You are not the only one facing the issue, it started a few days ago. Some users, having discovered the lack of an option to fetch videos from YouTube, raised a complaint at the official FDM forums. A developer on the FDM team, Alex, responded to the thread by saying, YouTube downloads are not available in the program anymore.
He also clarified that the team was discussing the issue with Google in order to find a resolution. When users asked him for more details, the developer said that FDM had received a claim from Google, and they had to "turn off the option for YouTube downloads". This was the reason why the feature has removed from the popular program. We'll get back to that in a bit.
Usually, software are not targeted by legal issues like piracy, except in rare cases when a record label randomly sends out a DMCA or a Cease and Desist order. Remember the youtubedl fiasco? Back to the issue at hand, Google forbids extensions on the store from downloading YouTube videos. The FDM extension clearly does not download the videos, it just sends the command to the program. The FDM desktop application, like many programs, is just a tool, and it is the up to the user to decide how they want to use the program.
It is a little strange why the search giant went after Free Download Manager in particular, while similar programs haven't been targeted. The problem with FDM seems to have started with version 6. If you have an older build, could you use it to download YouTube videos? Intrigued by this thought, I tried a slightly older version, and it gave me a different error that said "Can't process page.
So, I went all the way back to version 5, and it still gave me an error, but this time it said "Parsing failure. YouTube downloads are not available. So why were older versions displaying the error?
Clearly this error isn't specific to the version being used, so it has to be server related problems. I can think of 2 possibilities. One, something has changed on YouTube's end, which is causing the error. It seems unlikely, since I was able to download the videos using other programs. The other theory is that Free Download Manager relies on an external service for YouTube downloads, probably to parse the video links fetch the metadata, URLs, resolution, etc. I mentioned earlier that the developer had to "turn off the option for YouTube", this is likely the intermediary service that was taken down.
Here's a Web Archive version of it from April The page's disappearance does seem like a serious issue, and it remains unclear whether FDM will add support for YouTube downloads again. Take a look at our previous article for more ways to download videos. I use 2 different ones for FF that only recently began working intermittently. Not gonna mention names not giving google harvest intel to kill them.
YouTube-DLG called youtube-dl-gui in the Linux world, I seem to recall is a convenient graphical front end originally designed for youtube-dl but that seems to work fine with yt-dlp. But nevertheless I think its a shame that the possibility is gone. Works always for me. Do not forget to use an ad blocker. There are lots of DMCA law suits going on. See torrentfreak. FDM are just trying to protect themselves. I use Web Downloader to download youtube videos from youtube4kdownloader.
Also Web Downloader is a fast and lightweight download manager but without browser integration. I just stream youtube stuff using VLC. A fix in the form of a youtube. Youtube beta-tests downloads with Youtube Premium.
This might be the reason, why they forbid it now? This fish stinks and his name is money! SaveFrom and IDM are my favorites, both are free. Free for the first 30 days. It says this version if YouTube is out if date use your browser. Where did YouTube go. It worked Nov 3, early am. FDM matched it all.. I guess I will remove FDM now, because that was their only use for me. No youtube, useless FDM at least for me.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Superb fast on torrent downloads! How is it possible?
I don't know what is the problem with uTorrent latest update on my machine but for now I'm more happy and thankful with FDM. Don't overpay and don't use cracks - download FDM, an amazingly powerful and hassle-free tool. I use it professionally in different environments to ensure that large downloads are fast and resumeable.
Always works without a hitch. Thank you so much for this product. It is the best because it really provides its name stands for. I've been using your product since times when ReGet was in place and everybody thought that there is nothing better it. You're the best!! I want to thank you for developing such a wonderful tool and even offering it for free.
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