Open Video Downloader

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\u003cimg src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui/v2.0.0/renderer/img/icon.png\" alt=\"logo\" align=\"left\" height=\"100\"/\u003e\n\n# Open Video Downloader (youtube-dl-gui) \u003cbr\u003e ![version badge](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui?label=latest-release) ![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui) ![downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui/total) \n[https://jely2002.github.io/youtube-dl-gui](https://jely2002.github.io/youtube-dl-gui)\n\nOpen Video Downloader is a simple, cross-platform desktop application that lets you download videos, audio, subtitles and metadata from hundreds of supported websites, not just YouTube.  \nIt provides an easy-to-use interface around [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) so you don\u2019t have to touch the command line.\n\n\n## Features\n\n- **Cross-platform:** works on Windows, macOS and Linux.\n- **Audio or video downloads:** grab full videos or extract only the audio track.\n- **Subtitles and metadata:** automatically saves available captions and video information.\n- **Quality control:** choose your preferred resolution, frame rate, and output format like MP4 or MKV.\n- **Playlists:** download entire playlists in one go.\n- **Custom output:** set your download location and control filenames using presets or custom templates.\n- **Smart queueing:** OVD balances multiple downloads automatically so your computer doesn\u2019t slow down.\n- **Authentication:** supports browser cookie files, basic auth and video passwords.\n- **Automatic updates:** both the app and yt-dlp are kept up to date automatically.\n- **Light and dark mode:** adapts to your system theme with clear progress and error handling.\n- **Shortcuts:** queue and download videos using shortcuts, stay up-to-date on progress with notifications.\n\n## Download\n\nThe latest versions for **Windows**, **macOS** and **Linux** are available on the  \n[GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gu",
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