f means format and 18 means a medium sized video. Not tiny, not 1080p HD.

For most sites, you don’t have to use the -f 18. You just type in a command like;

youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/embed-redirect/140885117

Windows version might also be run by typing in at the command prompt.

This is the list of the hundreds of sites(1200ish) it supports; https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html

Normally, you’d want to change directories before downloading a video. In my case, I type in;

cd Videos

That puts me in my ‘Videos’ folder. Windows is probably ‘My Videos’ or something.

[upchuck]

Thanks for the time to document all that. I have a Win 7 machine and will try this.

[Jane Long]

Bookmarking....hoping I can figure this out 🥴

[upchuck]

Quick followup on youtube-dl. Works like a charm. Thanks very much.