Easy Youtube Video Downloader Express isn't working anymore. Can I use another downloader? What is the best for YT and other sites?

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Downloader youtube-dl Python video-downloader youtube-dlc

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  • youtube-dl-gui

    A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

  • yt-dlg

    A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

    • Try: yt-dlg by /u/oleksisfraga:

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • yt-dlp

    A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

    • /u/pukkandan created yt-dlp and is considered the main fork at this time, with both bugfixes and brand new features not available in youtube-dl.

  • youtube-dl

    Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

    • yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl (command line application).

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