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If you want to convert the videos, or otherwise use features of youtube-dl that require ffmpeg,
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that also has to be in the same folder (or path) as Grabber.**
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You can get those programs here:
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* Youtube-dl: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/
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* ffmpeg: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
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Short installation guide:
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**USE THE 4.0.2 static ffmpeg version!** Extract the 3 executables from the bin folder to the Grabber folder or PATH
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* Download Grabber.exe and place in a folder.
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* Download youtube-dl.exe and *either* place it in the same folder as above, or in PATH, if you know how.
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* If you want to convert to audio, you need to also put ffmpeg.exe and the other included executables that follow into the same folder as Grabber.exe or in PATH.
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* If nothing happens when you try to start a download, youtube-dl likely fails because you **need** this installed:
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=5555
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Youtube-dl download:
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https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html
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FFmpeg download (**STATIC build verioin**, for example 4..4 Windows 64/32, static) :
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https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
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Open the ffmpeg zip, copy 3 executables in the **bin** folder to the locations mentioned above.
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**USE THE 4.X.X static ffmpeg version!** Extract the 3 executables from the bin folder to the Grabber folder or PATH
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