I wouldn’t need such a tool usually, but when I watch content in my native language, the sites are clearly overused, and the video blocks every 5 seconds. On Android I use LJ Video Downloader, and I’m wondering if there’s something for Windows.

    • gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      21 days ago

      any reason why I should not just use Stacher? I used to use yt-dl as a kid but nowadays I like more chill approaches

      • stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        21 days ago

        It works better, stays up to date, has better error reporting, has better documentation, is more trustworthy and isn’t gonna become abandonware in the near future.

        It’s probably also faster for you once you get used to it: (if you’re on a webpage with a video you wanna download) ctrl-l, ctrl-c, (open your command prompt, for me it’s win-r -> “cmd” -> enter), yt-dlp ctrl-v.

        I can’t think of anything more chill than pasting the url. It’s got incredibly good defaults.

        • gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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          21 days ago

          I tried using it but the problem is the video it’s always a generic page. When I use LJ on Android it lets me open the page from a browser and detect the video after I select season and episode on that page

    • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      22 days ago

      And runs on Mac — probably anything that can use Java (so, not an iPhone/iPad). Keyboard shortcuts are different but otherwise, it works exactly the same.

      God forbid they give us an official dark mode though! There is a hack, it doesn’t survive reboots/updates though and the thing updates a few times a day… I stopped trying after doing it a few times.

      But yes, Jd2. Usually you can throw a link at it and it will parse it and give you the file. Though on sites like OP asked for, they are almost always lo-res and watermarked.

  • FG_3479@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    20 days ago

    I use XDM. It’s open source, has no ads or other shit, and it will download almost any DRM-free video on a web page.

    • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      23 days ago

      You can’t always use the dev tools. Sometimes the sites have JavaScript that detects when you open the dev tools and then lock stuff up more.