Once you downloaded the install script, follow these steps for most Linux distos: Visit JDownloader2’s website for the download: Overall JDownloader2 is a winner in my book. Downloads are pretty smooth experience, albeit a slow one, and if your download stalls, you can try to resume it, which I’ve had luck doing sometimes, but other downloads weren’t so lucky and had to be re-downloaded. One of the cool features is that JDownloader can be minimized to the system tray and can be enabled to monitor your clipboard and automatically add URLS to the LinkGrabber tab so you can download them later on. I’d love to see a dark mode later on down the road. The UI is straight forward but it has a lot of small text and icons that I’m not a fan of. Given that they don’t restrict download quality options and don’t limit the number of concurrent downloads you can have, I think they can have a pass. JDownloader has small advert that appears in the top right (visible in the screenshot) it’s out of the way enough for me, but that might bother some folks out there. The quality of the video downloads are determined on what the uploader of the video provided, so unless they provided HD, don’t expect it.

Note that not every format is available on every video, and certain filters will leave you with no options being visible, so I recommend getting to know the program first before you go pushing every button like I do.

Lots of download formats are available per video, say for example, you only want audio or video, or only show specific file-types like webm, mkv, mp4, ogg, etc. JDownloader provides downloads from many sources like Youtube, Odysee, DailyMotion, Vimeo, BitChute, and many others. JDownloader2 is a free, cross platform, java-based video downloader, and is my personal favorite. Small in-app banner ad for paid downloaders show up in the top right. Downloading videos using JDownloader2 GoodĬlipboard monitor that auto detects URLs and adds them to the queue

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