Software Details
ChrisPC Free VideoTube Downloader is a powerful software with a friendly user interface that allows you to download videos and playlists from YouTube,
videos from Dailymotion, BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Viaplay, ABC, FOX, CBS.com, Vimeo, Prosieben, Metacafe, CBC.ca many more video websites.
Once the videos are downloaded, you can convert them to formats compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod, MPEG-4 H.264, MP3, AC3.
Version 14 comes with new features and improvements:
- Added new advanced features Playlist Preview and Playlist History for YouTube videos, that lets you easily find the videos you want to download from a playlist.
The Playlist Preview loads all available videos from a playlist and lets you filter/search the list by name. You can also sort the list alphabetically, by duration or author.
Video selection can be made individually by clicking the checkboxes from 1st column or by batch using the SHIFT key and UP/DOWN arrow keys (or mouse) and pressing the SPACE key.
With Playlist History you can monitor new videos added to a playlist from previous versions or compare it with another list.
- Added the option Set live recording end time (available for YouTube live streams and M3U8 streams, by pressing on the 3 dots menu of the video). It can be adjusted at any time during live recording.
- Added the option Disable sleep mode while software is running, it will prevent your PC from entering in sleep mode (Settings->Advanced settings).
- Link Finder Expert is a new powerful feature to be used when you can`t detect and download your video using copy/paste mode or with Link Finder engine.
- Improved detection using Link Finder for videos from My5, Channel4, TVNow, TVNZ, threenow, UKTV Play, RTEPlayer, TG4, Atresplayer, NPOStart, 9Now, 7Plus, GlobalTV, CityTV, CTV, VirginPlayer, TF1, Prosieben, 6play, TVAPlus, VRai, MediasetPlay, Kijk, Zee5 and many more.
- Added the Advanced Mode to Link Finder engine, which lets you choose the browser type from a list of 25+ browser configurations, like Safari on iPhone, Edge on iPad, Chrome on Android and many more.
This way, you can find different video streams (like M3U8, MPD, MP4 or MP3) for the same video content depending on the platform it is played on.
- Added advanced settings where you can choose how many parts to be downloaded at same time for M3U8 and MPD DASH streams. If your Internet connection is fast you can download up to 10 parts simultaneous.
- Improved download speed by up to 15x times for M3U8, MPD and F4M streams.
- Added segmented download option to improve YouTube video download by up to 12x times.
- Improved Link Finder engine detection of HTML 5 videos, M3U8, F4M, MPD, MP4, M4A, M4V, MP3 video and audio streams.
- Video Download History keeps a log of all your downloads, helps you find downloaded videos by title, author, day of download.
- Added the option to automatically select subtitle language to download for YouTube, ITV, BBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX and others.
- You can download videos up to 3 GB with the free version from the popular video websites: YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Metacafe.
- Record live streams from YouTube, Livestream, Ustream, M3U8 HLS and F4M HDS streams.
What's new in latest releases
- Improved detection for videos from mewatch.sg, kinostream.com, Channel4, Videoland, Rakuten Viki, Roku Channel, ITV, CBS, animeonegai.com using Link Finder Expert.
- Improved stream detection for GlobalTV, Radio Canada, Tou.tv, Raiplay.it,RTE, TG4, DiscoveryPlus, Shahid.net, YouTube.
We have good news for those passionate users that are searching and downloading their favorite videos from the net and want to be up-to-date with latest technology, entertainment, news and trends.
From now on ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader has a Professional version that enhances the power of this useful tool.
Besides having an easy to use interface to get the right quality download from a series of video platforms (like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, CBS, ITVX , BBC iPlayer, ABC iView, CBC Player) ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader Pro brings a new impressive feature: Video Link Finder.
Video Link Finder detects streaming protocols like RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol), HDS (HTTP Dynamic Streaming - F4M), HLS (HTTP Live Streaming - M3U8) and VOD files (Video-On-Demand files like MP4, MOV, FLV, MP3, AAC etc).
Learn more about the Link Finder feature...
The Link Finder engine is powered by its own browser for a light access to the video platforms or websites.
Having embedded a multi-tab enabled web browser with light fingerprint, it is suitable for identifying the media URLs for the video content that you are looking for.
Its intuitive interface gives you the option to enter the URL of the website or video platform you want to browse.
While browsing and playing the desired video content in the embedded browser, Link Finder engine detects and displays all URLs to video content, indicating the video type and the URL where the video content is located for each video found.
