

You DO NOT NEED THE LATEST VERSION OF FFMPEG.EXE for this to work, almost any staticly linked FFMPEG.EXE that runs under your version of windows will provide the functionality needed by videohelper.exe (youtube_dl)Īlso the part of the name that says "Fast" is not an adjective describing it as a fast video downloader implying it is faster than normal video downloaders but it is a "Brand" name. XP SP3 or Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP1

Note youtube_dl requires a functional FFMPEG.EXE in order to merge the MP4 video download with the seperate M4A audio download and will fail to download such split videos if the FFMPEG.EXE provided does not run on your version of windows i.e. It will update itself to version 2020.03.24 Note the version of youtube_dl (videohelper.exe) initally downloaded and installed is an ancient version 2018.12.09 and if it is executed with admin rights today with the command line: The License is for the GUI to simplify the use of the public domain and GPLv3 open source engines. The file videohelper.7z downloaded which installs videohelper.exe is actually a portable public domain youtube_dl executable and can self update if given the correct command line options independantly of the program updates or license. The build of FFMPEG.EXE it downloads is built for WIndows 7 and above ONLY. The version of FFMPEG.7z it downloads is not compatible with ALL the versions of windows this states it supports.

