FAQ

Here you will find a list of common questions and issues you may run into while using youtube-dl-gui.

I can't open a video I downloaded

Sometimes a video gets downloaded in a format that isn't supported by all media players. This can be fixed by watching the video in VLC media player, or by transcoding it to another format. Add

I added a playlist, but the app shows only one video?

This can happen if the playlist is bigger than 50 videos. Because of performance reasons the app merges all videos together into one 'playlist video'. You can change the 50 video limit with the 'Split playlists into separate videos' setting.

How do I download private videos?

Please take a look at the tutorial on this subject.

What do all the settings do?

For more information on what all the settings do, take a look at the wiki page about this subject.

I got an error, what do I do now?

For a list of all errors and their common causes and solutions please take a look at the wiki page. If you got an unhandled error make sure you report it.