YDL-UI Changelog

What's new in YDL-UI 2.9.1 Portable

Jan 4, 2024
  • Use yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl
  • Fix links for YouTube ID downloads (#102)
  • .NET Framework v4.8 (upgrading from v4.5)
  • Update Translations

New in YDL-UI 2.9.0 Portable (Sep 18, 2021)

  • Made the download queue independent of the sorting order
  • Added setting to disable video title prefetching (only accessible from settings file - see b8bccd5)
  • Added shortcuts for starting/stopping downloads (#92)
  • Added auto retries for failed downloads (#97)

New in YDL-UI 2.8.1 Portable (Jun 19, 2021)

  • Add option to disable using current date & time for downloaded files (#87, #83)
  • Fix crash when opening a deleted download directory (#93)

New in YDL-UI 2.8.0 Portable (Jun 7, 2021)

  • Add subtitle selector (#82)
  • Add embed subtitles option (#84)
  • Add option for custom download arguments.
  • Use current date & time for downloaded files (#83)
  • Fix missing scrollbars on command preview.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl to 2021.06.06.

New in YDL-UI 2.7.0 Portable (Mar 29, 2021)

  • Added download command-line preview tab (#81)
  • Preset dropdown now has dynamic width (#81)
  • Merged post-processing tab with general tab (#81)
  • Fixed minor bugs.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl to 2021.03.25.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.13 Portable (Dec 17, 2020)

  • Added language: German
  • Added language: Portuguese
  • Fix download columns collapsing (#79)
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl to 2020.12.14

New in YDL-UI 2.6.12 Portable (Nov 13, 2020)

  • Added language: Polish
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl to 2020.11.12
  • Use youtube-dl instead of fetching directly from GitHub Releases when using Settings > Binaries > Update

New in YDL-UI 2.6.11 Portable (Oct 31, 2020)

  • Switched to using yt-dlc while the official youtube-dl repository is unavailable.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl to 2020.10.31

New in YDL-UI 2.6.10 Portable (Sep 27, 2020)

  • Update packaged youtube-dl to 2020.09.20 (#69)
  • Update packaged FFmpeg to 4.3.1 (#69)

New in YDL-UI 2.6.9 Portable (Sep 3, 2020)

  • Added language: Chinese
  • Improved video format selector for non-standard aspect ratios.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.8 Portable (Aug 14, 2020)

  • Add button to show filename keyword dialog. (#66)
  • Add write subtitle option. (#68)
  • Update packaged youtube-dl to 2020.07.28.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.7 Portable (Jun 17, 2020)

  • Added language: Russian (#64)
  • Added option to add metadata. (#61)
  • Completed downloads can now be restarted. (#65)
  • Add localization support for keyword descriptions and update interval text. (#60)
  • Fix language detection on start. (#60)
  • Update packaged youtube-dl to 2020.06.16.1.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.6 Portable (May 23, 2020)

  • Add embed thumbnail option (#58).
  • Fix progress value for completed downloads (#57)
  • Fix 403 forbidden error.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version to 2020.05.08.
  • Updated packaged FFmpeg version to 4.2.2.
  • Updated Italian language - ydl-ui_i18n.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.5 Portable (Mar 13, 2020)

  • Download List:
  • Added playlist column.
  • Added button that clears all download logs.
  • Fetch video title for added downloads. (#55)
  • Added frequency option for update checking.
  • Fixed URL import when using shared options.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version to 2020.03.08.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.3 Portable (Nov 20, 2019)

  • Download List:
  • Added Download Directory column. (#49)
  • Added Title column. (#49)
  • Edit columns by right-clicking column header. (#49)
  • Columns now remember order/width on restart. (#49)
  • Fixed bug preventing downloads being added via the command-line.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version to 2019.11.05.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.2 Portable (Nov 4, 2019)

  • Download list columns now auto-size when changing language.
  • Updated user-interface to improve support for different languages. (#46)
  • Fixed window size when switching between basic/advanced mode.
  • Fixed empty language dropdown.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.1 Portable (Oct 31, 2019)

  • Fixed bug that prevented startup.

