In Operation
Type some search words in the search bar and you’re presented with videos.
Click a video and you can download the video in the format and quality of your choice.
There are various settings available including configuring where downloaded videos are saved, adding metadata to MP3 files, clipboard integration, notifications, and proxy support. The final Settings tab is shown below.
Summary
We like ClipGrab. It makes it easy to find videos and download them in the desired format and quality setting. The software also lets you download audio only in formats like MP3 and Ogg Vorbis.
ClipGrab’s interface isn’t designed with any flair. The huge ClipGrab logo makes poor use of screen estate. And it appears development has stalled with the last release back in December 2021.
We actually did most of the testing of ClipGrab in Manjaro. Under Ubuntu, the search functionality wasn’t working. While ClipGrab can automatically detect compatible URLs when they are copied to the clipboard, this feature wasn’t working as intended on our test systems. We’ll investigate this further.
We’ve seen negative reports about ClipGrab under Windows with some users describing ClipGrab as “loaded with crapware”. We haven’t verified if that has any validity. Under Linux, this definitely isn’t the case.
On balance, we still believe Media Downloader is a finer downloader.
Website: clipgrab.org
Support:
Developer: The ClipGrab Project
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction and Installation
Page 2 – In Operation and Summary