Is youtube dl safe

Dl-plusA youtube-dl extension with pluggable extractorsDescriptiondl-plus is an extension and a drop-in replacement of youtube-dl (or any compatible fork, e.g., yt-dlp). The main goal of the project is to add an easy-to-use extractor plugin system to youtube-dl while maintaining full backward compatibility.dl-plus is not a fork of youtube-dl and does not contain code from youtube-dl, it is a pure dynamic wrapper (thanks to Python dynamic nature) hacking some youtube-dl internals.InstallationInstall dl-plus:using pipx:using pip:(*nix) Alternatively, you can download a single file binary (zipapp) and put it somewhere in your PATH:curl -L -o dl-pluschmod a+x dl-plusInstall a backend — youtube-dl or any compatible package (fork), e.g., yt-dlp:using dl-plus itself:dl-plus --cmd backend install yt-dlpusing pipx:pipx inject dl-plus yt-dlpusing pip:(optional) Install some extractor plugins:using dl-plus itself:dl-plus --cmd extractor install un1def/goodgamePyPI package names are supported too:dl-plus --cmd extractor install dl-plus-extractor-un1def-goodgameusing pipx:pipx inject dl-plus dl-plus-extractor-un1def-goodgameusing pip:pip install dl-plus-extractor-un1def-goodgame(optional) Create dl-plus → youtube-dl symlink (for apps relying on youtube-dl executable in PATH, e.g., mpv):*nix:&1) && ln -s "$dlp" "$(dirname "$dlp")/youtube-dl"">dlp=$(command -v dl-plus 2>&1) && ln -s "$dlp" "$(dirname "$dlp")/youtube-dl"Use ln -sf instead of ln -s to overwrite an existing youtube-dl executable.Windows (PowerShell, requires administrative privileges):$dlp = (Get-Command -ErrorAction:Stop dl-plus).Path; New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path ((Get-Item $dlp).Directory.FullName + "\youtube-dl.exe") -Target $dlpExtractor Plugin Authoring GuideSee docs/extractor-plugin-authoring-guide.md.Available Extractor PluginsSee docs/available-extractor-plugins.md.LicenseThe MIT License.

When it comes to security, there is no substitute for quality. A good antivirus you trust and strong passwords on websites are today a recognized need. We surf the Net often, save this and that, and need to be sure that nothing has damaged our PC’s health. Downloading films and music from the Internet is more and more common nowadays, as having them on the go is very convenient. You don’t need to care if you have a proper Wi-Fi connection or data plan on your device. But is it possible to save video and audio safely? And what is the safest video downloader and converter? That’s exactly what we're going to cover below in-depth Where to download videos & music safely When you search for a piece of media for download, firstly check the reputable sources. For example, you can buy songs, films, and podcasts on iTunes, Play Store or Amazon, and great movies on Google Play. These resources are among the ones people trust, but you need to purchase the tunes and films there. Millions of people upload and download movies to and from file-sharing platforms, and it won’t cost you a penny. Unfortunately, the saved media can contain malicious files, and you can’t know if it is so, until you open and check it. You can solve this by running antivirus software each time you download. YouTube and Vimeo are also free to use and well-recognized. What’s more, you can watch videos from the beginning till the end before you decide if you want to save them to your device or not. But you need a proper tool for downloading their content. Are there safe video & music downloaders There are lots of downloaders on the Internet, some of them are totally free, some are not. Online YouTube downloaders and desktop free apps usually contain embedded redirects and animated banner ads, as this is the way they earn money. The software itself may be free and safe, but the advertised third-party apps can be bundled with viruses. Such apps usually make users at a loss as they don’t know where to click to avoid installing unwanted software. Safe YouTube downloader and converter Youtube-dl is one of the good alternatives. It is a free open-source tool that can grab media files from YouTube as well as from other websites. It doesn’t contain ads and thus can’t harm your device. We wrote a short guide on how to run youtube-dl effectively . Still, if you're not used to the command line, you’ll find it pretty hard to use. If you prefer apps with a graphical user interface, Free YouTube Download developed by DVDVideoSoft is the one you should try. This app is very easy and reliable, thoroughly checked with antivirus software. Neither the website nor the app contains redirects to third-party apps. This app proved to be a safe way to download videos and MP3 from YouTube. Below, you can look at the test results obtained by VirusTotal after

