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.
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.
It’s a really good app, been using it for a few years now on and off. Very user friendly interface.
I’ve been using YTDLnis (app based on yt-dlp) and find it superior with many more features to Seal
Agreed, tried to use Seal just now and it would crash (audio only from youtube). YTDLnis worked perfectly on the same video
This is hugely useful, thx. Libretube and Newpipe have become almost worthless lately due to google’s crackdowns.
Invidious works well for me. Try it.
There’s an Android fork of FreeTube that’s still working well.
GrayJay is pretty good!
i use Revanced + Seal
Does it support playlists or at least a list of videos in the video link?
Yes it does.
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
YTDLnis is better, in my opinion.
https://github.com/deniscerri/ytdlnis
Maybe looks a bit less “clean” (still looks great though) but the downloading menu has every option in an easy place. I really don’t like how Seal hides all the important options for the sake of simplicity.
That’s awesome. Just installed via obtanium. Thanks for the suggestion. Love it even has a terminal.
Cool an Android altervative
Thanks for sharing! Am going on a flight later today and this came with the right timing :)
Thanks, my daughter wanted to download something from YouTube the other day.
Works well combined with revanced
