[GET] YT DL options...good ones !!

[Lumos]

Frankly YT is a PITA IMO...and:
Grabbing what is desired from there can be as well !!

Lots of times what I want is either spoken content with no visual element needed, or something that can be useful at the very lowest size.
So I'd want to either grab just a low bitrate MP3, or the smallest video format...
BUT=>
No matter what method is used - online or local, these options tend to come and go as YT makes endless changes...GRRRR !!

So Here are my latest finds that may satisfy most folks' YT grabbing desires.

I'm very impressed with this one as it offers versions for everybody, even including a Linux appimage which is what I'm using:

Code:

https://github.com/moshfeu/y2mp3

Quote:What is "Y2Mp3" app?
A simple desktop application to download Youtube videos to video (mp4, mpg, wmv) and audio (wav, flac, m4a, wma, mp3, ogg, acc) formats, one by one or all of them.

Latest version DL page:

Code:

https://github.com/moshfeu/y2mp3/releases/tag/v2.5.0

These are new, online options, and their pages also accept pasting in a YT link:

Code:

https://audio.taxi/

Quote:Convert a youtube video to an audio file by simply replacing the "www.youtube.com" in any youtube url with "audio.taxi"
For example, if we want to convert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4UKsi979nM,
we would visit the link
https://audio.taxi/watch?v=N4UKsi979nM.

Code:

https://save.golf/

Quote:Convert a youtube video to MP4 by simply replacing the "www.youtube.com" in any youtube url with "save.golf"
For example, if we want to convert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4UKsi979nM,
we would visit the link
https://save.golf/watch?v=N4UKsi979nM.

OK, that is all for today.
I do have several more around here someplace - and if the above ones disappoint you, feel free to comment here and I'll try to assist you.

[R11HDJ]

the one i use (cant remember its name) is the easiest...
For example, if we want to convert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4UKsi979nM,
you just change the "be" in youtube to "10" in the address bar.
so it looks like:
https://www.youtu10.com/watch?v=N4UKsi979nM,
hit return and thats it

[Lumos]

Thanks for adding that helpful info here R11HDJ !!!
(+Rep given, as always.)

Another such option has folks changing the YT link to look like this:

Code:

https://www.youtubepp.com/watch?v=(whatever)

These tricks are done via the domain used having a redirect usually to their main site which then scrapes the video code and offers options, so:
The trick of adding 'PP' actually leads here=>
http://www.y2mate.com

As mentioned in the OP, lots of these things are short lived due to the endless YT changes - and the really crummy ones also bombard users with pop-ups, ads, etc. .

[discomix]

Great list my mate!