You may have noticed that in-app subscriptions in 4K Video Downloader 4.24.0 can now download not only videos, but also short clips and live streams of YouTube channels. After this update, we received controversial feedback from you: Some people are happy that this option is back, while others don't want Shorts downloaded to their devices. We understand the frustration, as well as the satisfaction with this feature. Fortunately, there's an option that improves both User experience for groups. In this article, we will show you the workaround for Shorts and live streaming.
Why we changed the subscription mechanism
4K Video Downloader and 4K YouTube Converter to MP3 Depends on the video Platform. If something changes in one of the platforms, users may experience some performance issues when saving videos from this particular source. A few months ago, YouTube changed the look of its channel and now all videos are stored in different options Cards: Standard videos, short clips, and live streams. Due to this change, you may encounter the following issues: Trouble updating in-app subscriptions in 4K video downloader.
We managed to fix the issue; However, there is no way to automatically download Shorts and live streams. We received a lot of requests to add this feature, so the developers managed to do it.
4K Video Downloader 4.24 How it works now
4K Video Downloader 4.24.0 Now there are several options to suit your needs.
Option 1. Download the entire channel
If you want to download all the content (videos, clips, live streams) from the YouTube channel, you need to add a subscription , as shown below: https://www.youtube.com/@NoCopyrightSounds/featured
Open the channel you want to subscribe to, press the home button and copy the link from your browser.
Then add it to 4K Video Downloader.
Option 2. Only download specific content types
If you only want to download standard videos, short clips or To live stream, you need to open the necessary tab and copy the link generated from the browser:
https://www.youtube.com/@NoCopyrightSounds/videos — Get only a single video from the YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@NoCopyrightSounds/shorts — Get Shorts only.
3) https://www.youtube.com /@NoCopyrightSounds/streams — Get only the live streams from a specific channel.
In this case, the subscription header will contain the type of content you want to download. Hope it helps!
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