Direct Video Downloader (formerly Direct YouTube Downloader) 1.3

Direct Video Downloader is an intuitive application designed to download videos from YouTube and save them to the computer with their original format. But you can also extract the audio stream and save it to MP3 instead. The tool addresses all types of users, regardless of their skill level.

The interface of the app is based on a standard window with an attractive appearance, where you can enter a video URL, playlist URL or name of a YouTube user, in order to download clips. Evidently, Direct Video Downloader can be set to get multiple clips automatically (from a playlist or user).

You can specify the download folder and bit rate for the MP3 conversion mode, enable Clipboard live monitoring, skip the downloading of files that already exist, as well as make Direct Video Downloader run at system startup automatically.

In addition, you can use a search function for the downloading queue, view a history list, switch to a different language for the UI, as well as open the target folder to explore downloaded items.

Direct Video Downloader carries out downloading and conversion jobs swiftly while using a moderate-to-high amount of CPU and system memory. It manages to delivers audio and video files with a very good image and sound quality. We have not experienced any issues in our tests. 

To conclude, Direct Video Downloader comprises the necessary and suffice elements for downloading clips from YouTube and saving them to MP3 quickly, effortlessly and while preserving quality.