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Video Download Plugin (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by PixelDrift@slrpnk.net to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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I would like a simple way to download videos from the internet. For example, from YouTube, but also from social networks or, ideally, streams. Specific add-ons for YouTube exist, but I'm looking for something more general.

There are probably hundreds of Firefox plugins that promise to do this. However, many of them don't seem to be very good. Which plugin do you use for this?

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[–] stormio@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Does it have to be a Firefox extension? If not, I would use yt-dlp. It's open source and easy to use.

[–] diemartin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you use Android, I recommend Seal. It uses yt-dlp internally, nicely packaged into an Android app.

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately Seal has not had a release in over a year, since October 2024. It may still work but due to a recent (November 2025) change in yt-dlp an external JavaScript runtime is now required for full YouTube support.

There is YTDLnis as an alternative. It's on F-Droid but for some reason the page for it 404's (it's clearly there in my client though).

[–] diemartin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, good to know.

I haven't downloaded anything from YouTube recently, but will switch to YTDLnis.

Thanks!

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is what I use. I use OpenWith extension to invoke yt-dlp from Firefox. This extension was abandoned in 2021 but it still works.