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@Chaos-dwg Chaos-dwg released this 14 Jul 10:48
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MediaGrabber is a polished Windows desktop app for downloading media with yt-dlp and FFmpeg — no command line, no manual FFmpeg install.

v1.0.1 is the current release and supersedes v1.0.0, which has been withdrawn. If you are running v1.0.0, please replace it with this build.

Lawful use only. MediaGrabber is intended solely for downloading media you own, have permission to download, or are otherwise authorised to save. You are responsible for complying with the terms of service of any site you use it with and with applicable copyright law. Cookie import is provided only so you can access content you are personally entitled to; it is optional and never enabled automatically.

What changed in v1.0.1

  • The bundled FFmpeg distribution has been updated to a pinned LGPL build, fixed by URL and SHA-256.
  • The build now fetches exactly one known FFmpeg artifact and verifies its hash.
  • Complete third-party licensing and notices now ship inside both packages: MediaGrabber's MIT licence, THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt, the full FFmpeg LGPL v3 text, and full build provenance.
  • FFmpeg source information and the build scripts are published as assets on this release.
  • Fresh SHA-256 checksums for all assets.

Nothing about how you use the app has changed.

The bundled FFmpeg
Build ffmpeg-n7.1.5-2-g998de74adf-win64-lgpl-shared-7.1
FFmpeg version n7.1.5-2-g998de74adf-20260713
Upstream FFmpeg release/7.1, commit 998de74adf
Licence LGPL-3.0-or-later
Builder BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds, release tag autobuild-2026-07-13-14-11
Archive SHA-256 6e3fcd3c40e4f66806d5249fe784eaf3a789f1f2d4859662a2b8c05d8fd624fc

It is configured without --enable-gpl (so libx264, libx265, libxvid and the other GPL-only components are disabled) and with --enable-version3, which makes the applicable licence LGPL v3. The binaries are unmodified.

MediaGrabber executes ffmpeg.exe as a separate process and links no FFmpeg library into itself. The FFmpeg libraries ship as separate DLLs, so you can replace them with your own compatible build by swapping the files in the bin folder — no relinking of MediaGrabber is required.

FFmpeg source

Published as assets on this release, so it stays available regardless of upstream:

  • ffmpeg-source-998de74adf.tar.gz — the FFmpeg source corresponding to the bundled binaries
  • ffmpeg-build-scripts-BtbN-autobuild-2026-07-13-14-11.tar.gz — the build scripts and configuration used to produce them

The exact ./configure line can also be reproduced by running ffmpeg.exe -version. Full details are in legal/FFMPEG_BUILD_INFO.txt inside each package.

Features

  • Automatic metadata on paste/drag/clipboard: thumbnail, title, uploader, duration, upload date, size estimate, and available quality.
  • Mandatory Save As for every download — you always choose the folder, filename, and extension.
  • Queue with configurable concurrency, pause/resume, and per-item cancel / retry / remove.
  • Live progress: percentage, speed, ETA, downloaded/total size, and current stage.
  • FFmpeg processing: audio extraction/conversion, video+audio merge, thumbnail & metadata embedding, chapter preservation, subtitles (incl. auto-subs), and SponsorBlock.
  • Persistent history and an expandable, redacted log that never records cookies or tokens.
  • Dark & light themes, remembered window size/position.
  • Bundled FFmpeg — detected automatically, never dependent on your PATH.
  • MusicMilk support via an extensible site-resolver layer, in addition to everything yt-dlp supports.

Supported formats

  • Audio: MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, Opus, AAC — selectable bitrate (Best / 320 / 256 / 192 / 128 kbps; disabled for lossless).
  • Video: MP4, MKV, WebM.

Installation

Requires Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit). Python is not required — FFmpeg is bundled.

  • Installer (recommended): download MediaGrabber-1.0.1-Setup.exe and run it. Per-user install (no admin rights), Start Menu shortcut, optional desktop shortcut, clean uninstall that preserves your settings/history.
  • Portable: download MediaGrabber-1.0.1-portable-win64.zip, unzip anywhere, and run MediaGrabber.exe.

Code signing

These builds are unsigned. Windows SmartScreen may warn you the first time you run the installer, and some antivirus products flag PyInstaller-packaged applications. Because the builds are unsigned, verifying the checksum below is the meaningful integrity check.

Verify your download

SHA-256 (also in SHA256SUMS.txt):

4e684abe07485bd6d0cf98f76a815074da82eeb8b696e24ed590e4356d4071cd  MediaGrabber-1.0.1-Setup.exe
f9e517e64943f7a06fb68751a45c37ef87fa9356c803e694ccab7b7124b3f848  MediaGrabber-1.0.1-portable-win64.zip
196e5de88b20b4aa2305c87b4be81ee38b5e684aebebfedfed1150e9754bf548  ffmpeg-source-998de74adf.tar.gz
a19d91e1b5663cabd5b27f1ae1df073b41b54129dda504a3d7832ce54671f8f6  ffmpeg-build-scripts-BtbN-autobuild-2026-07-13-14-11.tar.gz

Get-FileHash .\MediaGrabber-1.0.1-Setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

If the hash does not match, do not run the file.

Licensing

MediaGrabber is MIT-licensed; the licence and copyright notice ship inside both packages as LICENSE.txt. Third-party components are listed in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt. The full FFmpeg LGPL v3 text ships as legal/FFmpeg-LICENSE-LGPLv3.txt.

Release history

v1.0.1 — Current release

Updates the bundled FFmpeg distribution and adds complete third-party licensing, notices, source information, and updated checksums.

v1.0.0 — Superseded

The original release has been withdrawn and replaced by v1.0.1. Please use the current release.

Known limitations

  • Sign-in-required, region-locked, or actively bot-blocked content can't be bypassed; MediaGrabber shows a clear message but cannot circumvent access controls.
  • DRM-protected streams are not supported.
  • File-size estimates depend on what the source reports and may be approximate or missing.
  • The set of supported websites changes over time and is not guaranteed for any given site.
  • Windows-first: packaging, the installer, and the bundled FFmpeg target Windows.
  • Builds are unsigned (see above).

Notes

  • This repository distributes compiled releases only; MediaGrabber's application source code is not published here.
  • Verified before release: the app's own test suite passes, and the bundled LGPL FFmpeg was exercised across every audio format offered, video+audio stream-copy merging, MKV remuxing, WebM (VP9+Opus) encoding, subtitle embedding, metadata and cover-art embedding, and paths containing spaces. Both the installer and the portable edition were installed, launched, and uninstalled.
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