Youtube Downloader HD Changelog

What's new in Youtube Downloader HD 5.4.2

Oct 19, 2023
  • The "Download entire playlist" option is now remembered when the program is turned off (requested by Paul H.)
  • Fix for download 720p videos in 30fps
  • Option to Stay on top of the other programs (requested by Andre L.)

New in Youtube Downloader HD 5.4.1 (Sep 17, 2023)

  • Option to choose whether or not to download the entire playlist (requested by many users)

New in Youtube Downloader HD 5.4.0 (Aug 26, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Unable to extract video info
  • Bug fix: "temp" video title

New in Youtube Downloader HD 5.3.1 (Jul 10, 2023)

  • Another slow download fix
  • Increase the maximum number of download threads to 64

New in Youtube Downloader HD 5.3 (Jun 29, 2023)

  • Troubleshoot slow download issue (thanks to the many users who reported the issue!)

New in Youtube Downloader HD 5.2.1 (Jun 14, 2023)

  • Small bugfixes

New in Youtube Downloader HD 5.2 (May 10, 2023)

  • Finally the Playlist Download is available with Youtube Downloader HD. Just add a playlist URL instead of a video URL and click "Add to Download Queue". This also works with video URL containing a "list" parameter.
  • Small bug fixes

New in Youtube Downloader HD 5.1 (Mar 25, 2023)

  • Significant increase in download speed for large videos (thanks to Dharam for help)
  • Bug fix: "The URL column can't be stretched" (thanks Ray for reporting the issue)

New in Youtube Downloader HD 5.0.0 (Feb 21, 2023)

  • Multi-threaded download is finally here! So I hope the problems with slow downloads are over :)
  • You can choose how many threads to use for downloading - from 1 to 32. This long awaited feature is currently in beta. So don't go crazy guys, increase the number of threads gradually.
  • Auto restart for failed download streams
  • Displaying the current speed in multi-threaded mode
  • If you have problem with the new download mode, You can choose the old one by selecting 1 thread option

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.4.3 (Dec 24, 2022)

  • Added the ability to add videos to the queue while downloading.

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.4.2 (Aug 22, 2022)

  • Bringing back the priority of mp4 format over webm

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.4.1 (Aug 17, 2022)

  • Small improvements

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.4 (Aug 4, 2022)

  • Added support for downloading YouTube shorts.
  • Requested by Steve R. and Saarang P.

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.3.3 (Apr 18, 2022)

  • Download speed fix

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.3.1 (Mar 17, 2022)

  • A few little improvements and bug fixes

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.3 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • Bug fix for error "Can't retrieve youtube video. Try another resolution"

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.2.1 (Dec 4, 2021)

  • New feature: Adding multiple URLs from the text file.
  • You can now add a bunch of videos to the download list at once instead of adding them one at a time. Just create a txt file and add URLs (one URL per line).
  • Requested by Jack L.
  • Better usability: New items "Copy URL" and "Copy Video Title" in the right-click menu of the video list.
  • Requested by Ray
  • Fix for better usability: Clear Video URL field after adding to list
  • Requested by Max
  • Bug fix: Incorrect numbering in the video list after user manipulation

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.2 (Oct 16, 2021)

  • Low speed issue finally resolved! Thank you all for your patience :)

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.1 (Sep 23, 2021)

  • Usability feature: contextual menu with several options for removing items from the download list. Also you can still use Del key to delete selected item. Bug fix: Accidentally adding duplicate items to the download queue.
  • Bug fix: The Stop function in the middle of the download queue caused the download of the following videos to continue.

New in Youtube Downloader HD 4.0 (Jul 19, 2021)

  • Major release! Long awaited addition: the Download queue

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.5.3 (Jun 3, 2021)

  • Little fix: reverted to the user-set quality if download lower resolution
  • Thanks to all users who noticed this inconvenience.

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.5.2 (Apr 3, 2021)

  • Bug fix: download error 'Unable to extract video info'
  • Thanks to all users who helped to sort out the problem!

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.5 (Mar 18, 2021)

  • New feature: automatic download of video in a different resolution if the current one is not available
  • New feature: separate download for 720p 30 FPS and 720p 60 FPS videos

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.4.1 (Feb 25, 2021)

  • Minor bug fix:
  • Showing 99% download even though the video is fully downloaded.

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.4 (Jan 22, 2021)

  • Bug fix: problem with downloading big files (over 2GB). Thanks to all users, who reported about this bug

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.3.1 (Dec 22, 2020)

  • Bug fix: problem with some URLs

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.3 (Dec 7, 2020)

  • New option: now you can download 4K, 1440p or 720p video in 30 or 60FPS (if available)
  • Bug fix: problem with downloading large files
  • Bug fix: rename files on collision

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.2 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • Fixed Error: Can't Find YTPlayer

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.1 (Oct 28, 2020)

  • Fixed remaining download bugs

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.0.2 (Oct 27, 2020)

  • Fixed recent Download Errors: "Unable to download" and "Can't find js player"

New in Youtube Downloader HD 3.0 (Oct 9, 2020)

  • Added alot of options and video resolutions (4K Ultra HD, Quad HD!)

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.76 (Jul 28, 2020)

  • Fixed recent Download Errors
  • Video resolution added to file name

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.75 (Jul 10, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug with special characters in video title

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.74 (Jul 9, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug with video Title

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.73 (May 14, 2020)

  • Some fixes for parsing YT pages

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.55 (Jun 13, 2019)

  • Fixed download issue
  • New video format added: 1080p in 60 FPS!

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.50 (Jan 21, 2019)

  • Fixes for download bug

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.42 (Nov 8, 2018)

  • Fixed some bugs

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.31 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • Fixed some bugs

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.30 (Feb 15, 2018)

  • Fixed latest bugs

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.25 (Nov 13, 2015)

  • Fixed download issue due to recent Youtube changes

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.24 (Oct 24, 2015)

  • Fixed minor bugs
  • Autofill video url

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.23 (May 12, 2015)

  • Fixed: issue with Unicode filenames

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.22 (May 11, 2015)

  • Fixed: issue with filenames

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9.13 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • Fixed: downloading from YouTube

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.9 (Sep 14, 2013)

  • Significantly increased download speed

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.8 (Jul 15, 2013)

  • The download algorithm was fixed due to the latest changes on Youtube
  • VEVO videos can be downloaded again

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.7.2 (Jun 28, 2013)

  • The download algorithm was fixed due to the latest changes on Youtube
  • VEVO videos can be downloaded again

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.7 (Jun 24, 2013)

  • Fixed: download VEVO videos from YouTube

New in Youtube Downloader HD 2.9.6 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Small bug fixes
  • Some interface improvements