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Seal: a fully featured YouTube downloader for Android based on yt-dlp (github.com)
submitted 4 months ago by GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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I just came across this amazing app. Idk much about yt-dlp but the app seems to fully support it, even with custom commands and stuff. Of course I tested it and it worked well (with just 1 video fail to download out of approximately 10). Though by default it seems to download videos without audio so make sure to click the small "Audio" button in the download menu and enable it.

I recently saw someone recommending using a privacy respecting frontend for searching videos and downloading them instead of watching them online for better privacy and consistency so I hope someone will find it useful... or just use it to download videos because that's what most people do anyways.

Also I hope I'm not copying anyone's post here. My Lemmy client doesn't support search so I can't check if there are any posts about this app.

P. S. Excuse my usage of the foul phrase "YouTube downloader" to describe this app. I just wanted to make it easier for less tech savvy people to understand what this app is and how it can be useful for them.

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[-] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 4 months ago

F-Droid link for the lazy: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.junkfood.seal/

Definitely going to check this out. I've been using yt-dlp via command line in Termux but that experience is less than ideal.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 4 months ago

It's a really good app, been using it for a few years now on and off. Very user friendly interface.

[-] abk16@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I've been using YTDLnis (app based on yt-dlp) and find it superior with many more features to Seal

[-] Player2@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Agreed, tried to use Seal just now and it would crash (audio only from youtube). YTDLnis worked perfectly on the same video

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

This is hugely useful, thx. Libretube and Newpipe have become almost worthless lately due to google's crackdowns.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Invidious works well for me. Try it.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

There's an Android fork of FreeTube that's still working well.

[-] VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

GrayJay is pretty good!

[-] corvus@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

Does it support playlists or at least a list of videos in the video link?

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Yes it does.

[-] newcockroach@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, u can also save playlists in a playlist named folder in either audio or video formats with some personalised settings too:) try it out once

[-] scorp@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

i use Revanced + Seal

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Cool an Android altervative

[-] Scrappy@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing! Am going on a flight later today and this came with the right timing :)

[-] VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Works well combined with revanced

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks, my daughter wanted to download something from YouTube the other day.

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