The Best Youtube-dl Alternative on Mac and Windows - Allavsoft

Overview

Youtube-dl is a command-line software to help users to download videos from YouTube and other websites. But many Youtube-dl users are posting threads in Google forum for complaining Youtube-dl issues and also asking for Youtube-dl alternatives. See some Youtube-dl issues I collected in Google forums:

• I find that Youtube-dl only supports to download videos in limited output formats, how can I download the video to the specific video format that Youtube-dl does not support?
• Can you add one anime video website as your supported site? My kid likes to watch anime videos on this anime website, but this anime site is not supported by Youtube-dl.
• Why Youtube-dl can not download some videos from its supported video site? I tried three times, but all failed.
• My god, Youtube-dl can not help me to download one YouTube video. I restart Youtube-dl and it is still not working. Why and is there a Youtube-dl alternative to help me to successfully download my needed YouTube video?

Whenever you encounter one or more than one Youtube-dl issue, like the above ones, you will want to try a Youtube-dl alternative. If you have not make the decision for which Youtube-dl alternative you should choose, then try Allavsoft which is recommended as the best Youtube-dl alternative.

The Best Youtube-dl Alternative on Mac and Windows - Allavsoft

• Download online videos from over 10,000 video websites, including the DRM-protected ones, YouTube, Vimeo and some Youtube-dl unsupported ones.
• Easy to use, simply copy and paste the video or music url to Allavsoft, and click Download button, it will automatically start and finish the task.
• Directly download any online video to any video format, like directly download YouTube videos to FLV, AVI, MP4, MOV, WTV, MXF, AVCHD, WTV, etc.
• Directly download Youtube videos, music to MP3, FLAC, WAV etc.
• Batch downloading the videos and subtitles from the supported video websites.
• Download online video with no quality loss and at the fastest downloading speed.
• This Youtube-dl Alternative can fully work on any version of Mac or Windows.

Guide on Downloading Video with Youtube-dl Alternative

Follow the steps below to download YouTube video or other videos.

Make Preparation: Free download Youtube-dl Alternative

Free download the professional Youtube-dl Alternative Mac or Windows - Allavsoft ( for Windows , for Mac) , install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import YouTube URL

Open YouTube website, enter the keyword in the search bar or browse the YouTube category to find the YouTube video that you want to download. Copy this YouTube URL and paste it to Allavsoft. You can also drag and drop the YouTube URL to Allavsoft.

Step 2 Set final output format (Optional)

By default Allavsoft will save the YouTube original video format as the output quality, so if you want the YouTube original video format you do not need to set any special option. If not, click the "Automatically Convert to" button to select your needed video format as your output format.

Step 3 Start to download YouTube video

Click "Download" button to complete downloading YouTube video.