4K Video Downloader

About this release

The interface is one button and a clipboard watcher, which is the whole design philosophy. Copy a link, press paste, and the application reads what is behind it and offers the available formats, resolutions and audio tracks in a single dialog. Pick one, and it downloads. There is nothing else to learn, which is why it gets recommended to people who would not normally install a download tool at all.

Behind that simplicity is a fairly complete feature set. Whole playlists and channels download in one action with a folder structure built automatically, subtitle tracks come down as sidecar files or burned into the picture, audio can be extracted directly into a normal audio file without keeping the video, and quality goes as high as the source offers, including high frame rate and high dynamic range variants where they exist.

Smart mode is the setting most people end up leaving on. It records the format, quality and destination chosen once and applies them to everything pasted afterwards, so a long session of grabbing clips becomes paste, paste, paste with no dialog in between. Subscriptions watch a channel and pull new items down as they appear.

Downloads run several at a time with a queue that can be paused and resumed, and an interrupted transfer picks up where it stopped rather than starting again. Proxy settings, connection limits and download speed caps are all available for anyone working on a connection that needs to stay usable for other things while the queue runs.

What it does

One button workflow

Copy a link, press paste, choose a format from the dialog, and the download starts.

Playlists and channels

Whole collections download in one action with the folder structure built automatically.

Audio extraction

Pull just the audio track into a normal audio file without keeping the video.

Subtitles

Download subtitle tracks as sidecar files or burned into the picture.

Smart mode

Remembers a chosen format and destination and applies it to everything pasted afterwards.

Resumable queue

Parallel downloads with pause, resume and recovery from an interrupted transfer.

Changed in this version

• Faster parsing of very long playlists.
• Improved handling of high frame rate and high dynamic range source formats.
• Subscription checks reworked to use less bandwidth when idle.
• Interface reorganised with a clearer download queue.
• Fixed a stall on resuming transfers after a connection drop.

System requirements

Install order

1. Unpack the archive and run the installer.
2. Set the download destination folder on first launch.
3. Turn on smart mode after the first download if you want the same settings reused.
4. Set a speed cap in preferences if the connection needs to stay usable for other work.

Worth knowing before you start

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