Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to download a media using custom options.

The options fields can be used to enter the full options list to be sent to youtube-dl with only one requirement of the format code being the first entry on the list, for example:-

1. If you want to download an audio file with best audio then enter bestaudio in the option field.
2. If you want to download an audio file with best audio and convert it to mp3 for example then enter bestaudio -x --audio-format mp3 in the option fields.

Please refer to youtube-dl for all of its available options.

2. How to add custom commands to preset list.

For easy access, you can add your own custom commands to the preset list by going to configure tab and then preset options tab. In the Ui Name field, add a text that will show up in the preset list menu and in the Options field, add arguments that will be sent to the backend when the preset entry is selected and then press Add followed by Save.

3. How to make downloaded media not have weird text in the file name.

By default, youtube-dl and its forks create files that are in title-id.extension format and what you seem to not want is the id part and you can remove it by doing the following:-

1. Go to "Configure" tab.
2. Go to "Engines's Default Options" tab.
3. Select the engine's name you want to change its options.
4. Go to the default download options' text field.
5. Replace -o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s with -o %(title)s.%(ext)s.

Be aware that the id part is useful and removing it may cause problems as discussed here.

4. How do i make downloaded media be in a subfolder with a name equal to the channel name.

1. Go to "Configure" tab.
2. Go to "Engines's Default Options" tab.
3. Select the engine's name you want to change its options.
4. Go to the default download options' text field.
5. Replace -o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s with -o %(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s.

5. How do i use the playlist downloader tab.

1. Enter the playlist url in the Enter Playlist URL text field.
2. Enter the options necessary to filter out playlist entries you do not want in the Get List Options text field text field.
3. Press the Get List button and observe that only the entries that match the criteria you entered above will show up on the UI. The UI will get disabled until this step is finished.
4. Enter options necessary to customize what type of media you want to download in the Download Options text field. This is the place where you set what media quality you want to download.
5. Press the Download button to start downloading and the UI will get disabled again until this step is finished.

6. What are commonly used options in the "Get List Options" in the playlist tab.

1. --playlist-items. Use this option if you want to see only a selected entries in the playlist. An example that will cause media downloader to show playlist entries from the 12th entry to the 15th entry is --playlist-items 12-15.
2. --break-on-existing. This option should be used if you want the processing of playlist entries to stop when the id of the current entry that is being processed is found in the archive file.
3. --skip-on-existing. This option should be used if you want the entry of a playlist to be displayed in the UI but not get downloaded when its id is found in the archive file.
4. --match-filter "duration<=300". This option should be used when you want to filter out all videos that are more than 300 seconds long.

7. How do i create a context menu on Chrome or Firefox to open links in Media Downloader.

• If you are using Chrome then install this extension and if you are using Firefox then install this.
• Go to the extension's configuration page and then add -u [HREF] in the arguments text field if you want a link to simply be added to Media Downloader.
• Go to extension's configuration page and then add -a -u [HREF] in the arguments text field if you want a link to be added to Media Downloader and Media Downloader to automatically start downloading it.