Youtube Plugin Failing Constantly

Each of the audio/video data sources no longer contains a security code
and the plugin considers that no sources are valid because of this change
then gives the error message "No available Youtube media"

I wasn't the one who got it working and don't have the time to look into it further...

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Anyone can create & fix plugins

Well, I guess I'll have to move on to another tool. I tried YouTube-dl.exe, but even with the right command and it says the download finished, I can't find the downloaded file. I did find an online downloader that works, so I guess I'll use that for now.

9xbuddy works fine for youtube.
Example -- [9xbuddy.com]
Its just that FRD was convenient and supported batch downloads.

Hi there:

J Downloader 2 is another good choice.
It is opensource and supports plugins like FRD.

it also works fine on Youtube.

It can make do until FRD fixes the youtube plugin



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/17/2019 03:36PM by jawahandbook.

archer2 Wrote:
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> I tried YouTube-dl.exe, but even with the
> right command and it says the download finished,
> I can't find the downloaded file.

If you did not specify an output directory (output "filename" via the -o switch), then. by default, the video will be downloaded in the same directory where youtube-dl.exe is found; of course, this is not a yt-dl support forum, so I can't elaborate...
To easily launch youtube-dl in the folder where you've placed the youtube-dl.exe binary, just create a windows shortcut with target pointing to

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k youtube-dl --version

If you want to dump higher resolutions (>360p), usually only available in MPEG-DASH separate video+audio streams, you need also place a fairly recent Windows binary of FFmpeg besides the main yt-dl executable (ffmpeg.exe is used to mux separate streams into a standalone MP4/webm file/container...).

GUI frontends for yt-dl do exist, for those unfamiliar with CLI apps; one I'd recommend is

[mrs0m30n3.github.io]

It's open source (as is yt-dl itself) and does allow for batch downloads...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/18/2019 02:12PM by TVjunkie.

honey_ami Wrote:
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> 9xbuddy works fine for youtube.
> Example --
> [9xbuddy.com].
> youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUZEOpfelkxQ
> Its just that FRD was convenient and supported
> batch downloads.

This works. Thanks.

confirmed
YouTube plugin doesn't work anymore
could it be fixed?

Yep same here, youtube plugin is dead like disco

FRD is my favorite downloader.

As a die-hard user for FRD, may I call for the original author "Vity" to directly support maintenance of Youtube plugin?

Youtube is the largest video streaming website in the world. Supporting this plugin benefits most FRD users.

My favorite too. I donated I liked it so much. Hate to see it like this.