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.
this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2024
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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.
GrayJay is pretty good!
There's an Android fork of FreeTube that's still working well.
What is the advantage to Newpipe? On the PC I know why yt-dlp is king, but as an app?
Newpipe is a very different kind of app. This one is a downloader. You can't watch YouTube videos using it.
Yes, exactly, you can do both with Newpipe. So what is the advantage of this?
Better UI, many more downloading related features and options, probably less trackable connections to YouTube and an ability to download from other websites.
Ah, got it, thank you. Now I just need a source of YouTube links to download on my phone :D
You can use any source you like. You can even use it to check random YouTube links you find in articles and stuff with probably less tracking too (but you might have to modify the links to the standard form).
The quality of the tool. Newpipe is mainly here to watch content. Sure, it has the ability to download said content but not in a granular manner.
Its like climbing mountains in cheap sandals or doing digital paintings in paint. Yt-dlp has a lot of options to get exactly what you want. Seal gives a simple interface which in itself has a bit more than what Newpipe has. The real power of Seal comes from the custom commands. Said commands being the ones you would use in your terminal or scripts using yt-dlp directly without a frontend.
To top it off, Seal can download everything yt-dlp allows you to download. It is not limited to the few sites that Newpipe support.
You can download videos and cut off sponsored moments in the video with sponsorblock.
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.
Thanks for sharing! Am going on a flight later today and this came with the right timing :)
Cool an Android altervative
Works well combined with revanced
Thanks, my daughter wanted to download something from YouTube the other day.