r/jdownloader • • Aug 02 '24

Discussion Ongoing problems with YouTube downloads

95 Upvotes

YouTube looks to be doing website changes frequently these days.
This can frequently break tools like JDownloader.
While you can open new threads in this subreddit, this ultimately won't contribute for a faster fix as such problems are generally considered plugin issues which only the official devs can fix so here is a quick FAQ.

How to typically spot YT problems in JDownloader?
The 'Symptoms' include:

  • Error message 'Plugin defect'
  • YT items get displayed as offline in JD even though they are online and watchable in browser
  • Auto quality 'downgrade' in JD from higher resolutions to only 360p
  • Un-availability of higher resolutions in JDownloader while they are available on the YT website
  • YT links in JD being seemingly ignored (no items appear in linkgrabber)
  • Error "Sign in to confirm your age" along with inability to download age restricted items

Where can I find out about current JD YT problems?
Check the official JD YT forum thread.
Check out the most recent YT FAQ post in that thread.

What can I use as a workaround?
Try to use the popular open source commandline tool yt-dlp.
Using commandline tools is not hard (video tutorial) but just in case that appears to be the case for you, there are also graphical user interfaces available for yt-dlp. Here is one for example and here another.
Just keep in mind that yt-dlp can also be affected by YT changes.
If it fails too, check the yt-dlp repo for youtube related tickets.
Sure you can also use any other tool of your choice but yt-dlp is open source and actively maintained by the community so there are good chances of it working.

Does yt-dlp also work for downloading age restricted videos?
Yes, see yt-dlp documentation, especially for the parameter "--cookies-from-browser".


r/jdownloader • • 9h ago

Support YouTube playlist downloaded in "date added order" is it possible?

2 Upvotes

Ok so I need JD to download my 200-ish song playlist in the order that I added them.

So let's add "siren" first then I added "Let it go" second. I want JD to download it in that order, first to last.

Not when the video was uploaded in YT, but rather when it was added into my playlist.

Thank in advance


r/jdownloader • • 14h ago

Solved Is my account disabled?

3 Upvotes

Hi, I recently tried to log in to the JDownloader Community forum, but I keep getting the "invalid username or password" message. I hadn't used this account in years, so I wonder if it's disabled? Thank you.


r/jdownloader • • 1d ago

Solved JDownloader stopped working on Reddit

3 Upvotes

I've been using JDownloader for several months to download posts from Reddit profiles and it has always worked fine.

Since this week it stopped working on Reddit, altough it still works on other websites. I get the error message: "Not available for the current IP! reddit". (What can I do?


r/jdownloader • • 1d ago

Support How to make jdownloader download the HD version of redgifs videos? (instead of SD)

2 Upvotes

Is it possible to make jdownloader download the HD (high definition) version of videos from redgifs?

For some reason, it seems to only download the SD (standard definition) version for me.


r/jdownloader • • 2d ago

Support I'm running into a very unique problem that nobody else seems to have so far... NSFW

13 Upvotes

I like to download entire pornhub channels from my favorite creators using Jd2. Every month or so, I revisit their channels and paste the channel URL into linkgrabber to pick up any new videos. For videos that are already in my stash, I simply select “Already in downloadlist” and then “Delete” to remove them from the list.

Recently, though, I've run into a problem. When I paste a channel URL into linkgrabber, some videos I've already downloaded no longer show up under “Already in downloadlist,” which means I'm getting duplicates in my stash.

I've never removed any links from the download list, so I'm not sure what's causing this. My suspicion is that either the plugin is broken and needs to be fixed, or pornhub has started using different URLs for the same videos depending on the viewer's location. I recently moved to another country and also frequently use a vpn that changes my IP address, so I'm wondering if that could be related.

Has anyone else experienced this issue or know what might be causing?


r/jdownloader • • 1d ago

Solved Is Jd downloader still infected with anything?

0 Upvotes

Im trying to download an album from bunkr I heard there was viruses a couple months ago when I first decided to download so I didnt.


r/jdownloader • • 2d ago

Solved Invalid token

3 Upvotes

Hi. I've been getting the "error" : "invalid token" message when attempting to download videos manually, even after clearing website cookies and switching IPs on my VPN. Videos won't even play on the Bunkr in-browser video player. JD2 will retun a server error 403, and it's fully updated. Does anyone know a fix for this? Any help would be appreciated.


r/jdownloader • • 2d ago

Support Grabbing A/B Thumbnails from YouTube

1 Upvotes

Hi there! Recently, it's begun to vex me that I can't always download the thumbnail that I see onscreen when I look at YouTube. This happens because YouTube now allows creators to A/B test up to three different thumbnails for each video, and JDownloader only seems to be able to grab the "default" one, which isn't always the one I want! I would love to have the option to get them all.

This may not be possible from within JDownloader, so I'm interested to hear other solutions / workarounds as well. YT-DLP and the old "img.youtube.com/vi/[VIDEO-ID]/maxresdefault.jpg" trick seem to share the same problem.

Any help appreciated!


r/jdownloader • • 3d ago

Support Can j downloader works on redgifs ?

0 Upvotes

So I'm thinking of using j downloader to download from redgifs but i don't know

Could this works?


r/jdownloader • • 3d ago

Solved Teria um jeito de baixar um álbum inteiro do bunkr.cr?

0 Upvotes

baixar de um em um é um saco


r/jdownloader • • 5d ago

Solved Datanodes links?

