(03-26-2026, 08:42 AM)Ninurta Wrote: The browser extensions are probably the best and easiest, like the one EndTheMadnessNow linked to. I use the "Addoncrop" extension in Brave browser and Opera, and the Easy YouTube video down-loader in Firefox.
Addoncrop allows you to download not only the videos, but the splash screen tile too, as well as the closed captioning for the video.
Since I run a Linux system, there is a Linux program called "Ultimate Media Downloader" that I use as well. It's not browser-dependent, but it may be operating system dependent - I've not looked for Windows version since I left Windows systems permanently and irrevocably a couple of years ago... so I don't keep up with software availability for operating systems I'll never use again.
The neat thing about that Ultimate Media Downloader is that it'll grab YT vids, but also vids from just about everywhere else. I use it to download X videos and Facebook videos as well. All you need is the URL of the video, you plug it in to the program and POOF! you have a copy of the video locally.
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Just tried that "Ultimate Media Downloader" as you mentioned... really an awesome tool! Works on Windows, grabbed it from GitHub, and since it's Python-based, seems super easy to modify if I wanted to.
Nothing beats firing up a cmd prompt… and watching the terminal scroll.
Link for the curious: https://github.com/NK2552003/ULTIMATE-MEDIA-DOWNLOADER
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