Install
Installer — download Video.Downloader_<version>_x64-setup.exe
and run it. Installs for your user only, so it needs no
administrator rights, and it updates itself afterwards.
Portable — would rather not run an installer? Take
Video.Downloader_<version>_x64-portable.zip, extract it anywhere
and run video-downloader.exe. Nothing is written outside that
folder and deleting it removes the app. It does not self-update.
Command line — scoop install video-downloader, once you have
added the bucket. See the README.
Check what you downloaded
Every file's SHA-256 is listed in SHA256SUMS below. On Windows:
Get-FileHash .\Video.Downloader_<version>_x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256Each artifact also carries a build attestation — a signed
statement that this exact file came out of this exact commit, in
this repository's own workflow:
gh attestation verify Video.Downloader_<version>_x64-setup.exe --repo Erryb95/video-downloader-converter
That says more than a checksum alone: a checksum shows the file is
intact, the attestation shows where it came from.
"Windows protected your PC"
Expected — the installer is not code-signed. More info →
Run anyway. If you would rather check first, the attestation
above is the more meaningful test;
VirusTotal is also an option.
Bundles FFmpeg (GPLv3) and yt-dlp (Unlicense); see
THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md, included in the installer.