

If you are familiar with the command-line, you can use the youtube-dl command line to download videos very easily. So… how do you download Youtube videos? 1. Of course, we could have requested that they sent us the source files directly, but it was much quicker to go through an online video platform. It even happened to me on the professional side, when a video editing agency sent us all the videos we order through their Youtube page. You may also want to download Youtube videos when your friends send you private Youtube videos and you want to keep them. For example, you may need to download a bigger video if you have a flaky internet connection (or will when on the road). Obviously, I’m not suggesting to do this for illegal reasons, but for practical ones. This said, sometimes you need to download videos from these platforms.

Now online videos are a huge part of the media market, and they may well become the main one in a new future (if they aren’t already, I didn’t check). Before that, you had to download the entire video before being able to see it. You can download songs from YouTube Music onto the computer, no matter what type of account you are owning.Video streaming was the great invention that made online videos very popular, thanks to a rapidly growing infrastructure. But the good news is that we will completely solve the problem in the following part. There is no way to keep them on the computer forever. You cannot move, transfer or share these songs. Downloaded songs are still just cached files for offline listening.

But even so, the problem is not completely solved. That said, if you want to listen to songs offline, you have to become a member. More importantly, the free accounts of these 2 music streaming services cannot download songs for listening offline. Both services cap streaming quality: the free YouTube Music option tops out at 128kbps (desktop app, web player, and mobiles) and free Spotify maxes out at 160kbps (desktop app and mobiles). Besides, you can skip the advertisements after 5 seconds and skip as many songs as you like, while another platform - Spotify that gives free tier limits this to 6 songs an hour.īut you will still easily find that YouTube Music is similar to Spotify. The free account of YouTube Music has no limits on functionality. If you wish to use the memberships with your families, subscribe to a family plan, which can be shared with up to 5 people for $15 a month.īecoming a subscriber of YouTube Music Premium, you are allowed to get access to the entire ad-free music catalog and play songs on mobile phones while the app is closed. The normal Individual plan costs $10 a month and the student plans cost $5 a month. It also provides a paid option called YouTube Music Premium (it is different from YouTube Premium). YouTube Music offers a free, ad-supported option.