You have then the option to add the URLs to the download list and start the downloads.
You have different devices that use Android or iOS and you want to download the right compatible video content?
For this the Link Finder feature from the Pro version has another handy feature. By selecting the right platform combination one can select the mode that the Link Finder's embedded browser will emulate when started.
In this way the right webpage version (corresponding to your mobile device) will be displayed and parsed in the embedded browser giving access to the most convenient version of the video content.
More than that, you can have several tabs within the same instance of Link Finder's embedded browser using the same mode emulation.
Link Finder comes with 5 modes to emulate the browser: Chrome mode, Internet Explorer mode, iOS Phone mode, Android mode, iOS iPad mode.
These browsers modes can be handy in case no downloadable video content is detected in one of the modes, but is available for the other ones.
YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Metacafe, DailyMotion became our way of sharing video content, personal experiences, news, entertainment content, for some of us our way of living.
And are used every day by milions and milions of people.
There are moments when you want to download some nice videos either music videoclips, news, tutorials, cartoons, documentaries and/or even (old) good movies.
Why? Because they might be removed from YouTube or you want your favorite collection of videos with you when you are offline: on the beach in a remote island ;) or when flying.
Now how to do that? Simple just download and use our free tool. It's really easy.
ChrisPC Free VideoTube Downloader is much more than it's name says. It's FREE and it downloads the desired online video locally on your laptop/PC whenever you want and in the selected video format.
Futhermore our software let's you even convert the file in a convenient format for your portable devices either being an iPhone/iPad/iPod.
Just paste your Video link into the input box from ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader, press the "+" button or the "Paste and Add to the list" button and the link is added to your download list.
You can also drag and drop the link directly into the list area, by using the Fast Drag&Drop mode which can be enabled/disabled from the "More settings..." button.
ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader knows how to handle most of the playlists of YouTube. You can add a playlist link to the download list like a normal individual video link.
To load playlist with more than 15 videos you will need to activate the Add-on Package for ChrisPC VideoTube or the ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader Pro license.
Before the first download please select your download/output folder on your laptop/PC in the input field "Download Folder", you either can type the full path or just click on the folder icon and select your folder.
You added one or more links to your favorite online videos, now is time to check the power of ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader Converter.
The software lets you select the video download quality for each YouTube video or for all at once. You can choose between: MP4 H.264, WebM Vp8, FLV H.264, 3GP video formats and 2160p 4k, 1080p HD, 720p HD, 480p, 360p, 270p, 240p, 144p video qualities.
Also if you can't access a video from your region/country you can use a proxy connection or ChrisPC Free Anonymous Proxy connection to download any video, please note that the Proxy connection will be disabled after 15 minutes if you don't have the Add-on Package activated.
If you want to put your videos on your iPad or convert the videoclip to a high-quality MP3 file for your MP3 player or other video formats, you just have to enable the "Convert downloaded videos to" and select the format you want your YouTube video to be converted. Some of the conversion formats are available only with the Add-on Package.
Using the blue/download/down-arrow icon you can start the download and convert process for a selected video from the list. Or you can start the download and convert process for all videos from the list by pressing the button "Process all files from list".
Progress is shown per each video downloaded and overall, in the statics box from the right side below.
Licensing
ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader comes in 2 flavors: a Pro version and a Free version.
ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader Pro is a shareware software having a 14 day free trial period. During the trial period there are certain limitations. To benefit from the full power of this software you need to purchase a license. More details about purchasing can be found here.
ChrisPC Free VideoTube Downloader is a freeware software, which means is absolutely free for non-commercial use.
The free version can be enhanced with powerful features by activating the Add-on Package for ChrisPC Free VideoTube Downloader.
To find out the differences between the two versions, check the feature comparison page.
