v2.0.0

A complete rewrite of this app with a ton of new features and an all-new design.

Changelog:

• Switch license GPL 3.0 -> AGPL 3.0
• UI redesign (closes #28)
• New logo ❤️ @MaximumFX
• Show the ETA and download speed when downloading a video.
• Calculate the download size accurately, no longer guess.
• Completely rewritten back-end
• Support for other video streaming sites such as reddit, vimeo and many more. (closes #27)
• Ability to add multiple comma separated video links.
• Download multiple videos at once by adding them to the queue. (closes #23)
• View info about a video and download the thumbnail.
• Save info about a video as JSON.
• Save metadata into downloaded video files.
• Fixed and improved auto-updating the ytdl binary (broken in 1.8.7 after ytdl.org switched to a valid https certificate #35)
• Redesigned the app update process and give the user more control.
• Added a lot more error handling and the possibility to report an error.
• Changed up the analytics backend.
• Add many settings to control how and what gets downloaded (see the settings wiki page for more info)
• Spoof the user-agent value to slow down rate limiting.
• Add unit-tests to the back-end, more tests will be coming.
• Add Github actions CI to the repo.
• Build the application on mulitple platforms automatically on release. (Github actions)

v1.8.7

Changelog:

• Change build process for linux distributables so they work on paranoid linux distro's (Debian, Arch). (#26)

v1.8.6

Changelog:

• Add support for downloading all uploads from a channel (closes #22)
• Fix auto-update not working on linux platforms (fixes #24)
• Started rewrite of format system

v1.8.5

Changelog:

• Add audio quality setting to video + audio downloads (closes #18)
• Add a version number to the settings menu
• Fix bug with format_id selection when downloading playlists
• Fix bug where changing from a playlist to a video url would not remove the playlist settings
• Fix 'open playlist' button not working
• Updated shipped binaries (ffmpeg, youtube-dl)

v1.8.4

Changelog:

• Add 2 more styles/color themes for the app (Navy dark & Light blue)
• Fix auto-update not working in versions 1.8.0 and 1.8.1
• Add portable version of the app (the portable version does not have auto-update)

v1.8.1

If you are using this version please update to version 1.8.4 or higher due to broken auto-updating

Changelog:

• Fix: No longer send possible sensitive metrics data, now only a random UUID and the version that was downloaded gets logged.

What data did youtube-dl-gui collect before?

Before this update, your cpu model, amount of system memory, platform, language and version got logged.
After a fork from @Gambloide I realised that this is a bad thing to do.
That's why I have limited the data to a version number and a random UUID. All previously recorded data has been destroyed.
I have chosen to still log the above mentioned data, because these numbers really motivate me to work on this project.

v1.8.0

If you are using this version please update to version 1.8.4 or higher due to broken auto-updating

Changelog:

• Added a new settings menu
• Added a setting to disable the app itself being auto-updated.
• Added a setting to disable the youtube-dl binary being auto-updated.
• Fix progress bar being empty while the text states "video downloaded", when the video was already present in the folder.
• Fix "open file" button not working
• Fixed a typo

v1.7.8

Changelog:

• Disabled spell checker on URLS
• Enabled automatic thumbnail embedding, as this appears to be working again.
• Set last modified date of downloaded videos to the download date, not the upload date.
• Disable interaction with the stepper (hover, click)
• Add the ability to flush the playlist metadata cache
• Add shortcuts for developer tools and cache flushing
• Replaced the placeholder thumbnail with a simpler looking one

v1.7.5

Changelog:

• Fixed an instance where metrics.js would send empty strings

v1.7.4

Changelog:

• Patched multiple security flaws
  • Disabled the remote module
  • Removed externally loaded scripts
• Fixed some bugs in private video downloading
• Automatically attempt to repair corrupted binaries
• Show update dialogs on macOS, since macOS does not auto-update.
• Change titlebar library and design