|     Contribute     |     Fork     |     Rate
Source code of BYTubeD
(from GitHub)

BYTubeD - Bulk YouTube video Downloader

Firefox extension to download YouTube videos in bulk.
Discontinued!
Home     |      FAQ     |      Help     |      Screenshots     |      Issues & Fixes     |      Development     |      Acknowledgements

Home Q: What's new?
A: BYTubeD disabled!
(Sep 27, 2013)

Features at a glance

  • Helps in batch downloading YouTube videos on any page
  • Can grab YouTube video links from: any web page, a local HTML or text file and system clipboard
  • Can be used to download YouTube Playlists (as a by-product of the ability to batch download)
  • Formats Supported: FLV, MP4, WebM, 3GP (subject to availability)
  • Qualities Supported: 144p, 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p HD, 1080p HD, Original (subject to availability)
  • Can download subtitles in the chosen language, if available.
  • Can be used in combination with download managers like DownThemAll

For more details, please see the FAQ page.

News


Disabling BYTubeD    (Posted on 27 September 2013)

Previously YouTube used to change things in ways which were easy to adapt to. Now they have started encrypting some portions of the video URLs. And the encryption schemes are sufficiently random to consider the effort of chasing around these changes to be futile, if at all legitimate.

So, highly probably BYTubeD will never be back again in its normal working condition. The development versions on this site will continue to be available, but I have disabled the add-on on addons.mozilla.org.

I do not have any plans to resurrect BYTubeD, given the state of affairs. Programmers who think they have enough time to spend on hacking the encrypted URLs can get the existing code of BYTubeD from here and try to modify it.

Users who still wish to test their luck may try version 1.1.2a2.

Adiós amigos!


Posted on 27 September 2013    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.1.2a2    (Posted on 11 February 2013)

The problem with direct download through 'Enqueue for Download' has been solved (almost). Please install the fix from the link below. In addition to that, an option has been added to suppress the warning displayed when 'Enqueue for Download' is used with more than 5 downloads. See Preferences -> User Interaction.

Install BYTubeD 1.1.2a2

Posted on 11 February 2013    |    Comments

Problem with 'Enqueue for Download'    (Posted on 12 January 2013)

Recently there have been some changes in the Firefox extension API. After these changes, the 'Enqueue for Download' option is not working properly. It throws some exceptions and the videos fail to get downloaded. I am working on this problem. Meanwhile please use the 'Generate Links' option and use a download manger such as DownThemAll to actually download the videos.

For this same reason, eventhough the problems caused by YouTube changes (on 19th Dec 2012) have been resolved, I did not upload the fix on amo.mozilla.org and so the users will not receive the fix automatically. Please install the dev-version 1.1.2a1 to get rid of this problem.

Install BYTubeD 1.1.2a1

Posted on 12 January 2013    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.1.2a1    (Posted on 19 December 2012)

Today YouTube changed the way they serve the videos and BYTubeD stopped working for most videos. Please install this new version to get rid of the problem.

Install BYTubeD 1.1.2a1

Posted on 19 December 2012    |    Comments

BYTubeD Facebook Page    (Posted on 28 October 2012)

Now BYTubeD has a Facebook page. Users are requested to use this new page for any queries and discussions. Comments may still be posted in the current web site, but the facebook page is more convenient for me to share any quick updates.

Posted on 28 October 2012    |    Comments

New Version - 1.1.1    (Posted on 20 September 2012)

Fixes the following issues:
  • Videos are not downloadable in FLV format. Please see this discussion for more details.
  • Non-English characters are not shown properly in the file name.
Install BYTubeD 1.1.1

Posted on 20 September 2012    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.1.1a2    (Posted on 19 September 2012)

Videos are not downnloadable in FLV format with versions upto 1.1.1a1. This version (1.1.1a2) fixes the problem. Now FLV videos can be downnloaded. Please install 1.1.1a2 and if you observe any issues, please report them here in the comments.

Install BYTubeD 1.1.1a2


Posted on 19 September 2012    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.1.1a1    (Posted on 19 September 2012)

This version (1.1.1a1) fixes the issue with non-English characters (they are not shown properly in the file name), that got introduced in 1.1.0. Please install it and if you observe any issues please report here in the comments.

