Is there a way to download full HD from youtube?

[LadyAnn2]

I get this message when I try to download HD videos from youtube

Youtube switched to separate audio/video streaming technology for higher quality formats and no longer provides direct 720p (Since 24 September 2018)/1080p/mp3 streams.

There are videos that are only available on youtube an watching them in 480 isn't always that great

[ill88eagle]

What software are you using? Youtube-dl downloads 720p/1080p just fine on my end

[LadyAnn2]

What software are you using? Youtube-dl downloads 720p/1080p just fine on my end

https://www.youtbe-dl.org/ seems to be down or no longer exists

I use 2 addons in firefox

1. Easy Youtube Downloader Express
2. Video Download Helper

I've tried Jdownloader but I get absolutely nothing with it. (In fact I get nothing on 99% of the sites with it)

[ill88eagle]

My mistake, typo in my post... Sorry ---> https://youtube-dl.org

It's a command line tool but extremely easy to use. Say you want this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fyyhhuE7c

Copy the url, open your terminal and type

Code:

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fyyhhuE7c

(CTRL+SHIFT+v to paste the url in terminal)

If you want only the audio (it will be m4a) type

Code:

youtube-dl -f 140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fyyhhuE7c

[CaptButler]

Even if you manage to download a YT file that's in "HD," it's not really in normal HD quality. This is because of the fairly severe compression all YT videos undergo when they are uploaded. Given the site's huge size and amount of traffic, that's not all that surprising.

[LadyAnn2]

My mistake, typo in my post... Sorry ---> https://youtube-dl.org

It's a command line tool but extremely easy to use. Say you want this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fyyhhuE7c

Copy the url, open your terminal and type

Code:

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fyyhhuE7c

(CTRL+SHIFT+v to paste the url in terminal)

If you want only the audio (it will be m4a) type

Code:

youtube-dl -f 140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fyyhhuE7c

I'm getting this error

[1] 300848
[2] 300849
[3] 300850
user@user-Satellite-S855D:~/Downloads/youtube-dl$ /usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory

[ill88eagle]

I'm getting this error

[1] 300848
[2] 300849
[3] 300850
user@user-Satellite-S855D:~/Downloads/youtube-dl$ /usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory

First make sure you have python (programming/scripting language youtube-dl relies on) installed. Check by doing:

Code:

python -v

If you get an error message, you need to install python:

Code:

sudo apt install python2.7 python-pip python3-pip

Then try again. If you get the same error message from youtube-dl you probably need to create a symlink (a symlink is kinda like a shortcut in windows. Youtube-dl is looking for python in the wrong place, so you make a systemwide redirect):

Code:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python

Let me know if you are still getting errors

NOTE: with python properly installed you can always update youtube-dl with

Code:

sudo pip install --upgrade youtube_dl

[LadyAnn2]

I'm getting this error

[1] 300848
[2] 300849
[3] 300850
user@user-Satellite-S855D:~/Downloads/youtube-dl$ /usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory

First make sure you have python (programming/scripting language youtube-dl relies on) installed. Check by doing:

Code:

python -v

If you get an error message, you need to install python:

Code:

sudo apt install python2.7 python-pip python3-pip

Then try again. If you get the same error message from youtube-dl you probably need to create a symlink (a symlink is kinda like a shortcut in windows. Youtube-dl is looking for python in the wrong place, so you make a systemwide redirect):

Code:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python

Let me know if you are still getting errors

NOTE: with python properly installed you can always update youtube-dl with

Code:

sudo pip install --upgrade youtube_dl

That worked and it worked really well!
Thank you very much.

Unfortunately some of the youtube stuff just isn't available in HD.