Summary
This program is billed as a basic frontend to youtube-dl, and that’s exactly what it is. You’ll literally have mastered the software in a few minutes. If that’s your cup of tea, qytdl might be all you need. The program is actively maintained.
The raison d’etre of a GUI arguably is to make things simpler for the user. By default, the range of profiles offered by qytdl is too limited. The developer expects the user to manually edit a text based file (profiles.xml) and add in additional profiles. We’d much prefer if the profiles.xml had more profiles included (supporting the VP9 and AV1 codecs). Even better, we prefer software that shows the stream available for each URL, and let us choose which to download. That functionality is offered by Tartube and Videomass and falls into our category of an essential feature.
Given the strong competition from Tartube and Videomass, it’s difficult to recommend qytdl.
If you prefer accessing YouTube material from the command-line, we recommend using youtube-dl, You-Get, or even Annie. They offer excellent functionality, and have a large following of both users and developers. But we are conscious that many people prefer an attractive and advanced graphical user interface.
Website: github.com/jahendrie/qytdl
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Developer: James Hendrie
License: GNU General Public License 3.0
qytdl is written in Python. If you’re looking to improve your knowledge of this language, check out our recommended free Python books and free Python tutorials.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Summary