2 Upvotes

How do I get links for Datanodes? The download button doesnt have a direct link and when i get a link from the download tab, jdownloader scans it for half a second and stops, putting nothing in the linkgrabber tab.


r/jdownloader • • 5d ago

Solved Can't seem to find my desktop as a download directory.

2 Upvotes

Zorin OS, as I know Linux might be a contributing factor to my lack of ability to figure this out.

I'm trying to download to a folder on my desktop, but it doesn't show up on the file browser. I copied the directory, and it prompted me about 5 times that the location doesn't exist and if I wanted to create it. I hit cancel and it put the new directory as the download location, but I don't want it to overwrite or somehow mess up the files already in the folder.

Is this a permissions thing? Is this a Linux thing? Any help would be appreciated.


r/jdownloader • • 6d ago

Known Issue Video Downloaders No Longer Working with YouTube

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3 Upvotes

r/jdownloader • • 6d ago

Support Quick way to show which files exist on disk and which have been deleted post-download?

2 Upvotes

If I download all the files in a package, then manually delete some of the files from File Explorer (not from JDownloader), JDownloader still shows all of the files with Download Finished status. If I delete a file from disk, I want to delete the link from the JDownloader package too. Is there a quick way to identify which files exist on disk and which don't?

I've tried selecting the link in the package and pressing the Delete key. If the file exists on disk, JDownloader shows a popup asking if I want to delete the file and remove the link. If the file doesn't exist, then it immediately deletes the link. However I have to do this one link at a time.

If I select multiple links - some that exist on disk and some that are deleted - and press Delete, the popup still appears


r/jdownloader • • 6d ago

Known Issue sometimes i can download Youtube videos, sometimes not

1 Upvotes

why?


r/jdownloader • • 7d ago

Known Issue Where is the other File Types Option?

2 Upvotes

I'm genuinely pissed off since this is the first time I dealt with this situation. Anyone have idea why this happened and how it be fix? Thanks, I just want other file types be choose again


r/jdownloader • • 7d ago

Known Issue nhentai.net or .to not working on jdownloader

1 Upvotes

When I paste a link from nhentai.net, it doesn't accept it. It just says in the bottom corner idle activity. I used to be able to download images from nhentai.net, and I also tried changing the extension to nhentai.to and nhentai.xxx. And now, there's this Cloudflare Site-Protection that stops my downloads. Does anyone know a fix?


r/jdownloader • • 9d ago

Solved Solving Cloudfare Turnstile Captchas manually

3 Upvotes

The support article lists two tools that are paid to solve these captchas. My questions is, why can’t I solve them manually in my browser myself? I never got the option and it didn’t open in Firefox

My OS is Debian w/ KDE plasma, which means Firefox is my standard browser


r/jdownloader • • 10d ago

Solved How to join JD2 Forum? (account been stuck in "moderation queue")

2 Upvotes

Hi,

I'd like to join the forum to seek support for some stuff but my account has been stuck in "moderation queue".

I tried to join the IRC channel (the Libera Chat), but I see this whenever I try to connect:

"Closing Link: 45.83.220.213 (SASL authentication to a NickServ account with a verified email address is required to connect from your current network. Please see https://libera.chat/guides/sasl for configuration assistance.)"

Please help?


r/jdownloader • • 11d ago

Discussion Is this the end of video downloading? I'm genuine concerned !

0 Upvotes

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A scary pattern that some websites have started using...

Something weird I came across today on sites like RedGIFs and xFree: it’s like there’s no actual link on the pages anymore! All video downloader extensions are saying they can't detect any media or page at all. Even web scraping extensions fail completely to see what’s on the page.

Will this going to effect j downloader ? On top of that, I noticed the URL in my browser address bar doesn't change when clicking around different things on the site, and I can't even go back to the previous page properly!

I'm genuinely worried this pattern will spread to YouTube, TikTok, and every other major platform. Is this going to end the world of video downloading for good?! Holy moly.


r/jdownloader • • 12d ago

Solved J downloader captcha issue solution??

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8 Upvotes

Anyone know how to solve this issue in jdownloader ??


r/jdownloader • • 12d ago

Solved How do I stop jdownloader from hiding my taskbar?

1 Upvotes

I'm on Windows 11. Whenever I open jdownloader the taskbar vanishes until I close it. What setting do I change for this?


r/jdownloader • • 13d ago

Support Only downloading from 1 package at a time, despite max simultaneous downloads being set greater than 1

3 Upvotes

I have multiple packages from various hosts. Each package has multiple links. If I press Start Downloads and then sort the packages by the Speed or ETA column, I can see that only one package is downloading at a time.

Relevant settings:

  • Max chunks per download: 3
  • Max simultaneous downloads: 5
  • Max simultaneous downloads per hoster: 1
  • Speed limit: 300 mb/s

The links in this one package are all from the same hoster, so I understand why only one link from this package is downloading at a time. It also makes sense why none of the other packages from this hoster are downloading. But there are many packages from other hosters, which should be downloading since only 1/5 of my concurrent downloads are happening.

Other things which could prevent other downloads, which aren't happening in this case:

  • None of the packages have error messages, dead links, download priorities, or are skipped/disabled.
  • The one download is 150 kb/s, so far less than the speed limit of 300 mb/s

r/jdownloader • • 13d ago

Support Dropbox cookie login not working

1 Upvotes

Constantly get this message even after copy pasting the JSON into it from multiple browsers multiple times for Dropbox