How to download your favorite online videos
Download any video or playlist from YouTube.com
Download any YouTube channel videos
Download any YouTube video and convert it to MP3
Download your favorite BBC iPlayer programme
Download your favorite ITV Player show
Download videos from ABC iView
Download videos from Prosieben, Clipfish.de, Sat 1
Download videos from ZDF Mediatek, MyVideo.de, Kabel Eins
Download videos from ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Syfy, Travel, History
Download videos from Pluzz.FranceTV.fr, France 1,2,3,4,5
Download videos from Vimeo.com
Download videos from DailyMotion.com
Download videos from Metacafe.com
Download videos from Blip.tv
Download videos from Veoh.com
Record live YouTube video streams
Record live video games from Twitch.tv
Record live streams from ustream.tv
Record live streams from livestream.com
Download videos from Livenation Screen Yahoo.com
Download your favorite videos from ARD and ARD Mediathek
Download your favorite videos from ZDF and ZDF Mediathek
Download your favorite videos from any Facebook page
Download your favorite SVTPlay.se show
Download your favorite NRK.no show
Download your favorite DRK.dk show
Download your favorite RTE Player show
Download videos, highlights from US Open website
Download videos, highlights from Australian Open website
Download videos from Shahid.net website
Download videos from CNN News channel
Download videos from Euronews News channel
Download videos from France24 News channel
Download videos from iView Australia
Download videos from Capital XTRA
Download videos from CBC Player
Download videos from Kanal 5 Play
Download videos from Kanal 9 Play
Download videos from Kanal 11 Play
Download videos from TV 3 Play
Download videos from TV 6 Play
Download videos from TV 8 Play
Download videos from TV 10 Play
Download videos from AtresPlayer
Download videos from PBS.org
Download videos from 4Tube.com
Features
ChrisPC VideoTube Downloader has many key features like:
- Video Link Finder detects popular streaming protocols like RTMP, HDS (HTTP Dynamic Streaming - F4M), HLS (HTTP Live Streaming - M3U8), MPEG-DASH MPD and VOD files (Video-On-Demand files like MP4, MP3, FLV, AAC etc).
- Video Download History feature keeps a log of all your downloads, helps you find a downloaded video by title, author, day of download.
- Delayed Download feature lets you choose when the video download will start. In case your ISP sets a bandwidth cap for your internet connection, this is a useful option that could save you time and money.
- Download and convert unlimited number of videos from YouTube, Prosieben.de, CBS.com, 7Plus.com.au, PLUS7 Catch up TV, ABC, FOX, ulive.com, VK.com, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Veoh, Metacafe, Blip.tv, LiveLeak, Break, Trilulilu, CommedyCentral.com, Spike.com, SouthParkStudios.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, TheDailyShow.com, ColbertNation.com and many more video websites.
- Support for all YouTube playlists, get all videos of any YouTube channel.
- Record live streams from YouTube, Livestream, Ustream.
- Record live M3U8 HLS streams.
- Record live F4M HDS streams.
- Record live RTMP streams.
- Supports the new MP4 DASH video format with all video qualities: 1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p, 240p, 144p.
- Download subtitles/closed captions from YouTube videos in .SRT file format.
- Use proxy connection or ChrisPC Free Anonymous Proxy connection to download videos blocked in your region/country.
- Fast download, with the option to set the number of downloads at the same time.
- Customize the filename of your downloaded YouTube video files using predefined templates or by changing them as you want.
- Monitors your clipboard for any video links and adds them automatically to the video download list.
- Multilanguage interface: English, French, German, Dutch, Romanian.
- Create a subfolder for each YouTube playlist or for each YouTube video channel.
- Download high quality videos from YouTube.com, SVTPlay.se, ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC, Syfy, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, ABC iView, Pluzz France TV, ZDF, PRO7, RTL, SAT1, Kabel1, SuperRTL and more.
- Advanced menu settings for each video (activated by right click on the video title): change video title, play downloaded video, play converted video, delete downloaded video, process again the video, convert downloaded video.
- Select the video file formats that should be loaded for each video: WebM VP8, MP4 H.264, FLV, 3GP or all formats.
- Select the quality of the YouTube video you wish to download: 1080p HD, 720p HD, 480p, 360p, 270p, 240p, 144p.
- Select the video format of the YouTube video you wish to download: MP4 H.264, WebM Vp8, FLV H.264, 3GP.
- Fast conversion, with up to 4 conversions at the same time.
- Convert videos to other formats: iPad, iPhone, iPod, MPEG-4, AVI Xvid, MP3, AC3.
- Fast drag&drop mode.
- Skinnable interface.
- Minimize ChrisPC Free VideoTube Downloader to systray.
What are the System Requirements ?
Hardware:
- 1000 MHz processor or higher, such as an Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon
- Memory : more than 1 GB RAM
- Good Internet Connection
- HDD Space : 400 MB
Software:
- Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
- Internet Explorer 11 or higher
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Last Update: October 12, 2024