Re: David Gewirtz On How To Download YouTube Videos For Free

On Thu, 15 May 2025 23:10:34 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote :

Yes, they have a lot of options. But they default to downloading the
best quality available, without you having to specify any options at
all. The options are there just to fine-tune the details of what you
want.

We've all used the venerable youtubedl & yt-dlp engines (one of which
underlies ClipGrab) so they work well on Windows 10 in my humble opinion.

However, recently I needed to get predator bird audio to play to keep the
woodpeckers away from my soffits where I found the easiest GUI for youtube
ripping was the open source youtube replacement app on Android.

That open source youtube app doesn't require you to create an account.
And it has a billion choices for the video and audio technical specs.

http://newpipe.net

When you combine it with scrcpy freeware, the entire Windows monitor and
keyboard and mouse and clipboard & speakers are of the Android device.

It's way better than ClipGrab for YouTube videos in every way - but - of
course - as you noted - ClipGrab covers more sites than just YouTube.com.