MacYTDL can now use YT-DLP as well as youtube-dl. YT-DLP works for Macs running macOS 10.15 Catalina and higher. It also has been tested to work on Macs running macOS 10.13 High Sierra and macOS 10.14 if two library files can be sourced. Some detail on the two library files is provided on page 41 of the Help.
YT-DLP has many additional features that are not yet implemented in MacYTDL. Those features can be added by using a ".config" file. See page 28 of Help. Detail on YT-DLP is available here: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.
Version 1.19 needed a lot of work to use YT-DLP. So, there may be bugs that testing has not yet found. Please report any bugs or bad experiences in an issue here or send an email to macytdl@gmail.com.
In addition to implementing YT-DLP, in version 1.19:
- MacYTDL now works better on M1 Macs (with high resolution Retina screens).
- Batch functions dialog is now correctly positioned.
- Multiple downloads now working again.
- The “Play” function of the “Adviser” can now play the first video in a completed batch download.
- Fixed the bug in which the SBS “Episode Chooser” incorrectly referred to “Season 1” for all downloads.
- Fixed another bug in the SBS “Episode Chooser” in which errant numbers were sometimes shown before episode detail.
- The “Alerter” tool is now used for all component installations.
- A preference file maintained by macOS is now deleted by the “Uninstall” process.
- MacYTDL no longer crashes on Quit if there is a non-null URL.