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Fairly straight forward question, what open source, non cloud based programs are recommended to use with Elementary OS?

Youtube in the next several months is going to remove a vast amount of content and I don't see this content being archived by most people. This is a race against time.

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The best solution for downloading videos (including YouTube) I have until now is Copy Paste Grab. You can find it into AppCenter in category Internet.

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  • I've tried Copy Paste Grab, along with Video Downloader and VIDO, but I always get a message saying the video couldn't be found. I put the same link in 4K Video Downloader and it works fine. I'd also like to find a good, reliable open source solution but I haven't had any luck so far.
    – danmullen
    Apr 21 '20 at 10:43
  • Last few months Copy Paste Grab do not work for me also so I use only the cli youtube-dl
    – Bo rislav
    Apr 21 '20 at 10:46
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I don't know about any particular software but you can use this extension in firefox to download videos from any website including youtube. https://www.downloadhelper.net/

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I have used youtube-dl cli and jdownloader and both works great

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I use youtubedl-gui just copy the name then paste it in appcenter

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There is an app called "Video Downloader", it's pretty simple. https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.unrud.VideoDownloader

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