FreshVideo Downloader

FreshVideo Downloader is a lightweight Windows application whose purpose is to help you download videos from YouTube to your computer using a set of straightforward actions.

You are welcomed by a clean layout that has only a few configuration settings to offer. The utility offers support for a help manual but you do not need to consult it in order to understand how it works, as the dedicated parameters are intuitive.

FreshVideo Downloader gives you the possibility to download clips by specifying the target URL and picking the saving directory. A few configuration settings are hidden under the program’s hood for helping you monitor the clipboard for URLs and pick the default folder where the videos are stored.

What’s more, you are allowed to select the YouTube download quality (normal or best when available) and set up proxy parameters (address, port number, username and password). You also run the utility at Windows startup.

On the downside, the program hasn’t been updated for a while so you may experience bugs on newer operating systems. We have tested it on Windows 8.1 Pro and come across several errors while trying to download videos from YouTube.

All things considered, FreshVideo Downloader comes packed with basic features for helping you download videos from YouTube. The tool needs functionality improvements in order to allow you to extract audio streams (e.g. MP3, WAV, OGG) from videos, grab multiple items at the same time, and activate a post-processing task at the end of the process (e.g. shut down the computer, play sound notification).