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I will try these suggestions,and report back on what happens. Thanks for the info..!

I tried the VLC media player option. Kept getting code error message; would load url, then error message would pop up, and had to close. I got yt-dlp-gui installed, copied and pasted the url, then i get input is not correct error....

Can you post the url that is causing the trouble?

I just installed youtubedl-gui (Debian Bookworm) and tested both audio and video and both are working fine here...

I tried it here with Brave browser.... I still get error check input. Tried to install on my other computer, i got "unable to install files,check component output"

I just had a quick look through brave extensions and can't see anything specific to yt-dlp, which extension do you use?

I was using the installation from synaptic package installer on Linux MX. youtube - dl - gui I didn't use an extension from Brave browser. Is there a dedicated extension that Brave has...??

I guess I misunderstood this post.

CaptNoize wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2024 10:16 pm I tried it here with Brave browser.... I still get error check input. Tried to install on my other computer, i got "unable to install files,check component output"

Does this mean you cannot install youtubedl-gui?

youtubedl-gui (the apt package) doesn't use a web browser afaics, it is a standalone package that you enter the yt video address into and it gives you the option to download audio/video/both, and has its own menu item in the multimedia category. I just tested youtubedl-gui again on a random video and everything is still working properly here, version 3.0-2

Have you checked in brave browser settings to see if you have any extensions installed? Brave -> Settings -> Extensions -> Manage this should show any extensions installed. Otherwise I'm not sure how you are downloading yt content through your browser.

CaptNoize wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 3:23 am I was using the installation from synaptic package installer on Linux MX. youtube - dl - gui I didn't use an extension from Brave browser. Is there a dedicated extension that Brave has...??

There are many extensions available, from Brave -> Settings -> Extensions -> Get more extensions type youtube download into the search bar and many will appear, it might be a good idea to also do a quick online search for brave extensions for downloading youtube videos which could give you some guidance for what you could expect from any particular extension.

I found one on Foxfire. Youtube Download Helper. Works fine, but you have to install another package via Linux Terminal. It works,that's all that matters.