Install BYTubeD 1.1.1a1


Posted on 19 September 2012    |    Comments

New Version - 1.1.0    (Posted on 15 September 2012)

YouTube has made some changes to their code. Versions of BYTubeD till 1.0.9 are not able to help download most of the videos. The new version 1.1.0 adds fixes for these changes. Please install 1.1.0. If you observe any issues, please report them in the comments of this post.

Install BYTubeD 1.1.0

Posted on 15 September 2012    |    Comments

New Version - 1.0.9    (Posted on 05 September 2012)

The latest version (1.0.9) of BYTubeD has been uploaded and it is public now. Following is a summary of important changes in the new version.

Features Added

  • Support for downloading subtitles
  • Support for 3gp format
  • Ability to scan all tabs of the current window for YouTube links
  • Show clip length along with Title and other columns in the selection window. Please see this discussion for more details.
Issues Fixed
  • Watch-links file gets generated even when not asked for. Please see this discussion for more details.
  • Video list order is messed up in the Selection Window and the Preserve Order option does not work with FF 12+. Please see this discussion for more details.
  • Non-contiguous selection of videos does not work with FF 15+. Please see this discussion for more details.

Install BYTubeD 1.0.9


Posted on 05 September 2012    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.0.9a5    (Posted on 30 August 2012)

This version (1.0.9a5) just fixes the issue with non-contiguous selection of videos in Firefox 15+. Please note that the earlier dev-version (1.0.9a4) has the following major feature additions:
  • Scan all tabs of the current window for YouTube links
  • Support for 3gp format
  • Fetch subtitles when they are available
Version 1.0.9a5 includes all these new feautures and fixes the issue of video selection. Please install 1.0.9a5 and explore the "Additional Features" tab. If you observe any unsual behaviour, please report it in the comments of this post.

Install BYTubeD 1.0.9a5


Posted on 30 August 2012    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.0.9a4    (Posted on 28 August 2012)

This new version adds the following features:
  • Scan all tabs of the current window for YouTube links
  • Support for 3gp format
  • Fetch subtitles when they are available
Please install 1.0.9a4 and explore the "Additional Features" tab. If you observe any unsual behaviour, please report it in the comments of this post.

Posted on 28 August 2012    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.0.9a3    (Posted on 04 August 2012)

This new version fixes the issue: "Preserve Order option does not work." Please see the Issues & Fixes section for a download link for 1.0.9a3.


Posted on 04 August 2012    |    Comments

Dev-versions Renamed    (Posted on 04 March 2012)

Firefox is somehow treating 1.0.8a1 and 1.0.8a2 as lower versions than 1.0.8 and soon after installing 1.0.8a1 or 1.0.8a2, it is downgrading BYTubeD to 1.0.8. In order to make Firefox believe that these dev-versions are more recent, 1.0.8a1 has been renamed as 1.0.9a1 and 1.0.8a2 has been renamed as 1.0.9a2.

Posted on 04 March 2012    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.0.8a2    (Posted on 27 February 2012)

This new version fixes the issue: "Watch-links file gets generated even when not asked for." Please see the Issues & Fixes section for a download link for 1.0.8a2.


Posted on 27 February 2012    |    Comments

New Development Version - 1.0.8a1    (Posted on 23 February 2012)

A new development version (1.0.8a1) is up for trying. This version shows Clip Length along with Title and other columns in the section window. Please see the Development section to install the new version.

Posted on 23 February 2012    |    Comments

Site Changes    (Posted on 20 February 2012)

  • Added RSS feeds for News
  • Added a FaceBook Like button near the description
  • Added ShareThis buttons that float on the left side

Posted on 20 February 2012    |    Comments

New Version - 1.0.8    (Posted on 17 February 2012)

This is not really a new version in that it does not add any new features above 1.0.7. It just fixes some issues reported with 1.0.7. Rest is just the same.

Posted on 17 February 2012    |    Comments

BYTubeD - Issues in 1.0.7    (Posted on 12 February 2012)

Please see the Issues & Fixes section.

Posted on 12 February 2012    |    Comments

Site Changes    (Posted on 12 February 2012)

  • News section has been added in the Home page.
  • The "Keyboard Shortcuts" page has been merged into the Help page
  • Help page has been split into two: FAQ and Help
  • Development page has been split into two: Issues & Fixes and Development

Posted on 12 February 2012    |    Comments
Subscribe