Love what they've done with this so far, but at the same time, dread what they might do to this later on in future but hey, we all should be used to it by now ;Dl

Lupita's great and if she sees this through alongside Sarnoski(did Pig with Cage), I feel something as good as the first two will be the result...

abduleez1:
Almost shed tears earlier this morning....

1Gig of data just vanish on top YouTube.
I used a VPN on YouTube and thing just unlinked all my downloaded videos. I knew it might react that way cos It has happened some years back (2018) but didn't anticipate the shït I saw.
I thought things might have changed but e be like YouTube brain no dey change.

Normally, back then it'd just refresh the thumbnails and make the vids available to you after you switch off the VPN and use a normal connection. Takes little data.
I had forgotten I had amassed a large library of offline videos in YouTube over time. I had like 304 vids. I Underestimated the size of my library.
Instead of it to just refresh my videos back to normal, it started redownloading them from ground up despite having the core file in its memory.

I had to delete several videos permanently make e no consume my data finish. I lost some videos I would have loved to keep a little longer. From 300+ vids to now 108 videos.

For this Naija wey data price don hike na en YouTube do me this strong thing. Life no balance. E be like say na to start the pain of downloading my YouTube content permanently into my phone instead of YouTube's app.

Make I just use the 2GB+ of entertainment wey I download console myself.

it happened to me too. All my vintage videos mostly soccer games gone soon as my YouTube app crashed. Unlike i lost less and I've seen enough of these videos. I now download directly from app browsers

abduleez1:


Of course it needs China.
China will most likely lap it up since they love action-fest just like Black Adam.
So, we'll see how it performs.

It doesn't have a release date in China yet soooo!!

lusid:
it happened to me too. All my vintage videos mostly soccer games gone soon as my YouTube app crashed. Unlike i lost less and I've seen enough of these videos. I now download directly from app browsers

YouTube looking unreliable to store one's offline videos.

AnfieldFan:


It doesn't have a release date in China yet soooo!!

Dunno how credible but insiders say Black Adam lands in China on Nov 11.

abduleez1:
Almost shed tears earlier this morning....

1Gig of data just vanish on top YouTube.
I used a VPN on YouTube and thing just unlinked all my downloaded videos. I knew it might react that way cos It has happened some years back (2018) but didn't anticipate the shït I saw.
I thought things might have changed but e be like YouTube brain no dey change.

Normally, back then it'd just refresh the thumbnails and make the vids available to you after you switch off the VPN and use a normal connection. Takes little data.
I had forgotten I had amassed a large library of offline videos in YouTube over time. I had like 304 vids. I Underestimated the size of my library.
Instead of it to just refresh my videos back to normal, it started redownloading them from ground up despite having the core file in its memory.

I had to delete several videos permanently make e no consume my data finish. I lost some videos I would have loved to keep a little longer. From 300+ vids to now 108 videos.

For this Naija wey data price don hike na en YouTube do me this strong thing. Life no balance. E be like say na to start the pain of downloading my YouTube content permanently into my phone instead of YouTube's app.

Make I just use the 2GB+ of entertainment wey I download console myself.

Why don't you just directly download these videos via third party and store them in your SD card, ROM or an external device even? Saving offline videos on the native YouTube app is risky af!. The videos are accumulated as the app data and thiers no way to differentiate it, so any changes as little as changes to the app's API or any little change in cache data will distort everything about the app, including your saved offline videos!

The only thing you should be doing on the YouTube app is to like your fave videos and go download them on the third party apps in any resolution you want from 360p up to 4K depending on the video.

And YouTube free data that accompanies MTN and Airtel data plans can be used to download these videos or any YouTube based plan which are cheaper to sub than normal data plans.

oyaskii:
Why don't you just directly download these videos via third party and store them in your SD card, ROM or an external device even? Saving offline videos on the native YouTube app is risky af!. The videos are accumulated as the app data and thiers no way to differentiate it, so any changes as little as changes to the app's API or any little change in cache data will distort everything about the app, including your saved offline videos!

The only thing you should be doing on the YouTube app is to like your fave videos and go download them on the third party apps in any resolution you want from 360p up to 4K depending on the video.

And YouTube free data that accompanies MTN and Airtel data plans can be used to download these videos or any YouTube based plan which are cheaper to sub than normal data plans.

Na laziness cos am bro. I feel it's stressful having to copy and paste links to third party sites or apps to download the videos. I just like to click download once and rush off to do other things.

Another major thing na procrastination. I always planned to move important videos to a privately owned storage. I was just hoping when I'd reduce the videos to around 100 videos I'd start archiving them myself, but every week I add more to the list. I knew shit like this might happen one day, but I day hope say I go done dey prepared before e happen.

