This might be overkill and finicky for you to set up for your purposes, but there's a self-hosted open source app called Tube Archivist which I've had success with:

Tube Archivist<https://www.tubearchivist.com/>

I installed it on my Raspberry Pi home server, and it has a web interface that lets you subscribe to Youtube channels and automatically download videos. It has a Docker deployment, so you should be able to install it on Windows, though I haven't tried that myself. I mostly use it to download train and cat videos, haha.



Sean Murphy
Head of Systems and Open Infrastructure
Illinois Tech Paul V. Galvin Library
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From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of charles meyer <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2025 2:52 PM
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Subject: [Ext][CODE4LIB] You Tube Downloader

My esteemed listmates,

I don't have I-net access 24/7 so I like to download instructional YT
videos and watch offline.

Over the years I've used 3D YoutTube Dwonloaderr, Easy You Tube Downloader,
Video Download helper and 4K Downloader.

None now work.

Have you used any free Windows-based YT downloader in the past month?

Thank you,

Charles.

Charlotte County Public Library