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What operating system do you use ?

Linux (antiX 21)

I am new to yt-dlp and youtubedl-gui and I'm very impressed with both.

I am running antiX 21 Linux, and according to Synaptic Package Manager I am using the latest versions available of youtubedl-gui (3.0-1-mx21+1) and yt-dlp (2022.05.19).

I like using youtubedl-gui as the front-end, but obviously it doesn't offer the flexibility of yt-dlp.

In the FAQ it talks about the Options->Extra tab, but I don't have that on my youtubedl-gui, so I don't know how I should be accessing that.

Anyway, the feature I would like added is for the Progress dialogue to show more information about the download, specifically I would like to know the technical details of the file being downloaded (at a minimum the audio quality for audio files, the video resolution for video files, the file format, and the file size) since the GUI only allows the user to specify their preference for these. In fact it would be good to confirm these details before authorising / initiating the download - perhaps have a "Choose" option on the initial download dialogue which then produces a dialogue listing the various options available (effectively the output from "yt-dlp -F") together with the corresponding file size when each option is selected?

Also, when the program downloads video and audio files separately (and then combines them), the dialogue should indicate each of those stages rather than simply saying "Downloading..." for each stage,

[axcore]

This project is abandoned. There are active forks here and here.

[3guesses]

OK, thanks for letting me know.

Unfortunately, neither of the forks you mention is available for me to install via Synaptic Package Manager 8-(

[axcore]

The .DEB and .RPM packages should install themselves with just two clicks. But if you are religiously devoted to Synaptic, then perhaps you can do something to get this issue moving.