Learnt the hard way now. Lost at least 150+ important vids that I could have kept. No choice again.

Out for download

itspreshh:
Out for download

That was quick.

abduleez1:


Na laziness cos am bro. I feel it's stressful having to copy and paste links to third party sites or apps to download the videos. I just like to click download once and rush off to do other things.

Another major thing na procrastination. I always planned to move important videos to a privately owned storage. I was just hoping when I'd reduce the videos to around 100 videos I'd start archiving them myself, but every week I add more to the list.

Learnt the hard way now. Lost at least 150+ important vids that I could have kept. No choice again.

Third party apps don advance pass that "copy and paste" BS. The particular one i use now is easy as easy should be...All i do is to sign into my Youtube account on the app and basically just be clicking the download button and the app uses google servers to the download speed is very very good...see below for example.

I no dey take properly "storing and backing up my files play" bro cuz i learnt the hard way . Mainly dealing in cloud storage these days sef cuz i have had access to a very stable fast internet for some months now and my old uni email ID has an unlimited Google drive storage as one of it's perks.

It was some months back I knew YouTube app data ain't differentiated from offline videos on Android. It just lumps them together.
I used one storage deep search app like SD Maid and found out YouTube was occupying about 6GB of space on my phone.

Na so I say wetin happen; began deleting random files. Cleared about 1.5GB worth of data that day only to find out it has corrupted some offline videos as some native files were deleted. That's how I lost about 50 videos that day. I was just thankful it wasn't that much and the key ones weren't too affected.
I no know say major one dey prep for me few days ago.

It's like YouTube has an aversion for VPNs. Prolly preventing anonymous users and the likes.

Cc Oyaskii

oyaskii:
Third party apps don advance pass that "copy and paste" BS. The particular one i use now is easy as easy should be...All i do is to sign into my Youtube account on the app and basically just be clicking the download button and the app uses google servers to the download speed is very very good...see below for example.

I no dey take properly "storing and backing up my files play" bro cuz i learnt the hard way . Mainly dealing in cloud storage these days sef cuz i have had access to a very stable fast internet for some months now and my old uni email ID has an unlimited Google drive storage as one of it's perks.

Which app, pls?

oyaskii:
Third party apps don advance pass that "copy and paste" BS. The particular one i use now is easy as easy should be...All i do is to sign into my Youtube account on the app and basically just be clicking the download button and the app uses google servers to the download speed is very very good...see below for example.

I no dey take properly "storing and backing up my files play" bro cuz i learnt the hard way . Mainly dealing in cloud storage these days sef cuz i have had access to a very stable fast internet for some months now and my old uni email ID has an unlimited Google drive storage as one of it's perks.

Great!! Which app be this?

Na when I hear Google's crackdown on one of those YouTube premium alternative apps earlier this year. Na so I gradually lose interest in 3rd party stuffs oo. I don forget the app name, it was the one that had the most YouTube like and advanced features.

abduleez1:
Happy Halloween.....

I don't mind sucking those boobies to turn into mystique

abduleez1:
It was some months back I knew YouTube app data ain't differentiated from offline videos on Android. It just lumps them together.
I used one storage deep search app like SD Maid and found out YouTube was occupying about 6GB of space on my phone.

Na so I say wetin happen; began deleting random files. Cleared about 1.5GB worth of data that day only to find out it has corrupted some offline videos as some native files were deleted. That's how I lost about 50 videos that day. I was just thankful it wasn't that much and the key ones weren't too affected.
I no know say major one dey prep for me few days ago.

It's like YouTube has an aversion for VPNs. Prolly preventing anonymous users and the likes.

Cc Oyaskii

Rule 101.... YouTube lumps all the data that concerns it together making the app data bloated and stressing your ROM unnecessarily! So it is always a bad idea saving offline videos on the app!.

YouTube is one of Google's main tool of making money and they treat it as delicate as a child. Their devs change API to the app weekly!, to curb things like using VPN or watching Premium on a modded version. Back then i use to have a premium modded apps that could work for months without issue, but Google devs changed the game and now i am on GitHub weekly to find new repositories to keep my Youtube Premium alive.

Bro....Best bet..you shouldn't be investing heavy data on the YouTube app. If you see video you like, like it or saved to "watched later" and go on third party to download. Google are moving mad with thier unicorn .

pu7pl3:


Na this kind Halloween I dey like

Let's make a threesóme

kendrick93:
Escape From Mogadishu (2022)- 9/10 Thrilling... Edge of my seat all through!

have you seen escape from Pretoria?

abduleez1:


Great!! Which app be this?

