Video Downloader with basic AutoHotkey GUI

Add videos to the list, select your download preferences and start downloading.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Download and install the latest installer here.
2. Open the video you want to download in your browser.
3. Press SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + S to save the URL.
4. Alternatively, copy the URL and enter it manually into the video list.
5. Press SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + D to start the download.

Tip

You may download the source code and run or compile the file VideoDownloader.ahk yourself.

Additional Information

Feature	Description
🎬 Playlists	Download specific parts or whole playlists.
⌨️ Hotkeys	Convenient hotkey control for all core functions.
💡 Help Window	Provides additional information and interactive tutorials.
🌐 Direct Capture	Capture a video URL while the video is open in your browser.
🖱️ Indirect Capture	Hover over a video thumbnail and press SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + F.

Known Issues

• The hotkey for indirectly capturing video URLs is still experimental and may not work consistently.
• Embedding video subtitles may occasionally fail, causing the download to fail as well.
  • This usually happens when YouTube blocks requests due to too many API calls.
• Sometimes yt-dlp requests may get temporarily blocked (by YouTube), causing certain videos to show up as not found in the list.
  • If this occurs, wait a short while before trying again.

Credits & License

• yt-dlp → incredibly useful piece of software
• FFmpeg → additional functionality for yt-dlp
• Acc library → important functions regarding direct URL capture
• ColorButton library → colored button functionality
• Icons8 → some of the used icons

Important

I appreciate your constructive and honest feedback. Feel free to create an issue or feature request.

This repository is licensed under the MIT License.