Downie 3.8.8

Downie – Ever wished you could save a video from the Internet? Search no more, Downie is what you’re looking for. Easily download videos from thousands of different sites. Supports many sites – currently supports over 1,000 different sites (including YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) and the number is rapidly growing. 4K video YouTube support – unlike many other YouTube downloaders, Downie supports HD video on YouTube, up to 4K.

Key Features

• Supports many sites – currently supports over 1,000 different sites (including YouTube, Youku, Bilibili, Vimeo, etc.) and the number is rapidly growing.
• 4K video YouTube support – unlike many other YouTube downloaders, Downie supports HD video on YouTube, up to 4K.
• Postprocessing – need your video in MP4 for iTunes? Or want just the audio track? No problem, Downie can handle this for you automatically!
• Quick support – I respond to emails usually within 24 hours and often add support for requested sites in the next update.
• Frequent updates – Don‘t wait weeks for new sites to be supported, or bugs to be fixed! Downie is updated about once a week with new features, sites supported, etc.
• International – not only that Downie supports country-specific sites, it is localized into various languages. If your language is missing, contact us – we can offer you a free license in exchange for a translation.

New in Downie 3

• UI Redesign – the UI has been redesigned from the ground up. It’s faster, more fluent and visually pleasing.
• Menu Bar Icon – control the downloads from the menu bar – without the need to switch away from your current work.
• Improved HLS Support – HLS streams download up to 4 times faster.
• DASH Support – DASH streams are now supported.
• Major Postprocessing Improvements – postprocessing of some downloads can take only a few seconds instead of minutes thanks to Downie analyzing the video prior to the conversion!
• Simple Mode – if your preference is to keep the UI as simple as possible, there’s a simple mode for you!
• File Grouping by Site and Playlist – all downloads can now be sorted into folders based on where you downloaded them from or from which playlist are they.
• Delayed Queue Start – schedule your downloads for the middle of the night so that you’re not hogging the bandwidth for the rest of the family!
• Popup Window Support in User-Guided Extraction – the User-Guided Extraction now optionally supports popup windows so that you can sign into sites that open login in a separate window.

Tips for using Downie

• To start, you can drag a link from any browser either on Downie‘s window, or the icon in the Dock.
• If you have more links, or links within some text, just drop the whole thing onto Downie – it will scan the text for links.
• You can use copy and paste as well – just press Command-O in Downie and you can insert all the links in the world!

What’s New in Downie 3.8.8

• New: Option to specify your own FFmpeg tool.
• Improved: abcnews.go.com, canalplus.com, ixigua.com, rainews.it, soundcloud.com, udemy.com.

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