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If you are looking for something to give your family members, almost everyone I know uses the open-source tool jdownloader [0] to download youtube videos. It's
by cheshire_cat 11y ago
If you are looking for something to give your family members, almost everyone I know uses the open-source tool jdownloader [0] to download youtube videos.
It's a ponderous java monster but it works great and comes with a huge plugin collection for numerous sites.
The fact that it has a gui makes it really accessibly to non-technical people.
There seems to be talk about AdWare in the installer but I personally never had that problem and you can get around that by downloading the executable .jar.
[0] http://jdownloader.org/home/index?s=lng_en http://jdownloader.org/home/index?s=lng_en
- aluhut 11y agoI know jdownloader. Have been using it in it's early days for 1-click hosters on a separate machine. Don't trust it at all ;)
- cheshire_cat 11y agoI don't trust it that much either, but in the end jdownloader gets developed by a company registered in Germany. [0] If they ever did something really sinister they would be quickly out of business. [0] http://www.wemakeyourappwork.com http://www.wemakeyourappwork.com http://www.wemakeyourappwork.com/#contact http://www.wemakeyourappwork.com/#contact
- Jordrok 11y agoAnother jdownloader user here. I have similar misgivings about its trustworthiness, but so far I haven't found any concrete reasons to distrust it other than that vague sense of unease. It's just so damn useful though!