Downloads
Download
Section titled “Download”- Paste one or more links in Links, one per line: videos, playlists or channels.
- Check links reads each link and shows what it contains.
- For each video, choose:
- Video or Audio only;
- the format and quality (Best available by default), or the audio format;
- or open Available formats to pick an exact one.
- Download starts it. For a playlist, Download all queues every video.
The Queue shows each download as Waiting, Downloading, Done, Failed or Paused, with the time left.
- Pause and Resume a download;
- Try again after a failure;
- Save file downloads the result to your device;
- Remove from the list hides a finished entry.
Finished files are also in Files, in the Downloads folder.
Download tools
Section titled “Download tools”Holdall uses yt-dlp to download and ffmpeg to merge and convert. Download tools shows their versions.
- On a server, they come with the Docker image. Update the image to update them.
- On the desktop app, Install or update gets the latest yt-dlp. It is also updated automatically.
Websites change often. When a download fails on a site that used to work, update yt-dlp first.