New in YDL-UI 2.6.0 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • Add multi-language support (#42)
  • Add cookie support (#39)
  • Support for adding drag-dropped downloads automatically (#40)
  • Fix regional decimal separator (#41)
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version to 2019.10.29

New in YDL-UI 2.5.3 (Sep 1, 2019)

  • Allow stopping of download when status is processing
  • Use hh:mm:ss format for ETA column
  • Fix progress bar contrast for selected rows (#31)
  • Fix download log window icon (#35)
  • Fix download log flicker and jumping issues (#35)
  • Fix youtube-dl update button during active downloads (#36)
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version to 2019.09.01
  • Misc bug fixes.

New in YDL-UI 2.5.2 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Added import/export download feature (#26).
  • Download URL tooltip is now the video title (#28).
  • Fixed minimum window size (#25).
  • Presets now have a simple URL matching option.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version to 2019.07.02.
  • Bug fixes.

New in YDL-UI 2.5.1 (Jul 1, 2019)

  • Improved format selector generation (#19, #22)
  • Added 144p and 8K resolution options
  • Added 50, 48, and 24 fps options
  • Added option to remember previous download settings (#21)
  • Bug fixes.

New in YDL-UI 2.5.0 (Jun 23, 2019)

  • Added custom format selector.
  • Added command-line support for video URLs.
  • Added updater for external youtube-dl (binaries tab in settings).
  • Fixed tab order for download dialog.
  • Fixed default focus for "Add Download" dialog.
  • Misc bug fixes.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version from 2019.04.30 to 2019.06.21

New in YDL-UI 2.4.1 (May 3, 2019)

  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version from 2019.01.17 to 2019.04.30

New in YDL-UI 2.4.0 (Jan 22, 2019)

  • Added option to clear individual download logs.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version from 2018.12.17 to 2019.01.17

New in YDL-UI 2.3.0 (Dec 28, 2018)

  • Added stop download option.
  • Added setting to resume downloads on startup.
  • Fixed add download window position when changing modes.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version from 2018.11.23 to 2018.12.17

New in YDL-UI 2.2.0 (Dec 5, 2018)

  • Added download interface presets.
  • Added "Processing" download status (when ffmpeg is running).
  • Added filename template keyword library.
  • Added more suggestions for filename template textbox.
  • Improved settings interface.
  • Bug fixes.

New in YDL-UI 2.1.0 (Dec 2, 2018)

  • Added "Check for Updates".
  • Added tooltips. (#5)
  • Added playlist range item editor.
  • Removed border around download list.
  • Reduced portable build filesize by removing embedded resources (youtube-dl & ffmpeg).
  • Portable build now has "Portable" in the title.
  • Fixed text contrast of selected downloads in the download list. (#6)
  • Fixed "Add Download" dialog resizing. (#4)
  • Fixed disabled option in preferences.

New in YDL-UI 2.0.0 (Nov 28, 2018)

  • Added download list.
  • Portable mode supported. (#2)
  • Packaged with ffmpeg and youtube-dl version 2018.11.23.
  • Resizable windows.
  • Basic Mode - Provides minimal UI for basic download tasks.
  • Drag & Drop video links to download.

New in YDL-UI 1.4.5 (Oct 9, 2018)

  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version from 2018.09.08 to 2018.10.05.

New in YDL-UI 1.4.4 (Sep 8, 2018)

  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version from 2018.09.01 to 2018.09.08.
  • Fixed load order of profile settings.

New in YDL-UI 1.4.3 (Sep 3, 2018)

  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version from 2018.07.29 to 2018.09.01
  • Added file association for saved profiles.
  • Added extract audio checkbox option.
  • Prompt to save current profile, when creating a new one.
  • Bug Fixes.

New in YDL-UI 1.4.2 (Aug 17, 2018)

  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version from 2018.06.14 to 2018.07.29
  • Removed "output format" option
  • Removed "marked watched" option
  • Removed "age limit" filter option
  • Added default download directory if one isn't specified

New in YDL-UI 1.4.1 (Aug 17, 2018)

  • Added "Check For Update"
  • Fixed bug relating to presets

New in YDL-UI 1.4.0 (Aug 17, 2018)

  • Added presets that can be saved in XML format
  • Added functioning options menu:
  • Added option for default preset
  • Added option to close preset on download start
  • Added option to save on close

New in YDL-UI 1.3.1 (Aug 17, 2018)

  • Updated packaged ffmpeg version to v4.0 32-bit.
  • Updated packaged youtube-dl version to 2018.06.14.
  • Added missing tooltips.
  • Added wiki link.
  • Custom format selector now syncs with the currently selected video quality presets when disabled.
  • Fixed installer not updating packaged binaries when updating to a newer version.