Na when I hear Google's crackdown on one of those YouTube premium alternative apps earlier this year. Na so I gradually lose interest in 3rd party stuffs oo. I don forget the app name, it was the one that had the most YouTube like and advanced features.

The app is called SnapTube.

lol The app should be the "Vanced" app. Google was changing the apis to Youtube so much that the guys developing the Vanced app just gave up cuz it was becoming too much work

But other Devs aren't tired yet and source code for YouTube premium are being modded weekly. There's an app called "Revanced" that came out the week "Vanced" stopped working....Devs dey vex

WHITELIGHTER:


Which app, pls?

Snap tube...look for the modded version to bypass ads.

abduleez1:


Great!! Which app be this?

Na when I hear Google's crackdown on one of those YouTube premium alternative apps earlier this year. Na so I gradually lose interest in 3rd party stuffs oo. I don forget the app name, it was the one that had the most YouTube like and advanced features.

so this guide assumes you have a PC and a good internet connection

my go to app for bulk downloads is jdownloader2

once you have downloaded and installed it - set it up to monitor the clipboard.

then you can go to your link on youtube and copy the link. it will capture it. you can also copy playlist links. these will also be captured. you can open a ton of broswer tabs - but then you will need a broswer extension like copy all tabs

as you can see in the attcahed pictures - a playlist of files has been captured. you then have to filter out stuff you dont need. eg separate audio files [i used to use jdownloader to download music off youtube - but i a now a 320kb/s guy and youtube audio is 128kb/s]

clear out the text descriptions, clear out the audio files and download.

when you have downloaded you can use an app like bulk rename utility to clear out all the 1080p stuff in the name.

not all vidoes have same quality. some [esp for old tv shows may be in 360 or 240p. however more recently loaded videos can be fiull 4k. if you dont want this size you can also reduce it.

the app is intuitive

one fine evening i downloaded all the honest trailer videos

abduleez1:


Dunno how credible but insiders say Black Adam lands in China on Nov 11.

Not true...As of now, it has no release date...

GloriousGbola:
one fine evening i downloaded all the honest trailer videos

IDM does this as well. Basically opening a particular video page on YouTube will and IDM will pop up a download window for the video in different format.

Kaycee7:
Do my eyes deceive me or is that Aishwarya Rai in a 2022 movie? Mama obviously ain't quitting anytime soon

Met her twice in the restroom

oyaskii:
IDM does this as well. Basically opening a particular video page on YouTube will and IDM will pop up a download window for the video in different format.

yes. the difference is with jdownloader, you can download multiple playlists. and you can set their size if this option is available. i use both .

also jdownloder 2 is free while you have to pirate idm - and the app gets updated like every 2 months. [assuming you dont just buy it]

GloriousGbola:


yes. the difference is with jdownloader, you can download multiple playlists. and you can set their size if this option is available. i use both .

Jdownloader use to be my goto for downloads especially for complex downloads like those from a "MEGA" account but all of a sudden, it started slowing my PC down and using to many resources, i just had to ditch it. Have you experienced such?

AnfieldFan:


Not true...As of now, it has no release date...

I see.
Could still land a date since The Batman got one and they've been more favourable to DC release than MCU phase 4 recently.

GloriousGbola:


yes. the difference is with jdownloader, you can download multiple playlists. and you can set their size if this option is available. i use both .

also jdownloder 2 is free while you have to pirate idm - and the app gets updated like every 2 months. [assuming you dont just buy it]

The current IDM i am using, i downloaded about 6 months ago. Thier updates are mainly minute and sparingly affects any core function. A crack IDM from 2020 will still work just fine today.

oyaskii:
Jdownloader use to be my goto for downloads especially for complex downloads like those from a "MEGA" account but all of a sudden, it started slowing my PC down and using to many resources, i just had to ditch it. Have you experienced such?

nope. works just fine for me

oyaskii:
The app is called SnapTube.

lol The app should be the "Vanced" app. Google was changing the apis to Youtube so much that the guys developing the Vanced app just gave up cuz it was becoming too much work

But other Devs aren't tired yet and source code for YouTube premium are being modded weekly. There's an app called "Revanced" that came out the week "Vanced" stopped working....Devs dey vex

.yeah, it's Vanced.

Lolz at the bolded.

GloriousGbola:


nope. works just fine for me

Well i couldn't figure out the problem, but then i was running it on a 4GB Ram, Core I3 PC tho. I recently costume built a 12GB Ram PC running on a decent Gen Intel processor so i will give it another go.