VODForge

About VODForge

Save YouTube video and audio, build your local library, and watch it your way. Free, open-source YouTube downloader for Mac and Windows.

In the maker’s words

I built VODForge because I work with a CTV company that needed to pull YouTube videos from our channel partners into our media workflow. Converter sites are always an option but the bitrate wasn't optimal for a CTV network that needs to make multiple streaming version off of a single source file. So I build vodforge to use yt-dlp and ffmpeg under the hood with preconfigured settings for the highest quality end result, automatically adjusting the output settings based on source quality, frame rate, and things like that. It became a game changer internally for us because we were able to avoid sketchy converter sites and avoid paid converter software. Eventually I decided to release it for free and others loved it as well. We started to add support for many of the features that other software charges for, supporting 4K, playlist support, customizing application theme, persistent searchable …

Where people found it

• Hacker NewsShow HN: VODForge – a free local desktop UI for YouTube video/playlist downloads39 points13 comments27 days ago