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@Chaos-dwg Chaos-dwg released this 14 Jul 11:26
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RogueFetch is a Windows desktop utility from Rogue Gain that downloads, converts, and organizes supported online media using a clear local interface — no command line, no manual FFmpeg install.

Lawful use only. RogueFetch 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.

Current release

RogueFetch v1.0.2 updates the product identity and includes the current FFmpeg distribution, licensing materials, source information, and checksums.

  • The product is now RogueFetch by Rogue Gain. The application, installer, shortcuts, icon and About screen carry the new identity.
  • The interface now follows the Rogue Gain visual system: graphite surfaces, off-white text, and the Rogue Gain yellow reserved for primary actions, active state, progress and focus.
  • Same bundled LGPL FFmpeg, same licensing and source materials, with fresh checksums.

Upgrading from MediaGrabber? The installer removes the previous installation for you, so you are not left with two copies. Your settings and history are carried across on first run. Nothing you downloaded is touched.

Earlier releases

Earlier MediaGrabber-branded packages have been superseded. Use the current RogueFetch release.

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, and you see the destination and output format before anything starts.
  • 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 RogueFetch-1.0.2-Setup.exe and run it. Per-user install (no admin rights), Start Menu shortcut, optional desktop shortcut, clean uninstall that preserves your settings and history.
  • Portable: download RogueFetch-1.0.2-portable-win64.zip, unzip anywhere, and run RogueFetch.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 RogueFetch-1.0.2-SHA256SUMS.txt):

4b30ff584fc367d2b9f26dda0a0537274cf957b35cae2e5d0aaf7e766584fb89  RogueFetch-1.0.2-Setup.exe
3c3bed273eaea360274652cce1635b4b53ced644d548000b6df818e6de482497  RogueFetch-1.0.2-portable-win64.zip
196e5de88b20b4aa2305c87b4be81ee38b5e684aebebfedfed1150e9754bf548  ffmpeg-source-998de74adf.tar.gz
a19d91e1b5663cabd5b27f1ae1df073b41b54129dda504a3d7832ce54671f8f6  ffmpeg-build-scripts-BtbN-autobuild-2026-07-13-14-11.tar.gz

Get-FileHash .\RogueFetch-1.0.2-Setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

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

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

Configured without --enable-gpl (libx264, libx265, libxvid and the other GPL-only components are disabled) and with --enable-version3. The binaries are unmodified.

RogueFetch 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 RogueFetch 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

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.

Licensing

RogueFetch 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.

Known limitations

  • Sign-in-required, region-locked, or actively bot-blocked content can't be bypassed; RogueFetch 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; RogueFetch's application source code is not published here.
  • Verified before release: the application 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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