MediaDownloader

[loin2kolpotoru]

Media Downloader is a Qt/C++ based GUI frontend to CLI multiple CLI-based tools that deal with downloading online media.

Download the portable version and from here -
https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-d ... r/releases

[FileHandler]

Thanks. Works exactly as I had hoped for.
Except for the tiny font size, it's a really great tool. Been playing around with various options and added my own presets. So far I am very happy with it. Still struggling to also download French subtitle files *.fr.srt — if available. If anyone can help me out with that, I'd appreciate it.

[rbon]

Still struggling to also download French subtitle files *.fr.srt — if available. If anyone can help me out with that, I'd appreciate it.

Hi FileHandler,
try this workaround using 2 (two) online resources:

TranscriptVT
1. go to YouTube al look for Your favorite video(s) and select the YouTube link of video
2. go to TransscripYT https://transcripyt.com/ and paste URL of video, then press submit (confirm URL)
3. in next page select 'Caption Language', confirm Language (press return), then 'Download caption': you download a file with name 'captions.txt'
4. You obtain a .txt file with text of Your video

TXT to SRT Converter
1. go to TXT to SRT Converter (by ToolSlick) https://converts.me/tools/conversion/su ... txt-to-srt
2. in the page of 'TXT to SRT Converter'
--> Select file (captions.txt)
--> press Convert
--> select text in Output panel and press Ctrl-C (copy)
--> paste the selected text in Your favorite Text Editor, from row 1, and save it with extension .srt
3. use Your .srt subtitle file in desired language
4. done

[FileHandler]

Thanks rbon,
your workaround is a bit tedious, but works flawless. What's more, the convert tool comes in handy for other purposes.

I was hoping for a combined download of both, video and subtitle file, in one go. Kept foraging the Portable Freeware Collection and as it turns out, 3D Youtube Downloader was once able to do it:
https://yd.3dyd.com/help/subtitles_support/

Unfortunately, it no longer downloads Youtube videos. I found it still functional for downloading subtitle files, though. So for the moment, this two-pronged process of using separate downloaders gets the job done.

Maybe some future update of MediaDownloader will have an option to include .srt files or even offer several choices like it does for video formats.

[Midas]

3D Youtube Downloader was once able to do it

[...]

Unfortunately, it no longer downloads Youtube videos. I found it still functional for downloading subtitle files, though. So for the moment, this two-pronged process of using separate downloaders gets the job done.

Maybe some future update of MediaDownloader will have an option to include .srt files or even offer several choices like it does for video formats.

Cool trick, good to know.

CLI-only yt-dlp might be another option to consider, since it allows fine tuning subtitles download -- e.g., see these options:

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--write-sub                      Write subtitle file
--write-auto-sub                 Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)
--all-subs                       Download all the available subtitles of the video
--list-subs                      List all available subtitles for the video

Have you thought about making a suggestion to MediaDownloader's devs at Github?

Sadly, 3DYD isn't FLOSS but illustrating the case as you just did might make it a swift upgrade for their program...

yt-dlp subtitles

[rbon]

3D Youtube Downloader was once able to do it:
https://yd.3dyd.com/help/subtitles_support/

Unfortunately, it no longer downloads Youtube videos. I found it still functional for downloading subtitle files, though.

I have tested latest 3D Youtube Downloader (rel. 1.20.8 of August 9, 2024) and it download normally YouTube videos.

For details see this post on Portable Freeware Forum viewtopic.php?p=107631#p107631

[FileHandler]

@rbon, you are right, 3DYD does indeed download videos. Maybe I tricked myself when tweaking options and predefined templates. Just tried Simple Mode instead and — eureka — it works. Must re-visit advanced mode and double-check what went wrong there.

Have you thought about making a suggestion to MediaDownloader's devs at Github?

Good idea. Gone and done it.

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--write-sub                      Write subtitle file
--write-auto-sub                 Write automatic subtitle file (YouTube only)
--all-subs                       Download all the available subtitles of the video
--list-subs                      List all available subtitles for the video

Thanks for pointing out yt-dlp. It was exactly the reminder I needed. Every so often I come across a situation where I wish I could construct my own custom command, but instead of diving into it there and then, I always put it off.

Well, not this time around. The tutorial already open in another browser tab, I am about to do it. Right NOW.