How do I download private videos and playlists?To download private videos youtube-dl-gui needs to login to your account, otherwise it cannot access your private videos. Don't worry, youtube-dl-gui will not touch anything, it will only download the video. Youtube-dl-gui uses cookies to authenticate with YouTube, in order to provide the cookies you can use an extension called 'cookies.txt'. This will create a file of the required YouTube cookies.This tutorial works for playlists too!Install cookies.txt for chrome, or install it for firefox.Navigate to youtube.com.Log in to the YouTube account where te private video is on, if you haven't already.Open cookies.txt through the extensions bar or via the extensions menu.Click on 'To download cookies for this tab click here'.Save the file to a convenient location.Enter the link to the private video into youtube-dl-gui.When youtube-dl-gui shows that this is a private video, click on 'add cookies.txt'.Click on 'browse' and select the downloaded cookies.txt file.Press add to add your cookies.txt file to youtube-dl-gui.If everything worked you should now see the video info, and some green text telling you youtube-dl-gui has succesfully authenticated with youtube!Proceed with downloading the video as you normally would. Youtube-dl-gui will remember the cookie untill you close the program.Still can't figure it out? Don't worry, open up an issue and I will help you out.

##YouTube DL Chrome ExtensionThis is a Chrome Extension and Flask Server to open up YouTube DL (which BTW is a terminal YouTube Video downloading utlity). Usage is very simple, just click on the Browser action in Chrome (load the youtube-dl-chrome folder as an extension first and run the Flask Script) and the Terminal should pop open running YouTube DL.##InstallationFirstly, download YouTube-DL from here.Download all the files first. You need Flask installed on your Python distribution. Both Python 2.x and 3.x are supported. To install Flask do pip install flask and then cd to the directory. Run the server by doing python localserver.py run. This will start the server.Now, load the extension by going to chrome://extensions, tick "Developer Mode" and click Load Unpacked Extension. Select the "youtube-dl-chrome-client" folder and the extension should be loaded.To test, click on any YouTube Video link and click the extension. A Terminal/Command Prompt/ConEmu should open with youtube-dl running in it.What's New?We've updated the project quite a lot and here are some main changes:Playlist support addedSingle Config.py file for configurationsSupport for ConEmu console emulator (which is a million times better than CMD) in Windows##ConfigurationPresently 2 configuration options are available (a quality option will be available soon). You can change them by editing the www/config.py file.Directory- Location of the directory where you want to save the videos.WindowsConEmu- Set it to True if you want to use ConEmu in place of the Command Prompt on Windows like me.##To-Do:Add Quality Options to ExtensionModify DOM of the YouTube page to display a Download button (with options)##AboutCreated By Pradipta (geekpradd) and Aritra (thekindlyone) using HTML5, Javascript, Chrome APIs, Python, Flask and YouTube-DL.

XVideoServiceThief is a tool for downloading your favourite video clips from a lot of video websites. xVideoServiceThief also provide you the ability to convert each video in most popular formats: AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, MP4, 3GP, MP3 file formats.Available for Windows, macOS and Linux.Official site: on GitHub: on SourceForge.net: This project is free and will continue free forever! But, if you desire to donate, don't doubt it, it will help us alot to pay our IT bills.Whats new in version 3.0?Well, a long time has passed since our last official update (we prepared a 2.6 version which it was never released to the public due to lack of time).So, we analyzed the market, and xVST continue being a great tool, but sincerely, our plugins are very outdated and the time required to keep them updated is very high, so we decided to integrate the great tool youtube-dl into xVST!.Now, we can say that xVST is also a graphical interface for youtube-dl, it is a new "feature" non a "replacement".What is Youtube-dl and why this tool?Youtube-dl is a fantastic open source command-line tool to download videos from Youtube and a lot of other video services (its long list of supported sites is quite impressive).The community is very active, and they maintain the tool very updated, great!! The decision to integrate youtube-dl into xVST was obvious and easy. We love youtube-dl and we love xVST plugins.Is this the end of xVST plugins?Totally NO. xVST still require the plugins to work, but they now can use youtube-dl to get information, or simply indicate that a certain video service is totally handled by youtube-dl (including the download). All is done and configured using our loved plugins.Is this the official version of xVST?Yes. We moved our source code to GitHub. Why? Easy, we want give the community the opportunity to collaborate more directly and interactively with us and GitHub is the best tool today for this.We will continue using the SourceForge.net platform for hosting, binary releases, wiki, statistics, etc... because is a great tool and we love it.Fork us on GitHub!!Is this project dead?Evidently, no ;)Where I can find more information? to compile xVST?A compiler directrive (STATIC_BUILD) must be defined if you want to get a "valid" xVST compilation.Static mode:If you want compile the xVST in STATIC version, you should do:> qmake -set build_mode static_build> qmake> makeDynamic mode:If you want compile the xVST in DYNAMIC version, you should do:> qmake -set build_mode dynamic_build> qmake> makeFrameworks mode (only MacOSX):If you want compile the xVST in FRAMEWORKS version, you should do:> qmake -set build_mode frameworks_build> qmake> makeIf you are using Windows, you can use the automated scripts for compile the xVST. compile-tools/compile-vc++.bat (static + VC++2010)> compile-tools/compile-mingw.bat (dynamic